1911 T205 Gold Border SGC-Graded Near-Complete Master Set (174/221)

Sold For:

$21,000

Year:

1911

Auction:

2024 Fall

Lot #:

545

Category:

Prewar Baseball - 1910s and 1920s Cards

Presented is a mid-grade near-complete master set of T205 Gold Borders consisting of 174 different (of 221) cards, entirely graded and encapsulated by SGC. The T205 Gold Borders set is a classic issue that includes the great stars of the era and many rarities, which make it one of the most challenging and difficult-to-complete of all tobacco-card sets. Overall, this is a very attractive and consistent T205 near-complete set. This set includes the following advertising backs: Sovereign (14), American Beauty (3), and Polar Bear (7). SGC Grading Composite: EX+ 5.5 (12 cards): Including Batch (minor leaguer), Donohue, Lee (minor leaguer), Suggs, Sweeney, Turner, and K. White. EX 5 (54 cards): Including Adkins (minor leaguer), Barger/part "B", Chase/frame ends, Fisher, Graham/Cubs, Grant, Hanford (minor leaguer), Karger, Leifield/"A. P." on front (Polar Bear back), and Miller (Polar Bear back). VG/EX+ 4.5 (38 cards): Including Kleinow, McAllister (minor leaguer), Merritt (minor leaguer), and Scanlan. VG/EX 4 (14 cards): Including Cady (minor leaguer), Ford/white, Frick (minor leaguer), Latham/W. A. Latham on back, Phelan (minor leaguer), and Shean/Cubs. VG+ 3.5 (9 cards): Including Dougherty/red sock and Hoblitzell/"Cin." after 1908 stat. VG 3 (23 cards): Including Chase/gold frame extends (American Beauty back), Collins/mouth closed, Crandall/"t" not crossed, Hoblitzell/name incorrect, Rowan, Wagner, and Wiltse/right ear. GOOD+ 2.5 (7 cards): Including Leifield/"A" on front and Raymond. GOOD 2 (8 cards): Including Dougherty/white sock (Sovereign back). FAIR 1.5 (9 cards): Including Crandall/"t" crossed and Hoblitzell/name correct. Missing the following forty-seven cards for completion of 221-card master set: Baker, Bender, Bresnahan/mouth closed, Bresnahan/mouth open, Brown, Carrigan, Chance, Chase/left ear, Cicotte, Clarke, Cobb, Collins/mouth open, J. Collins, Dahlen, Duffy, Dunn, Evers, Gray/no stats on back, Gray/stats on back, Griffith, Harmon/left ear, Hoblitzell/no stats on back, Huggins, Jennings, Johnson, Joss, Lush, Marquard, Mathewson, Mathewson/1 loss, McGraw, Moran/stray line of type, Nee, Payne, Speaker, Stovall, Tinker, Titus, Vaughan, Wallace/with cap, Wallace/no cap, one line of 1910 stats, Wallace/no cap - two lines of 1910 stats, Walsh, Wheat, Wilhelm/"suffered" in bio, Wilhelm/"suffe ed" in bio, and Young. This is an outstanding offering and is far more complete than usually seen. Total: 174 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $2,500.