Mike- Thanks for the kind words and congratulations are definitely in order for your completing this set. I have always felt that this set is a real challenge. If you have enough money you can complete other sets like the T205 and T206 but completing the T207 set is a journey. I know some collectors don't like the dark brooding backgrounds and colors and others don't like it because Matty, Cobb, Wagner and others don't make an appearance, but I don't think there is a set around that is more attractive when you can find cards in the set in really nice shape. Besides, where else are you going to find some of the obscure players in the set? The Tinker and Donlan cards are beautiful and so many of the tough back cards feature striking, if almost surreal, pictures of the players.
The set is completeable but it is a journey. The 205s and 206s were a snap compared to this one. There are hidden minefields of scarcity even among some of the Recruit (common) players (and I won't divulge those now for those of you still working on the set who need them). Tim and I thoroughly enjoyed writing the articles and Tim's labor of love in compiling the statistics should prove invaluable to anyone collecting the set.
For those of you who have compiled a team set (like the Detroit group shown above), I can't see how you can stop your collecting there. The set is one of the few that is mainstream, attractive and requires interaction with other collectors to finish. And that's a good thing
05-29-2010, 11:51 AM
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