T218's vs. T219's vs. C52's

DaveW · #1 06-29-2009, 11:39 AM

I've put together a T218 set and have several C52 cards as well. I can confirm
that the 4 Tolstoi cards that I have are all on your list of Series 2 cards (Bursch,
Fielding, Keating and Northridge). As stated earlier, several cards are available
with both Series 1 and Series 2 backs.
I was surprised to see so many C52 cards shown that have numbers above 50,
since it says "50 Designs" on the back and all the ones I have are between number 1
and 50. It looks like I have a lot farther to go to get the entire set than I had thought.
- Dave

Exhibitman · #2 06-29-2009, 05:18 PM

50 cards each. There is a #50 Walsh and a #50 Keyes, so there's really 101 cards.

It would be way cool if Tolstoi was a 26 card subset; a lot easier than 61 cards to put together. However, with all the stuff that pops up I am a never say never kind of catalog writer when it comes to T cards.

DaveW · #3 06-30-2009, 12:22 PM

There are 2 number 50s? I've noticed other discrepancies in the C52 list. PSA has a partial list that has #3 Tippett, #8 Gissing and #33 Lunghi but I've seen these 3 numbers with different cards - #3 Murphy, #8 McFarland and #33 McGrath. Is it possible that there are really 150 cards (or maybe all 153 cards) - with 2 groups labeled #1-#50 and another group with #51-#100? I always find it odd that so little is known about a set that has been around for 100 years. They must be pretty scarce, or maybe nobody collects them.
- Dave