What Constitutes A "Master Set" Today?

[darkhorse9]

Collecting sets from the 1930's to the 1990's it was possible to include all variations and errors to assemble a "master set"

These days, with the proliferation of base set variations, 1/1 auto's and patches etc. is it even possible to consider something a "master set"?

What would you end a master set at with a high degree of satisfaction?

[RayBShotz]

Almost impossible to qualify and certainly impossible to complete a modern set these days with supper short prints, cards #'s to 1/5 or 1/1, and all of the cards that might potentially be rare because they are signed.

Since this is a vintage Forum I'll speak for a set I'm currently working on.
1919-21 W514 Baseball Strip card set is widely recognized to have 120 cards. There are 4 variations in this set, (team changes) which brings the Master Set total to 124. Fairly confident that no other variations to this set will be unearthed with 100+ years having gone by.

Someone once said here that every thread needs a pic.
RayB

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

Collecting sets from the 1930's to the 1990's it was possible to include all variations and errors to assemble a "master set"

These days, with the proliferation of base set variations, 1/1 auto's and patches etc. is it even possible to consider something a "master set"?

What would you end a master set at with a high degree of satisfaction?

Leads to the age old question of what is a "variation"? Intentional print variation? Mistakes?