There are many popular card sets in the hobby but few carry the mystique of T206 - the card issue nicknamed "The Monster" because of its difficulty to complete and due as well as to its all-consuming nature. Starting a T206 set is an easy proposition - many many collectors have started sets - the cards are easy to find (particularly in collector grades) and bargains on individual cards are common. Completing a T206 set however is a different story - 70 Hall of Famers add considerable expense while multiple player poses and variations tough Southern Leaguers and difficult-to locate scarcities within the set create collecting challenges that eventually frustrate all but the most patient and passionate collectors to the point of abandonment. Certainly the number of collectors who have completed a T206 set is just a fraction of the number who have started. Presented here is the end of result of such an exercise in patience and diligence - a complete (save for the "big four" of Wagner and Plank along with Magie and Doyle variations) set. Featuring 520 cards all in collector grades this is an exceptional collecting achievement including the remaining tough variations all the Hall of Famers and the difficult Southern Leaguers. While the great majority of the cards are ungraded (which face it is the best way to build this set) the set does contain 30 graded keys from a mixture of grading companies. While there are a number of back varieties represented the total number of cards with "tough" backs is just 59 with none more scarce than Cycle 460 as the collector of this set was more focused on completing the task than getting sidetracked by such things as difficult backs. It is often stated that the greatest value in purchasing a complete T206 sit lies in its breakup value; acquiring 70 prewar Hall of Famers plus all the difficult Southern Leaguers variations and tough poses in one shot represents an excellent opportunity for a dealer to help multiple collectors with their own pursuits. However it is our opinion that acquiring a complete set such as this affords the collector with an outstanding foundation on which to upgrade and improve without the additional challenge of having to find all those tough variations. The overwhelming majority of the cards in this collection reside at the lower end of the grading scale with the graded examples representative of the set in its entirety. A condition breakdown of the graded cards is as follows: