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Finished completing my 520 card T206 Set!!
I started collecting T206 cards back in 1989 at about $10 each, in poor/fair condition. Over the years I accumulated dozens of them, then scores of them, then decided to try to complete the set. Fast forward to 2020 (30 years later) and I finally completed the 520 card set (less the "Big 4"). I even purchased some of the high end and impossible find cards on here, net54baseball. The last two on my list were purchased here on net54 (Ray Demmit and Bill O'Hara - super expensive, even in fair +/- condition). Some of the high-end ones are graded of course, to ensure authenticity, and all cards range from poor to Ex+.
The cards are currently secured in a safe deposit box, and I visit them frequently, as it gives me joy to know I have done the near impossible, as well as knowing there can't be more than 300 complete sets on the entire planet, as 2 of the cards in the set are believed to have only about 300 in existence (then take away whom has just those cards (without completing the set), and I now likely have a set with less than 200 or so in existence!!). I have painstakingly used reference guides such as TuffStuff, t206.org, Beckett and many others, to create an Excel worksheet noting the cards, backs, prices, and so forth, and have it electronically (and physically) saved. According to price guides when I last valued them in 2020, it is valued at about $44,000.00. I think this is totally undervalued, as most price guides have really not kept up-to-date pricing on them. I have enjoyed this so much, but at my age, I think it's time to let it go (as a complete set), and let the next generation enjoy it, and potentially hand it down to the next generation. Well, that's my story!! While we're here, does anyone know the most correct, up-to-date price guide available (without joining something), and, whom to potentially reach out to, to sell it? I know there are scores of auction houses, etc., and I don't want to spend countless hours trying to deal with it, but a starting point would be good. Last edited by FFIMARRIOTT; 03-27-2024 at 01:48 PM. |
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1963 Topps Set
Got my last card today to finish off my 1962 set. Red Schoendienst high number 575 was put in the binder today. I wasn't real thrilled with the wood design on the 62s but they gradually grew on me and the Rookie cards are kind of garish and expensive for even no counting the Uecker card. Now it's on to the 1963 set. Thankfully I have my Mantle card #200 and the Rose rookie.
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I just finished 1958 Topps. The last card was #310 - Ernie Banks. Next up is (God help me) 1967. I already have 75% of the non-high numbers, but only 7 of the 76 high numbers.
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Congrats on finishing the 58 set. By the time I get enough courage to work on the 67 set I think I'll be in the same boat with basically needing to finish off the high number cards. I'm starting to look at both 66 and 67 as four sets and not two with the high sets being their own special challenge or something else.
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Nice job finishing the 58 set. Enjoy the hunt with those 67s.
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