Originally Posted by chadeast (Post 2257401)

I've added 15 cards since my last post. I've got some traction now on HOFers, including Young, Wallace, Bender, Tinker, and Chance. As best I can tell, EGGS at 90 now. Here's a couple of my latest additions, courtesy of BST (thanks Jay) and LOTG.

Originally Posted by kmac32 (Post 2268383)

i have 149 out of a possible 151 T205 Cubs with multiple back runs. The only 2 cards I am missing from the subset are the Kling and Pfiester Hindu cards.

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2268410)

Only need to knock the Hobby no stats cap off the Kraken, Millerd33, to vanquish the beast.

And Ken, when I have some time I will figure out your Kraken number. As per strict Kraken rules, your Master Cubs collection will have a relatively small numerical number, but I will note the masterliness of your Cubs group. I remember when you just started on it, I mentioned it might be impossible for you to achieve...you have almost proven me wrong. Find those 2 Hindus!

Brian

Originally Posted by chadeast (Post 2262424)

I picked up 9 more during the last two weeks, up to 84 cards total now I believe. EGGS of 106 thanks to a couple of big pickups including Speaker and this Matty from a board member.

Originally Posted by TigerMike (Post 2285307)

Was able to grab my last of the Hoblitzells in REA....gets me to the 400 number! Excited to join the club of complete master sets.

Originally Posted by chadeast (Post 2285318)

38 more cards added in the last few months, so I'm up to 122, and add another 48 to my EGGS (I think) so my best guess is that I'm at 154. New HOF pickups include Wheat, McGraw, Jennings, Collins closed mouth, Wallace no cap, Marquard, Huggins, and Duffy. I'll try to add some scans when I have time.

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2232708)

Here finally is the long-awaited thread that collectors can post their progress on the T205 set. I like to think of the T205 as the Gold Standard of Tobacco cards, and the set has inspired many to pursue it over its 111+ years of existence, due to its great design, colorful look, gold borders, awesome lineup of players, bio writeups on the back, different brand advertising, and various levels of scarcity to tempt those who like a good challenge when collecting.

This thread addresses that challenge by assigning EGGS (Elite Gold Gilded Set) values to individual cards in the set based upon both their scarcity and their popularity. This endeavor has truly been a collaborative effort - in case you missed it, here is a link to the previous thread that garnered plenty of input from the community that shaped the final EGGS values:

https://net54baseball.com/showthread...0225&highlight

There are 221 officially recognized cards in the master set. 141 of these have been assigned a value of 1. These cards are not shown in the below listing, which highlights cards that have EGGS values between 2 and 18. When added up, the total EGGS value for a complete master set works out to 400, which as pointed out in the previous thread, is a fitting total amount for this, as the vast majority of the different brand advertising on the back indicates 400 designs.

The next post on this thread will be the running list for collectors to post the status of their T205 collection by identifying the Total EGGS value of the set they are working/worked on. This input from collectors will be maintained by me, just as I have for the E90-1 set on the Kraken thread.

For the purposes of this list backs were not considered when calculating each cards value, to keep things on a relatively simple level. There are also 8 variations that have not been recognized as widely within the hobby:

Collins, Eddie - closed mouth w/yellow elephant

Graham, George - Rustlers w/blue signature

Hoffman, Danny - yellow 2nd base, yellowish stripe in background

Hoffman, Danny - yellow 2nd base, no stripe

Miller, Dots - middle initial 'D'

Miller, Dots - middle initial 'D' with partial 'B'

Snodgrass, Fred - missing decimal point on .405 batting average

White, Doc - no quotation marks on Doc

I have decided for this reason not to assign values for these 8 cards. Collectors can indicate with their post how many of these cards they have, and I will post Speckled Eggs (asterisks) after their point total. For example a collection with value of 237 that has 3 of the above less recognized variations would be listed as: 237***

Below is the values of each of the 80 cards that have a value of 2 or more to figure out your total EGGS amount (As a reminder the 141 other cards in the official master set that are not shown have a value of 1):


Cards with EGGS value of 2:

Adkins, Doc ML

Baker, Frank

Barger, Cy - partial B on cap

Batch, Emil ML

Bender, Chief

Bresnahan, Roger - mouth closed

Brown, Mordecai

Cady, Hick ML

Chance, Frank

Chase, Hal - border on shirt

Chase, Hal - no border on shirt

Clarke, Fred

Collins, Eddie - mouth closed

Crandall, Otis - 'T' not crossed

Daubert, Jake

Donohue, Jiggs SP

Dougherty, Patsy - red sock

Dougherty, Patsy - white sock

Duffy, Hugh

Dunn, Jack ML

Fisher, Ray SP

Ford, Russ - white cap

Frick, James ML

Gray, Dolly - no stats

Griffith, Clarke

Hanford, Charles ML

Harmon, Robert - only left ear shows

Hoblitzell, Dick - name incorrect/no Cin. after 1908

Huggins, Miller

Jennings, Hugh

Karger, Ed SP

Kleinow, Red SP

Lee, Wyatt ML

Leifield, Lefty - A.P. Leifield on front

Marquard, Rube

McAllister, Sport ML

McGraw, John

Merritt, George ML

Nee, John ML

Phelan, James ML

Rowan, John SP

Scanlan, Doc SP

Sweeney, Jeff SP

Tinker, Joe

Vaughn, Hippo SP

Wagner, Heinie SP

Wallace, Bobby - with cap

Wheat, Zack

White, Kirb SP

Wiltse, Hooks - only right ear shows


Cards with value of 3:

Chase, Hal - only left ear shows

Cicotte, Eddie

Dahlen, Bill SP

Evers, Johnny

Graham, George - Cubs

Grant, Ed SP

Hoblitzell, Dick - name correct/no Cin. after 1908

Latham, Arlie - W.A. Latham on back

Raymond, Bugs SP

Shean, David - Cubs

Suggs, George SP

Turner, Terry SP

Wallace, Bobby - no cap/2 lines of 1910 stats


Cards with value of 4:

Bresnahan, Roger - mouth open

Collins, Eddie - mouth open

Collins, Jimmy ML

Speaker, Tris

Walsh, Ed SP


Cards with value of 5:

Gray, Dolly - stats on back

Mathewson, Christy - correct stats

Wilhelm, Kaiser - suffe ed in 18th line of bio SP


Cards with value of 6:

Johnson, Walter

Moran, Pat - stray line of type

Young, Cy


Cards with value of 7 or more (EGGS value in parenthesis):

Cobb, Ty (12)

Hoblitzell, Dick - no stats on back (18)

Joss, Addie SP (7)

Mathewson, Christy - Cycle Back, incorrect stats (13)

Wallace, Bobby - no cap - 1 line of 1910 stats (7)

Wilhelm, Kaiser - suffered in 18th line of bio (10)


Brian - here are some examples of T205 cards of varying values. I have included a scan of two Ewing cards to emphasize that, no matter whether your Ewing looks normal or more like one of the Village People, either one is worth one point, and no extra credit is given for multiple examples

Originally Posted by lentel (Post 2285648)

i have 400 points full master set with the addition of

Hoffman, Danny - yellow 2nd base, yellowish stripe in background

Hoffman, Danny - yellow 2nd base, no stripe

Miller, Dots - middle initial 'D'

Snodgrass, Fred - missing decimal point on .405 batting average

White, Doc - no quotation marks on Doc

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie (Post 2287212)

I think I figured out how to use my old scanner with my new laptop. It's taken 4 months of trial and error. Here goes...

Not sure of my EGG/Kraken number as I mostly collect the backs.

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie (Post 2287212)

I think I figured out how to use my old scanner with my new laptop. It's taken 4 months of trial and error. Here goes...

Not sure of my EGG/Kraken number as I mostly collect the backs.

Originally Posted by Forever Young (Post 2287357)

I always love seeing this card as it immediately take my brain to this photo- one of the best Paul Thompson portrait photos used for the t205 set in terms of image quality. The card doesn’t do it justice even when the registration is spot on such as your beautiful example. His extreme features just aren’t quite captured in the card. in It is not the most valuable Type 1 photo in terms of dollars in my collection but it provides great joy. Yes.. I know how weird that sounds ��

Originally Posted by jimq16415 (Post 2287371)

If anybody is looking at all your beautiful cards and thinking how sad it is that they have almost none, I have eggsactly one left. Medical bills, but I couldn't part with this one. It's not nice but it's mine.

Originally Posted by Alaskanmade (Post 2304824)

Finally picked up a Collins (now converting him to PSA).
This puts by EGGS at 99!

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie (Post 2311097)

I am now at 142 with lots of 1 pointers and dupes as I'm working on back runs and HLC's and other 1 pointer stuff. Here's my latest addition, no new points to add with this one. My brother, who quit collecting 35 years ago, would call this "mint" because that's what cards like this were called back then.

Originally Posted by jjp3rd (Post 2391243)

Just seeing this for first time. I’ll have to calculate mine. Any chance there’s a points spreadsheet?


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Originally Posted by jjp3rd (Post 2391243)

Just seeing this for first time. I’ll have to calculate mine. Any chance there’s a points spreadsheet?

Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2391307)

Brian, add me in for a Griffith and a Titus. Your tally is correct.

Originally Posted by mrdbrooks77 (Post 2391485)

360 here

Originally Posted by Mark2391 (Post 2440894)

Hi - Please bump me up to 318

Thanks!

Originally Posted by collectt205 (Post 2463634)

Great thread, figured I would add myself to the tally. EGGS = 144.

Have to post a photo, here is my newest EGGS (3!) addition.

Originally Posted by Alaskanmade (Post 2504723)

Up to 105 with the addition of Mr. Dahlen!

Originally Posted by Mark2391 (Post 2521476)

Hi, I picked up the Joss in the last year. Please bump me to 325

Originally Posted by Epps (Post 2522373)

I'm at an egg value of 3, but it's a special 3

Originally Posted by jsfriedm (Post 2522342)

I've been collecting this set basically since 2020 (with the exception of a Cobb SGC 4 that I had the vision and/or luck to pick up in high school in 1999 or so), finally getting around to calculating my total here. I have 131 cards at the moment, for a total score of 205 (just sold my Addie Joss too, because I would like to pick up a nicer one). Don't think I will ever make it to 400 because I don't plan on shelling out for a No Stats Hoblitzell, but I do like higher condition cards when I can find them. This is my latest acquisition:

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang (Post 2522368)

I went a different (and slightly cheaper) route to collecting the T205's. I'm just trying to collect all of the players in the set that are currently in the HOF. I've managed to narrowed the list to 8 for completion. I still need Home Run Baker, Jimmy Collins, Hugh Duffy, Walter Johnson, Addie Joss, R.W. Marquard, John McGraw, and Cy Young. So if anyone has any extra's of these in collector grade, I might be interested. Mine are all graded and are mostly in the 2-4 range with a few lower and couple higher. I bought a large group from Leon when he was selling off some of his collection a few years ago (thanks Leon). These sure were a lot cheaper when I started!

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2522428)

Welcome aboard GasGangman. I will have to get more input from you to establish your Kraken (strictly HOF) number. Are you just going after one card for each Hall of Famer? Or have you gotten the various variations as well?

I can tell you with the 8 Hall of Famers you are missing, their EGGS total value is 31. So let us know what you end EGGS goal is, and we can cheer you on from the coop.

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2232859)

I was given a Melvin once, and it certainly didn't feel pleasant.

Brian

Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 2522895)

[I]Based on the list you posted, I count that you have 17 different HOF cards. I removed all the cards you listed as 'Need' in the below revised list that only shows what you have. Is it correct?

If the above list is indeed an accurate list of what you have, your Kraken number would be 76* (the asterisk indicating the Eddie Collins Yellow Elephant variation)

Do you have the Mathewson 1 Loss variation? It is an incredibly tough card to come by. That card alone is 13 of the 76 points.

Confirm what you indeed have and I will add your Kraken number to the list.

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang (Post 2522918)

Brian,
I knew my list would probably be misunderstood. I listed the backs next to the ones I actually own. So what I have are...