How far are you on your quest to slay the monster?

[t206hound]

I flipped T206s a few years back in order to get a low grade of each of the Cobbs "for free." At the beginning of this year I saw the prices drop a bit and got hooked again. I still flip some cards in order to pay for this hobby. Now I'm sitting at 147 low grade cards with all four Cobbs (PSA1), Lundgren Chicago (SGC10) and Cy Young (Bare Hand, SGC10) as my "top dollar" cards. I also have 13 other hall-of-famers and three Southern Leaguers. Thanks to all of the flipping, my net cost per card (including grading) is $8.18.

[geor952]

Erick,
I think it is great that you keep the data on all of your card purchases. For the first 3 years I redcorded, when, where, and how much I paid for each card. I wish I never quit keeping this data.

[Anthony S.]

Was at 519 last year (needed O'Hara). Now I'm at 511. Apparently I'm doing something wrong. The goal is 520, unslabbed, no creases, no paper loss.

[ethicsprof]

thanks for the blast from the blast!
sure brings back delightful memories of my own slaying of adversary and friend.

all the best,
barry

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by t206hound

I flipped T206s a few years back in order to get a low grade of each of the Cobbs "for free." At the beginning of this year I saw the prices drop a bit and got hooked again. I still flip some cards in order to pay for this hobby. Now I'm sitting at 147 low grade cards with all four Cobbs (PSA1), Lundgren Chicago (SGC10) and Cy Young (Bare Hand, SGC10) as my "top dollar" cards. I also have 13 other hall-of-famers and three Southern Leaguers. Thanks to all of the flipping, my net cost per card (including grading) is $8.18.

Wow cool Erick. I wish I had kept track of that data. I am at 73% with an equal distribution between SL'ers, HOF'ers, stars and commons. Probably never finish the set....

[tbob]

520 out of 524. Unslabbed, no creases. I'm done.

[pgellis]

I've been at it for about 4.5 years and luckily I did keep track of what I paid for every card so far. I have 232 total (230 are SGC50 or better and 2 are SGC40). I have 10 HOFs and 7 Southern Leaguers.

So far I have spent an average of $ 60.85 for each card, not bad considering most SGC50 "commons" go for at least $ 50.00.

[OldSchoolBaseball]

I started the Monster. I have 275 in PSA 6 or 6.5 only. Great fun but seems to be slowing down as I begin to look for cards that don't come up very often in that grade. The complete set will be 518 as I do not think I will ever get the "Big Six" in the grade.

[richieb315]

I am at 400/520. I have another 300 more in doubles/triples. I am loving every minute of it.

[AndyG09]

I was looking for a collecting direction last December when I stumbled upon Net54 and a thread Scott L. posted about completing his version of the set. I thought that I could do it over a ten year period if I bought just one a week. Well, I just picked up card number 200. I have had an absolute blast working on the set. It is amazing how much there is to learn about it and the players depicted. I have "met" a lot of cool people through this project and look forward to each day I can check another one off the list. Best of luck to all of you who are on the journey, and thanks to Scott L. for the initial inspiration!