T205 - The Elusive Gold Gilded Set

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by familytoad

If you added a single eggs point to the last 15 cards you’d have the round 400 number.
I think with this set the tougher 15 that you have are truly worth another bump.

The 1 pointers are “over easy” and the others are “hard” (boiled)”
But I’ve been accused of being “scrambled “ in the past.

Brian, I have to figure out an acceptable (to my brain) 'G' word to make your 'EGGS' scenario work. Give me a couple of minutes/hours/days/weeks.

And I like your idea of pumping up the volume on the tougher EG(G)S cards. I would definitely like to solicit more suggestions on the other cards on the list if any deserve a little tweaking, before tacking on points to the toughies.

Originally Posted by rats60

Brian,

I meant Daubert. Both Dahlen and Daubert are tough cards and deserve to be worth more than 1 point. Cy Young is also tougher than WaJo and Matty and should be worth more, as you originally had them. I would agree with Family Toad to add more points to the highest value cards, except WaJo and Matty (regular).

Thanks rats60, I never realized that Daubert was tougher than a regular T205 card...I just thought there was more demand because of his popularity/this being one of his earliest cards. I will definitely boost the boy right now. And I will award Cy Young with an extra point. If anyone deserves an extra point it is him. In fact I might just name the act of giving a card an extra EG(G)S point the Cy Young Award.

Keep the flow flowing folks.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Under an hour. The Elusive Gold Gilded Standard.

Brian

[familytoad]

Kraken me up!
Wait , am I in the wrong thread?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by familytoad

Kraken me up!
Wait , am I in the wrong thread?

No you are not, but nary a Land Monster or Sea Monster to be seen here. What you probably didn't realize is that the name has slightly shifted to the Elusive Gold Gilded Set. Still the EGGS you and the rest of the collecting world have come to love, but now just better. Perhaps its slogan can be "The Elusive Gold Gilded Set - The Gold Standard of Tobacco Cards"

Brian

[Yoda]

I love everything about the T205 set, always have, but I wish, like many, that the set included more top shelf HOF'ers, such as Larry Lajoie

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I love everything about the T205 set, always have, but I wish, like many, that the set included more top shelf HOF'ers, such as Larry Lajoie

I agree. Crawford would have been another nice addition, as well as the two supposed anti-tobacconites, Plank and Wagner.

Brian

[familytoad]

BP, I'm looking for your sanity check on a couple of the rankings.

I don't see Russ Ford "light cap" and he's been known to be tougher in white than in black. Are you going with one point per pose?

Also, Otis Crandall has two variations, one with T crossed. Again, not a huge premium is noted, but something to consider. Are you counting one egg per variation?

And the biggest question I have...do you show 221 cards in sum?
If so, by adding the 15 pts to the last 15 tougher cards I get 403. Which is your latest version, post #16?

I've probably done something inaccurately. It's kinda my specialty.

I'll email you the calculator if you would like (and the offer goes the same to other EGG heads or Sanity Checkers) Just PM me or email me at Familytoad at comcast dot net.