5 yrs & 10 mos. Mission accomplished...

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I have finally finished with the completion of my T205 set (for the most part). The Hoblitzell will have to wait while I concentrate on other things. So it will remain at 99% for quite some time.

Thanks to the board for introducing me to the world of pre-war cards as well as helping me in my journey with the addition of some of the cards in the set. When I joined here in July 2007, I had very limited knowledge about that era and nothing outside of T206 and T3s. I purchased my first pre-war which was a T205 (Hugh Jennings) in November 2007 and after that, I was hooked. I wasn't originally going to complete the set, but after reading posts from some of you here, I thought what the heck. To me, they were unique with the colorful designs and the fact that they had bios with statistics. I believe they were the catalyst for todays cards and ahead of their time. It was also a set that I had a realistic shot of completing (except for the Hoblitzell) and was within my budget.

So what began with the purchase of Hugh Jennings was finished with the addition of Charles Schmidt on September 5th 2013. It has been a great experience for both myself as well as my son. We started the journey together when he was 11 yrs old. It seemed like it has taken me a while to complete until I look at him and realize that the time really has flown by. I'm sure that I will upgrade as time goes along, but for now, I will just enjoy this achievement.

I wish to thank everyone here on the board that has been instrumental in my accomplishment, but I especially want to thank Matt & Turner, Joshua, Andrew, Matt W & Marc D for not only helping me acquire certain cards, but sharing their knowledge and research.

It was hard to capture a clear picture of the entire set, but you get the idea.