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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: JimB
Just curious what people think is a rough # of T206 sets or near sets (500+ different) out there in the hobby. Ted or Barry might have good educated guesses. I would guess over 100. What do others think? |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: brian
100 near sets sounds feasible and I know of one collector in the midwest who has at least one dozen near sets all graded with the focus on different conditions and different backs. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: cmoking
I'd guess the number is closer to 300. There seems to be a 500+ T206 lot or near-complete sets in every major auction. If those big lots are getting sold 5 to 10 times a year, there should be many more not being sold. Just a guess though. Looking forward to what others think. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Richard Masson
even at 300, I would take the over. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: barry arnold
I love this question. It reminds me of when you and I indicated here that we're members of the 500 plus club. King does some great statistical work and has a decent handle on the numbers methinks. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: T206Collector
I can't give you round figures, but I got to 520 in about 8 years on a relatively limited budget. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Matt
Interesting question. I guess that would also infer that a huge chunk of T206 cards are still not graded then. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
To start with, the last time I looked at the PSA and SGC registries there were about 50 sets |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: T206Collector
...using Demmitt and O'Hara populations as a benchmark is a very good idea. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: JimB
I just checked on the PSA and SGC registries. My gauge for 500+ card sets or partial sets was if they were 95% complete or better. The PSA registry lists 16 current sets of 500+ and SGC lists 4 for a total of 19 registered sets of 500+. Like others here, I would guess these account for a small percentage of the actual T206 sets out there. In my set, I have about 60 HOFs and rarities graded, but most of my set is raw and not on either registry. But 500 sets sound a bit high to me. I would guess 300, give or take a few, is in the ballbark. Ted makes a good point about the numbers of the tougher cards like O'Hara and Demmit, but of course, one does not need those to climb over the 500 mountain. If we were to take the number of sets at 520+, it would obviously be a lot fewer. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: leon
If we always say "the big 4" don't you think there would be a precipitous drop going from 520 to 521? I don't know a lot about t206 but this would seem to make sense? best regards |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: peter chao
This is getting interesting. In a way we had a similiar discussion not too far back about the no. of high grade T-206s that have been graded to date. Some people thought there were approximately 75% of the cards in PSA 8 and up have been graded. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Fascinating, guys. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: JimB
Leon, |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Scot Reader did a tremendous analysis on the T206 set; so, let us take his figures for the "Big Six" and |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: T206Collector
....these estimates are well reasoned. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: JimB
Ted, |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: peter chao
JimB, |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: barry arnold
Fascinating,T206 scholars! |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
PAUL |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: T206Collector
"It is an amazingly shrewd adversary, yet a most intriguing friend. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: barry arnold
The Monster wants you to quit! |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: peter chao
See, you guys do miss Joe P. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Bob
My own experience was that I had almost the complete big 4-less set before I got the O'Hara, Demmitt, Cobb green and Cobb bat on shoulder. I don't think everyone gets them early and then builds from there, I think a lot of us got the Monster almost completed and then started picking off the more expensive cards. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Of the 500+ card t206 sets which exist, what percentage is in vg or less average condition? |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Brian Weisner
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Thank you, Jim B, for the PSA numbers on the St. Louis Demmits and O'Haras. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
When this hobby gets organized this common crap will be available off the shelf in 500 card sets on a : "pick your grade, how many do you want" basis. Options for the more desireable cards. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: peter chao
Gil, |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: dan mckee
I know of 15 without blinking that none of you will know of from old time collectors that are not internet savy. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Brian Weisner
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: DaveW
Interesting set, and I love the collector models. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: peter chao
Let's face it, not everybody can finish their T206 set. What do people do when they realize that they can't finish their set? Do they sell on E-bay? Stop where they are and collect something else? |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: JimB
They go to grandpa's attic and pray. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
There is no such "creature".....once you seriously start assembling together a T206 set (with certain goals in |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: CN
Well said Ted. I am just over 400 different and every time I say I will stop I go at tops a month and then I go at it again. My goal is to finish in 2009 as I have most of the key cards.I am looking forward to the challenge as I hit come close to 500. CN |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Mike Ernst
Adding a perspective to the most interesting thread---I'm not the norm, but I'm guessing that there are a few like me. I reached 520 in 1974, when I was in my mid-20's. Not a single one of them is slabbed. Turned down a Wagner for $600 because my salary was $550 a month--my wife told me to borrow the money and buy it, and I ignored her. I don't know how many there are like me who fly under the radar, but there is at least one of us! |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: cmoking
"my wife told me to borrow the money and buy it, and I ignored her" |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Jack Cryder
Mike, you're not the only one flying below radar. It pays to collect in the shadows. I bought my first T206 set in 1966 at the age of 23 when I was a 2nd Lt. in the Air Force. Got it from an old time collector named Jim Holst for $1000, including Wagner, Plank & Doyle. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
I'm still hoping someone computer and SGC savvy can tell me how many Demmits and O'Haras there are graded... Same for Beckett and GAI. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: David Smith
Peter, the old time collector, who I call my Mentor, started with the Wagner as one of his first cards. |
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How many T206 sets?
Posted By: barry arnold
"Once you check-in, you can't check out" |
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