Frist set complete!!! T201 w/ scans
DerekD
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Well, it only took a little of two years to finish it. All 5's & 6's. I'm very happy to have it done. It was a fun set to put together. I got them all on either ebay or the vintage trading board on this site.
Things I learned about the set:
1. Make sure you check the centering. It's all over the place on the mid-grade ones. Always get a scan of the back before you buy them.
2. I'm glad I got most of the big names early on. I wish I would have got the Cobb/Crawford as a 6 though.
3. No matter how many times SMR list Ed Cicotte as a HOFer, he's not getting in.
4. I like the smaller sets. The big ones I'm working on take up a lot of room.
One day I'm going to get photoshop working so I can fold them all over. I'd like to attached those to the set too.
Complete T201 Set
On to the next battle.....
Derek
Things I learned about the set:
1. Make sure you check the centering. It's all over the place on the mid-grade ones. Always get a scan of the back before you buy them.
2. I'm glad I got most of the big names early on. I wish I would have got the Cobb/Crawford as a 6 though.
3. No matter how many times SMR list Ed Cicotte as a HOFer, he's not getting in.
4. I like the smaller sets. The big ones I'm working on take up a lot of room.
One day I'm going to get photoshop working so I can fold them all over. I'd like to attached those to the set too.
Complete T201 Set
On to the next battle.....
Derek
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Eyebone
Great job Derek! You're absolutely right about the centering issues on mid-grades.
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are you going to upgrade the set or are you done?
i agree, small sets are fun....50 cards make this a very attainable set.......
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3. No matter how many times SMR list Ed Cicotte as a HOFer, he's not getting in.
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Good one!!
Good luck on your next set? Maybe T200?
Nice small set loaded with HOFers and Shoeless. Joe
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Steve
congrats!!
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
R73 1933 Goudey Indian Gum - Series 288 - Nos. 118
Also looking for 1953 Parkhurst & 1953 Quaker Oats Ripley's BION.
If you have any available for sale PM me
Go Phillies
What did it cost you to complete it!!!
What's next? I always liked jumping around eras to get a mix of players. '33 Delong is a good, small set from a different era, and a classic.
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
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are you going to upgrade the set or are you done?
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There are a few cards I'm going to put in my VCP wantlist that I'll upgrade. Some of the early ones I got with marginal centering. I really tried to get selective on the ones I got later on.
2deuces & Griffins,
Two great suggustions with T200 and 33 Delongs. I do like both of those sets. I'm just worried about be patient enough to get them. Do they come up for sale enough?
still very strong grades throughout....that would be amazing to see all the folded versions scans....
this set is definitely underrated...it was a landmark set in several ways.....
1. First set to have stats on the reverse (both hitting, pitching , and FIELDING stats)
2. First set to incorporate a fold in its design, thereby featuring 2 players on a team....
3. First set to have the back printed from the factory, and not "glued" on by a specific advertiser who bought the front photos.
they were made using a state of the art printing process known as COLOR HALFTONE RELIEF...Before these, most cards were made using the wood (or stone) engraving process to lay several colors on paper.......The T201, frequently confused as lithographs, are in fact halftone reliefs, not lithography....this is more easily seen using a 10X loupe, as you can see the Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black dots making up the halftone image
the true name for the type of card is Chromoxylography....it was an off shoot of the Photomechanical Printing process invented by Frederick Ives of Cornell University.......the "ives Process" as it was known at the time used crossline halftone engraved electroplates to produce images.... this process revolutionized American Publishing because before this, each image took many many hours to create using wood etchings and was expensive....
...this new process made it much cheaper, quicker and easier to produce images...now Publishers could include illustrations, cover art, and many others graphics that were once reserved for only the most expensive books and posters....
that is why I like this set....not to mention each looks like an antique watercolor piece of art --with sharp corners
Depending on what grade level you're looking for, T200's come up fairly often. They are real photos, so they are very prone to cracking and chipping. If you can live with that and the fact that a 2 or a 3 is a very acceptable grade on these you'll really like the set.
The set pictures more players in one set than any set would until '52 Topps. It has Shoeless Joe, Matty, Wagner (in a tobacco card, no less!), Thorpe, and virtually every star of the era.
It also has many layers of scarcity- about half the set is pretty easy, the remaining 8 range from tricky to really tough, but not impossible. NY AL, both St. Louis cards, and especially Boston NL can be very tough.
On the upside there is only 1 8 ever graded, and only 7 7's. So it's not like you're going head to head against guys with super deep pockets.
Overall it's a nice set, and I highly recommend it.
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's