T218 series breakdown and ad backs

[G1911]

$4 is a heck of a deal! That makes 8 I am aware of. Who knows how many are out there. Each one would make it seem more likely that the error carried over into the very first print run of the factory 30 backs like Gillis/Gilles. Kind of hope it doesn't exist so that I can maybe finish the master one day, if it exists it's one tough card.

[DaveW]

Well, now we know it does exist! I assume one of you guys bought it. Congrats!


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[G1911]

It should be in the mail on the way to me. I was hoping you wouldn’t notice so I could get away with it cheap instead . There are 10 factory 649’s I’ve seen or have been posted here or emailed/texted to me (I don’t want to call that “known”, but it’s something of a count to compare relatively at least…).

Johnson Green Hassan Series 2 notation factory 30 is confirmed recently as well by another member. My master checklist of confirmed cards is at 632, of which I have 618 in hand to ‘prove beyond doubt’ + this one. I think this Cloughan was the last card I had at a fairly high percentage chance it could exist but was up unconfirmed, but what the heck do I know?

I’ll email you my latest checklist sheet, it’s been awhile sir.

[DaveW]

I figured it was you Greg! Shoot me the list of cards you need and if I have any I’ll let you have them since I’m not going for the master set. Congrats on being so close to having the master set - I doubt that anybody has ever done it before (with the 6 error cards).
Thanks for the confirmation of the green Johnson H2 f30 card. I thought that it must exist as well as the M1 f30. If you have a scan of it I would love to see it too. Thanks!

[G1911]

Sent you another probably too lengthy email sir, with the latest from my end I’ve seen and a picture of the recent Johnson card. It ain’t real until someone can produce a photo!

These large sets with little pre-existing proper research make the hardest part of the master just checklisting it. “How do we know when we’re done?” is more than rhetorical. It’s also 90% of the fun, personally. If 632 isn’t the magic number, we can’t be more than a few cards off at this point. So close…

Once I figure out a good way to scan and sort the bulk commons efficiently I’d like to put together a visual checklist with the direct evidence of each possible card.

[scooter729]

I was watching that as well - it sat at $10 until the final day and I figured it would jump, but wasn't quite expecting that much!

Glad it went to you, Greg - one step closer!

[G1911]

Thank you Scott! I am very excited this card appeared at all, I've been trying to find out if it's real since the 649 was discovered a long time ago. Sort of a 'budget white whale' in and of itself separate from a master chase.

I may not reach 100%, but 98% ain't too bad and 3 of the 13 left are fairly easy. Thank you for all the help and guidance gentlemen, for listening to my rants, theories and projects about this set and figuring out what there even is to chase together, and for the generosity in sharing, sending or selling your cards this way. I wouldn't be nearly this close if I was still solely trolling eBay listings. Cliff, Dave, Scott, George, David L (if you're still lurking) thank you gentlemen. This little side board is great.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by DaveW

Well, now we know it does exist! I assume one of you guys bought it. Congrats!


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Just documenting that there is at least one other copy out there with the F30 back. I have no idea who owns this card, but while with family for the holidays I found an old hard drive with some of my original card research and notes from the mid 2000's on boxing cards. This word file was last edited when I was 15 in 2006, when there was very little publicly available information on boxing cards and so I was doing it myself for my own check listing. It turns out the original Cloughan I noticed back then was a factory 30, so technically I confirmed it before the 649 even and then.... just forgot because I'm an idiot. It must have been more than the meager dollars I could put together back then, pretty sure it was not listed as an error.

Worst of all, this document has a log I apparently made of all my boxing bids from this time period. It is a little depressing to see my notations of just how little I paid for things, and the things I let go because I only had like $10 a week to spend on cards. Wasn't that long ago, but would love to still get Silvers for $3 a pop.

Most frustratingly I noted the sale of a "blank back Jack Johnson (Blue) T218 that appears to be cut from an advertising poster" but either didn't save the image, or that image has been corrupted on this old drive.