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[Exhibitman]

Gotta ask: DHogan related to Johnny Hogan?

[DHogan]

No sir. Not that I know of. I collect any pre-war cards of anyone named Hogan.

[aaroncc]

Glad to get this one. Anybody else have anything to show?

[Exhibitman]

Did pick up a few very tough types long on my want list:





And this image of Jim Jeffries' Barn in Burbank, CA, near my office, now the site of a shopping center:

[Jerry G]

I recently got this Sammy Angott error card on eBay from our favorite boxing card writer. Below it are the two correct cards.

I need 30 more cards for the basic set and 70 for the master set.

[Exhibitman]

Not sure what you mean by master and basic, Jerry. I know I'm 30 cards shy of a full (for now) binder but there are numerous picayune variations (coloring, Made in USA placements, cropping, etc.) that I find every time I get a new lot. Part of what makes this fun...

[Jerry G]

Originally, my goal was to complete the set according to the 2004 checklist in America's Great Boxing Cards. It did not include "Hometown" variations. In my own mind I considered this to be the basic set.

When I updated to the 2010-11 book the checklist included the "Hometown" variations. Naturally, at that point I the felt a need to complete the entire set. So, I describe this as the Master Set. Kind of a tribute to the hardcore T-206'ers.

Probably makes no sense to anyone but me and I'm a little cloudy. I imagine I should drop the terminology since I have committed to the entire set per the current checklist.