This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/6/2016
There's no question that it's every hobbyists dream to own a complete T206 set, even without the "Big Four" (Wagner, Magie, Plank and Doyle). But at well over 500 cards with countless Hall of Fame issues, four of which have the name Cobb, the difficulty in completing a set isn't just money but time. Well, here's a stunning collection that, no doubt, took years to assemble and represents a crowning achievement in the art of baseball card collecting, a complete T206 set. At any grade level, this would have to be respected, but this isn't simply a collection of barely passable pasteboards; many reach well up into the mid-grades. The large majority exhibit Piedmont or Sweet Caporal reverses with a few Old Mill and Sovereign, and 33 have been PSA graded, including all four Cobbs (Green PSA 1, Red PSA 2, Bat on shoulder PSA 2 and bat off shoulder PSA 2), Demmitt (St. Louis) PSA 1.5 and O'Hara (St. Louis) PSA 1. Other graded cards are: PSA 5 - Cree, Jackson, Magee (Bat) and Rossman. PSA 4.5 - Chance (Batting) and Evers (Bat - Chicago), PSA 4 - Dunn (Balt.), F. Jones (Hands at Hips), Knight (Portrait), Murphy (Throwing), Smith (Chicago - F. Smith) and Slagle. PSA 3.5 - Leifield (Batting). PSA 3 - Bresnahan (Portrait) and Waddell (Throwing). PSA 2.5 - W. Johnson (Hands Chest) and C. Young (Clev. Bare Hand). PSA 2 - Dahlen (Brooklyn), Elberfield (Wash - Portrait), Mathewson (Portrait), Mathewson (Dark Cap), Seymour (Throwing), Speaker and C. Young (Clev. - Glove). PSA 1.5 - Mathewson (White Cap) and C. Young (Clev. - Portrait). PSA 1 - W. Johnson (Portrait). The rest of the set is 15% VG/EX or higher, 30% VG, 20% G/VG, 20% GOOD and 15% lower with key cards: Baker VG, Beckley VG/EX, Bender (Portrait) VG, Bender (Trees) VG/EX, Bender (No Trees) VG+, Bresnahan (Batting) G/VG, M. Brown (Chicago) G/VG, M. Brown (Cubs) GOOD, M. Brown (Portrait) VG, Chance (Red) VG, Chance (Yellow) G/VG, Clarke (Batting) GOOD, Clarke (Portrait) VG+, E. Collins VG+, Crawford (Throwing) VG+, Crawford (Batting) GOOD, Dahlen GOOD+, Evers (Portrait) GOOD+, Evers (Cubs) POOR, Griffith (Batting) G/VG, Griffith (Portrait) VG, Huggins (Mouth) VG+, Huggins (Portrait) G/VG Jennings (Portrait) GOOD, Jennings (One Hand) VG, Jennings (Two Hands) G/VG, Joss (Hands at Chest) VG, Joss (Portrait) VG, Keeler (Bat) GOOD, Keeler (Portrait) VG+, Kleinow (Boston) POOR, Lajoie (Portrait) POOR, Lajoie (Throwing) GOOD, Lajoie (With Bat) GOOD, Lungren (Chicago) VG (MK), Marquard (Hands at Side) G/VG, Marquard (Pitching) GOOD, Marquard (Portrait) GOOD, McGraw (Finger in Air) VG, McGraw (Hands at Hip) GOOD, McGraw (Portrait) VG+, Smith (Chicago and Boston) GOOD, Tinker (Bat Off Shoulder) GOOD, Tinker (Bat on Shoulder) VG, Tinker (Portrait) G/VG, Wadell (Portrait) POOR, Wallace G/VG, Walsh G/VG, Wheat GOOD, Willis (Portrait) VG, Willis (Throwing) G/VG and Willis (Batting) POOR.