Official T218 set thread

pdub1819

The cards that I purchased from Scott arrived today. Eventually I will be cracking these out and sending them to PSA.
Thank you Scott for the smooth transaction. Look forward to another deal sometime in the future.

scooter729

They look great, Paul - good luck on the journey! And your scanner is much better than mine - I should upgrade!

pdub1819

My first PSA flip pick up:

pdub1819

Latest pick up.

Thank you to Scott. Nice centering. Now I have to decide if I am going to crack all of these SGC's out or if I am going to cross them all over.

pdub1819

edit: Double post.

scooter729

I say you leave them in the SGC holders - your scan of the Johnson makes that card look sharp as it is now!

pdub1819

My latest two pick ups. Looks like I'm going to stay around the PSA 5 range.

pdub1819

Latest PSA pickup…

qualitycards

Card looks better then the 5.5 grade, nice pickup!

pdub1819

Latest pick ups….

pdub1819

Here are my latest...I switched them over to PSA from SGC:



















































This puts me in the top 20 on the registry. This set is going to take me forever......

Griffins

nice cards Pdub! Especially the Aviators, those are my favorite sub set. Most of them died pretty soon after the set was issued.

pdub1819

Originally posted by: Griffins

nice cards Pdub! Especially the Aviators, those are my favorite sub set. Most of them died pretty soon after the set was issued.

Thank you, it's a large set, I like the aviators too.

pdub1819

Here's my latest pick ups...if anyone is interested in a Billy West PSA 5 let me know.

Griffins

nice pickups, West was a tough one for me. Glad to see this thread bumped, I started writing a book on the subjects on this set and put it aside after about 50, but the stories were pretty fascinating.

nam812

Nice revive on a great thread Paul. What is your overall progress on the set so far?

Anthony, I'm sure those stories would be very interesting. What a time that would have been to be alive.

DBesse27

What a fantastic looking set! I believe LarkinCollector collects the golfers.

pdub1819

Here's my latest pick ups...it's been a while...still less than 30% complete...I hope I can stay on this one for the long haul.

pdub1819

Griffins

Nice pickups Pdub! The aviators are my favorite subset in T218. Most of them died in crashes, including JB Moisant. He was killed in crash a few months after this card was issued, the same day Arch Hoxsey, another T218 subject, was killed in a plane crash.

pdub1819

That’s awesome. That’s an interesting history lesson.
I like both the aviators and boxers... if there was registry sets for just those that would be my focus.

LMNOPO

My favorite set. Gotta give it another go. Nice pickups pdub.

pdub1819

Here's a couple golfers!

pdub1819

Merry Christmas! Was able to win a good amount of the T218 cards on eBay a week or two ago...this puts me at 35% complete...ranked 16th on the Registry...man...I still have a long way to go!

pdub1819

One more for the set....

LarkinCollector

@pdub1819 said:
Here's a couple golfers!

Love these, and seeing all your updates to the set. I'm just working on the golf portion, and have some raw spares if you need any. Just PM an address and if I've got a copy I'll be happy to send your way.

nam812

@LMNOPO said:
My favorite set. Gotta give it another go. Nice pickups pdub.

Is this a reboot of the original member Elemenopeo? If it is, you are missed around here Bryon.

Nice progress Paul, keep up the good work.

pdub1819

Updates for this month... and I'm still not even half way!

pdub1819

2dueces

Great set. Good luck on your journey.

pdub1819

Thank you...it's slow going that's for sure.

pdub1819

Here's my latest pick up with a few more on the way. I'm at around 41% complete as of today.

pdub1819

Here's a few more with a few more in the mail...

pdub1819

LarkinCollector

Another round of great adds @pdub1819 !

I'm just working on the golfers subset and was recently able to add one for my run (pop 7, none higher). I'm targeting for PSA 6 or better on these and this brings me to 4 of 6.

I was also able to pick up my first one from the related C52 set ...


I'll be happy to have copies of these in any condition.

Is the difficulty of these from easiest to most difficult correct?
T218 Mecca Back
T218 Hassan Back (not all subject available)
C52 (not all subjects available)

pdub1819

@LarkinCollector said:
Another round of great adds @pdub1819 !

I'm just working on the golfers subset and was recently able to add one for my run (pop 7, none higher). I'm targeting for PSA 6 or better on these and this brings me to 4 of 6.

I was also able to pick up my first one from the related C52 set ...


I'll be happy to have copies of these in any condition.

Is the difficulty of these from easiest to most difficult correct?
T218 Mecca Back
T218 Hassan Back (not all subject available)
C52 (not all subjects available)

Nice pick ups! In all honesty, I've been so fixated on just completing the entire set that I don't pay attention much to the backs. If I attempted that collecting the backs, I don't think I would ever finish.

Here is my latest pick up:

LarkinCollector

@pdub1819 said:

@LarkinCollector said:

Is the difficulty of these from easiest to most difficult correct?
T218 Mecca Back
T218 Hassan Back (not all subject available)
C52 (not all subjects available)

Nice pick ups! In all honesty, I've been so fixated on just completing the entire set that I don't pay attention much to the backs. If I attempted that collecting the backs, I don't think I would ever finish.

Focusing on a small subset makes it much easier, I did find this article that discusses the series and back factory/brand variations if others are interested: https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/cards/underrated-tobacco-cards-a-review-of-the-t218s Looks like I've only got 12 total T218s w/variations to track down and 6 C52s.

DBesse27

Are there any football cards in this set?

LarkinCollector

@DBesse27 said:
Are there any football cards in this set?

Nope, no BkB or FB representation. See "Cagers and gridders didn’t make the cut" in the linked article.

Made it through all of mine and have a complete run of T218 golfers from the Factory 649 (all my graded ones are this variety), pulled one of my COMC listings and purchased two others from there to get me halfway to a Factory 30 run, and will keep an eye out for any more C52s to pop up.

pdub1819

@LarkinCollector - Thanks for the information. Good luck on your set.

pdub1819

pdub1819

Recent additions:

Griffins

Nice pickups! How far along are you now?

pdub1819

@Griffins said:
Nice pickups! How far along are you now?

I'm about 53%...that's crazy because I've been on this set for a while now.

pdub1819

pdub1819

Possibly the greatest pedestrian that ever lived! LOL

scottfishvan

I am putting together a set of Rookie Olympians and am currently looking for these 2 cards - variations of seated, side, etc are ok. Looking for PSA or gradable.

1910 T218 CHAMPIONS CHARLES DANIELS
1910 T218 CHAMPIONS MELVIN SHEPPARD

Thanks!
Scott

scooter729

@scottfishvan said:
I am putting together a set of Rookie Olympians and am currently looking for these 2 cards - variations of seated, side, etc are ok. Looking for PSA or gradable.

1910 T218 CHAMPIONS CHARLES DANIELS
1910 T218 CHAMPIONS MELVIN SHEPPARD

Thanks!
Scott

Hey Scott - just sent you a PM with several of these....

another Scott

pdub1819

Here's my latest addition to my T218 Champions set: