C52 set - the Canadian T218s

[G1911]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Thanks - they're definitely hard to come by, but often people who have them don't list them as such, so it's the searching which can take a while. Mine range from cards with holes in them to PSA 8 - gotta take what you can find with most of these!

One of my favorite sets. Beautiful artwork, very scarce to find in any grade but not expensive. I’ve been picking up low grade examples for under $10, less when I can find them listed as T218’s or something else. I’m up to 21 now but can’t imagine achieving a full set. I don’t think I’ve seen more than 10-15 examples of any single card.

[Mike Rich]

This thread has not been posted to in a few years. I know many of us have stalled on it. I am now down to needing the last dozen known varieties:
C-52 Canadian Version of T-218 NEED: 24 51 53 60 64 82 83 85 86 88 89 91
Boxers, Golfers and Billiards only. Track & Field complete.
Dupes available to swap: 14 22 23 47 56 58 69
Will accept in any condition.

[david_l]

A couple of things to add...

First, I also bought most of my C52s from a gentleman in Canada. I’m not sure if that adds any credence to the C52s are a Canadian issue theory but I figured I’d add that.

Also, I’ve never seen any discussion of back color variations but has anyone else noticed? About a third of my backs are white but most are brown. I don’t *think* this is due to aging as it looks like genuine paper stock differences to me. I could be wrong. Thoughts?

Here’s two Sellen cards with different color backs:



And more...

[davev]

Hello, I've been posting on the T218 thread regarding some sports cards that have been passed down through my family. My understanding is that most of these cards are C52s - which makes sense since my family is Canadian.

I am interested in selling these cards for a fair price and if any of these cards can help complete someones collection that would be a great result.

I can provide more information if anyone here is interested.