T207 Scarcity Question

[timn1]

Tony,

Mr. Wheat is right on the money. My article from VCBC addresses your question pretty thoroughly. I think VCBC is defunct, but if you can't find a copy on ebay, I may have a xerox I can send you, although I'm not sure.

Tim

[Jim VB]

I have a complete run of VCBC in the closet. If you can't find it somewhere else, let me know and I'll scan you a copy (with the author's permission, of course.)

[caramelcard]

People, remember when you read the list in Tim's article.

Donlin is only at the top cuz it's alphabetical. So, stop paying so much for it. It's not the toughest card in the set! They're all tough!

[frohme]

Well put, Rob!

Looking past Donlin is great - as long as everyone remembers to skip Donnelly, too!

"... these are not the cards you're looking for ..."

Mike

[JasonL]

You know, it is the T207 that provided my first meaningful "Welcome to Pre-war" moment...
I had embarked upon the much-more-daunting-than-I-first-suspected task of collecting pre-war Chicago Cubs team sets. Much time and money later, I am done with T200, T201, T205, and T206. I'm doing great. Then I run up into the T207s and I meet one tough dude for my budget...Mr. Ward Miller. Seems as though Mr. Miller is not just a tough card amongst the Cubs, but one mean guy for the entire set.

Welcome to Prewar, Jason. And as such, I am introduced to the difficult concept of an incomplete complete set. FUN!

[caramelcard]

Pretty cool that Donnelly is right at the top toughies in the population study.

If Mike still needs just that one after going through a huge amount of T207s it's gotta be one of the toughest.

You're the man Tim!

[quinnsryche]

Thanks to Tim for writing the article and Mike for faxing it to me. As usual, the guys on this board are the most generous anywhere with their time and talents. Much thanks to all!