1911 T205 Gold Border Near-Complete Master Set (203/221): #19 PSA Set Registry!

Sold For:

$30,000

Year:

1911

Auction:

2024 Fall

Lot #:

546

Category:

Prewar Baseball - 1910s and 1920s Cards

Presented is a rarely offered near-complete master set of T205 Gold Borders consisting of 203 different (of 221) cards, entirely graded and encapsulated by PSA. 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. Missing the following eighteen cards (of which fourteen are offered as separate lots in this auction) for completion: Cobb, Collins/mouth open, Evers, Gray/no stats on back, Gray/stats on back, Hoblitzell/no stats on back, Johnson, Joss, Leifield/"A. P." on front, Mathewson, Mathewson/1 loss, Moran/stray line of type, Shean/Cubs, Speaker, Wallace/no cap, one line of 1910 stats, Wallace/no cap - two lines of 1910 stats, Wilhelm/"suffered" in bio, and Young. This near-complete set forms the foundation for the 19th ranked master set on the PSA Set Registry, which has a 3.52 weighted GPA when the missing cards are included. This set includes the following advertising backs: Sovereign (11), American Beauty (11), Polar Bear (15), and Cycle (6). PSA Grading Composite: EX-MT 6 (1 card): Evans (Sovereign Back). EX 5 (18 cards): Including Cady (minor leaguer) and Merritt (minor leaguer). VG-EX+ 4.5 (13 cards): Including Huggins and Wallace/with cap. VG-EX 4 (104 cards): Including Adkins (minor leaguer), Bresnahan/mouth closed, Brown, Chase/gold frame extends, J. Collins (minor leaguer), Crandall/"t" crossed, Doughtery/white sock (Polar Bear Back), Duffy (Polar Bear Back), Frick (minor leaguer), Graham/Cubs, Hanford (minor leaguer), Hoblitzell/"Cin." after 1908 stat (American Beauty Back), Jennings, Lee, Leifield/"A" on front, McGraw (Polar Bear Back), Nee (minor leaguer), Sweeney (Polar Bear Back), Tinker, and Wheat. VG+ 3.5 (12 cards): Including Barger/part "B", Chase/frame ends, Dunn (minor leaguer), and Wiltse/right ear. VG 3 (38 cards): Including Batch (minor leaguer), Bender, Chance, Cicotte/"Black Sox", Clarke, Crandall/"t" not crossed, Dahlen, Donohue, Doughtery/red sock, Fisher (Polar Bear Back), Grant, Harmon/left ear, Hoblitzell/name incorrect, Karger, Marquard, McAllister (minor leaguer), Phelan, Scanlan, Suggs, Wagner, and Walsh (Polar Bear Back). GOOD+ 2.5 (2 cards): Bresnahan/mouth open and Latham/W. A. Latham on back. GOOD 2 (16 cards): Including Baker, Chase/left ear, Collins/mouth closed, Ford/white, Griffith (Sovereign Back), Hoblitzell/name correct (Polar Bear Back), Kleinow, Raymond, Rowan, Turner, Vaughan, and K. White. This is an outstanding offering and is far more complete than usually seen. Total: 203 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $10,000.