This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2018
Have you ever been tempted to try to slay "the monster?" Many a collector has given it their all, but the expansive T206 set certainly has a record of more wins than losses, even with advanced collectors who have devoted a lifetime trying to complete it. Putting aside the different ad backs, most collectors consider the T206 set complete at 520 cards without "the big 4" of Wagner, Plank, Magee error and Doyle error. So if you're looking for the ultimate project in baseball card collecting, featured here is a near complete set that offers well over 90% of the collection with over 80 PSA graded cards, including all four Ty Cobb cards (green background PSA 2.5, red background PSA 2, bat on shoulder PSA 2, bat off shoulder PSA 1.5) as well as PSA 2 graded cards of W. Johnson (hands at chest), Mathewson (portrait), C. Young (portrait), C. Young (bare hand shows) and Demmitt (St. Louis variation). Other PSA graded cards (all are Piedmont, Sweet Caporal or Polar Bear backs unless otherwise noted) are as follows: PSA 6 - Jones (Detroit) and Phelan. PSA 5 - Bresnahan (with bat), Chesbro (MC), Herzog (New York), McGlynn, Moran (Chicago), Murray (batting), O'Brien and Wilson (Old Mill). PSA 4.5 - G. Davis (Chicago), Fritz (Old Mill), Merritt, Molesworth (Old Mill), Stanage and L. Tannehill. PSA 4 - Baker, Chase (throwing white cap), Chase (portrait pink), Guiheen, Huggins (hands at mouth), Keeler (portrait) (MC), Kiernan, Krause (portrait), Pelty (vertical), Randall (Sovereign), Rockenfeld (Old Mill), Shaughnessy, S, Smith (Old Mill), Stovall (portrait), Turner, Westlake, D. White (portrait) and F. White (Old Mill). PSA 3.5 - Ellam (Old Mill) and Moeller. PSA 3 - G. Brown (Washington), Chase (Holding Trophy - Tolstoi), Evers (with bat, Cubs - Sovereign), Griffith (portrait), Lajoie (portrait), Tinker (bat on shoulder - Tolstoi), Tinker (portrait) and Violat. PSA 2.5 - Crawford (throwing), Duffy, Evers (portrait), McGraw (finger in air), Reagan (Old Mill) and Speaker. PSA 2- Beckley, Bender (no trees), Chance (portrait red), Chance (portrait yellow), Clarke (Pittsburgh holding bat - Sovereign), Clarke (Pittsburgh portrait), Crawford (with bat), Elberfield (Wash portrait - Old Mill), Fiene (portrait), Jennings (portrait), Joss (pitching), Latham, Lundgren (Kansas City), McGinnity, McGraw (glove at hip), Tinker (bat off shoulder), H. Smith (Buffalo), Willis (portrait) (MK), Willis (St. Louis throwing) and Willis (St. Louis with bat). PSA 1.5 - M. Brown (Cubs shirt). PSA 1 - M. Brown (Chicago shirt). Also evaluated by PSA is Doyle (N. Y. hands above head) MISCUT, W. Johnson (portrait) ALTERED, Lavender MISCUT, Marquard (hands at thighs) MISCUT, Pickering MISCUT and C. Young (Clev. glove shows) EVID TRIM. The rest of the collection is 5% EX, 10% VG/EX or better, 35% VG, 30% GOOD-GOOD+ and 20% lower with Bender (portrait) GOOD+, G,. Brown (Chicago) VG+, M. Brown (portrait) POOR, Chase (blue portrait) VG, Chase (throwing black cap) VG, Cicotte GOOD, E. Collins POOR, J. Collins POOR (EPDG back), Evers (Chicago shirt) POOR, Flick GOOD+, Griffith (batting) GOOD, Huggins (portrait) VG, Jennings (one hand) POOR, Kelley POOR, Kleinow (Boston) GOOD, Lajoie (throwing) POOR, Marquard (pitching) GOOD and Smith (Chicago and Boston) VG.