Complete T208 Set to be sold by Legendary in November

[murcerfan]

...and how do we know that these "Nadja's" with 1910 Champion overprints aren't blank back d359's or even T208's ??

[rman444]

Wow, DK! A third complete set and a few more stragglers out there. I think Jay Behrens had around 6-8 of them as well? Sounds like I was a little low on my estimate of the T208 population.

I think typically we double what is known so if there are around 4 of each known, the total that exist may be around 8 of each card?

That is a small number, but certainly not as tough as some of the other neighboring T-sets:

T214 Victory
T215 Pirate
T216 Virginia Extra

maybe even

T215 Red Cross
T216 Mino

[Wesley]

The population for any given card in the T208 set might be higher than singles from the other rare sets, but because the T208 set is smaller (18 players), the overall population for the T208s is lower.

So many of the T208s are in the complete sets, that in order for type collectors to find a single example, they really had to pay super high prices in the past. It will be interesting to see if this is still the case with the introduction of so many into the marketplace in the next few months.

[rman444]

Ah, yes. The old arguement of type collector vs. player collector. If all you want is the back, then you have to pay through the nose. If you care about what is on the front, then you have to overpay because of those crazy back collectors.

What kind of bizarro world is that.

A Ty Cobb card from a set of 15, where there are 10 known of each will cost me more than a Ty Cobb card from a set of 200 where there are only 2 known of each.

Nuts.

[slidekellyslide]

So is this the first complete set to surface for sale since the mid 90s sale of Don Steinbach's set? Is this Steinbach's set?

[ValKehl]

I, too, experienced the pleasure of drooling over this T208 set at the Philly Show. From talking with Ron Oser and from something I read (I can't recall exactly what it was) at the Legendary booth, I got the impression that these cards will be auctioned individually. So, I will dream of adding one of these cards to my type collection, that is, until the the time that the actual bidding exceeds my budget!

[chaddurbin]

wes...how do you win every thread you post in? poast more please!

rman, i agree....i'm not rich enough for back collecting. a difference of 20k on an otherwise blank-backed(?) e104 dygert is pretty nutty. i could almost buy that d380 cobb from you with that money!