1911 T205 Gold Border Complete Set with (201/208) Graded and (8) Additional Variations

• Sold For: $14,100
• Year: 1911
• Auction: 2010 November
• Lot #: 1
• Auction Category: Prewar Baseball - 1910s and 1920s Cards

Often overshadowed by the iconic 1909-1911 T206 White Borders, the 1911 T205 Gold Border series is an important designation in its own right. Framed by a delicate perimeter, the colorful lithography, ornate card designs and intricately crafted portraits are second to none. Painstakingly collected one card at a time, the offered 1911 T205 Gold Border complete set of (208) cards is a paramount acquisition. Nearly 97% of this 99 year-old base edition (201/208) are professionally graded by SGC, PSA and other grading services. Additionally, the inclusion of eight challenging variations (all graded, 209 total) makes master set completion more probable. With a handful of exceptions, the reverses are clean and display more common advertising reverses. The condition breakdown for the graded cards follow: SGC: (144 cards) with (2) SGC 70, (8) SGC 60, (31) SGC 50, (42) SGC 40, (42) SGC 30, (17) SGC 20, (2) SGC 10; PSA: (61 cards) with (1) PSA 7 (mc), (3) PSA 5 (one qualifier), (32) PSA 4 (one qualifier), (16) PSA 3, (8) PSA 2, (1) PSA 1; Other Grading Companies: (4 cards) with (1) GAI 5.5, (1) GAI 3, (1) GAI 2.5 and (1) SCD EX-MT 6. Keys include Graded Hall of Famers/Stars: (32 cards) with Bresnahan (PSA 2, Open Mouth), Cobb (PSA 4), E. Collins (SGC 50, Mouth Closed), E. Collins (SGC 20, Mouth Open), Duffy (PSA 4), Evers (PSA 4, Sovereign), Huggins (SGC 70), W. Johnson (SGC 10), Joss (SGC 40), Mathewson (SGC 10), Speaker (SGC 40), Tinker (SGC 50), Wallace (SGC 20, Without Cap, Two Lines of 1910), Walsh (PSA 3), C. Young (PSA 4, mk); Graded Minor League Commons: (11 cards) with Frick (PSA 4); Graded Shortprints/Tough Variations: (31 cards) with Fisher (SGC 40), Ford (SGC 40, White Cap), Gray (SGC 40, No Stats on Back), Hoblitzell (PSA 3, No Cin. After 1908 Stats), Shean (PSA 7, mc, Cubs), Suggs (SGC 40) and four graded SGC commons from the Nagy collection. For more details and a complete list of cards and their respective grades, please visit our website. Missing Hoblitzell (No Stats on Back), Moran (Stray Line of Type), Wallace (No Cap, One Line of 1910 Stats) and Wilhelm (“Suffered” in 18th Line of Bio) for master set completion; Graded Hall of Famers/Stars: (32 cards) with Baker (SGC 30), Bender (PSA 3), Bresnahan (PSA 4, Closed Mouth, Honest Long Cut), Bresnahan (PSA 2, Open Mouth), M. Brown (SGC 20), Chance (SGC 30), Chase (SGC 30, Both Ears Show), Chase (SGC, Both Ears, Frame Extends), Chase (SGC 30, Only Left Ear Shows), Cicotte (SGC 30), Clarke (PSA 4), Cobb (PSA 4), E. Collins (SGC 50, Mouth Closed), E. Collins (SGC 20, Mouth Open, Honest Long Cut), J. Collins (SGC 20, Providence), Duffy (PSA 4), Evers (PSA 4, Sovereign), Griffith (SGC 50), Huggins (SGC 70), Jennings (SGC 50), W. Johnson (SGC 10), Joss (SGC 40), Marquard (PSA 2), Mathewson (SGC 10), McGraw (SGC 40), Speaker (SGC 40), Tinker (SGC 50), Wallace (SGC 30, with Cap), Wallace (SGC 20, Without Cap, Two Lines of 1910), Walsh (PSA 3), Wheat (SGC 30, C. Young (PSA 4, mk); Graded Minor League Commons: (11 cards) with Adkins (SGC 20), Batch (SGC 20), Cady (SGC 30), Dunn (SGC 30), Frick (PSA 4), Hanford (PSA 3), Lee (PSA 3), McAllister (SGC 20), Merritt (SGC 20), Nee (SGC 40), Phelan (SGC 40); Graded Shortprints/Tough Variations: (31 cards) with Barger (SGC 20, Full “B” on Cap), Barger (PSA 2, mk, Partial “B” on Cap), Crandall (PSA 4, “T” Not Crossed), Crandall (SGC 40, “T” Crossed), Dahlen (SGC 20), Donohue (SC 20), Dougherty (SGC 20, Red Sock), Dougherty (GAI 3, White Sock), Fisher (SGC 40), Ford (SGC 40, White Cap), Grant (SGC 40), Gray (SGC 40, No Stats on Back), Hoblitzel (SGC 30, Name Incorrect, No Cin. After 1908 Stats), Hoblitzell (PSA 2, Cin. After 1908 Stats), Hoblitzell (PSA 3, No Cin. After 1908 Stats), Karger (SGC 30), Kleinow (PSA 4), Leifield (PSA 2, Initials “A.P.” on Front), Raymond (PSA 3), Rowan (PSA 3, Honest Long Cut), Scanlan (PSA 3), Shean (PSA 7, mc, Cubs), Stahl (PSA 4, Sovereign), Suggs (SGC 40), Sweeney (GAI 2.5), Turner (PSA 3), Vaughn (PSA 3), C. Wagner (SGC 30), K. White (PSA 3), Wilhelm (PSA 1, “Suffe ED” in 18th Line), Wiltse (SGC 30, Right Ear Shows); Graded Commons: (135 cards) with SCD EX-MT 6: Beck; GAI 5.5: I. Thomas (Honest Long Cut); SGC 70: Corridon; PSA 5: (3 cards) with McIntyre, Richie, Snodgrass (mk); SGC 60: (8 cards) with Blackburne, Hartsel, Knight, Meyers, Milan, Oldring, Tannehill, Wilson; PSA 4: (22 cards) Abbaticchio, Bescher (Sovereign), Daubert, Delehanty, Doolan (Cycle), Doyle, Flynn, Harmon (Only Left Ear Shows), Hummel, Leach, Livingston, H. Lord (Honest Long Cut), Maddox, Magee, Merkle, Miller, Needham, Schaefer, Sharpe, Street, Wiltse (Both Ears Show, Sovereign), Wolter; SGC 50: (27 cards) with Ames, Austin, Bell, Birmingham (Nagy Collection), Byrne, Carrigan, Criger, Evans (Honest Long Cut), Fletcher, Gaspar, Graham (Rustlers), Groom, Harmon (Both Ears Show), Hemphill, Kling, B. Lord, McIntire (Cubs), McLean, Moriarty, Murray, O’Leary, Pelty, Schlei, Schmidt, Sheckard, T. Smith (American Beauty), Willett; PSA 3: (5 cards) with Dygert, Ewing, Ford (Black Cap), Krause, Parent; SGC 40: (31 cards) with Bailey (Sovereign), Bates, Becker, Bergen (Sovereign), Bransfield (Nagy Collection), Bridwell, Camnitz, Devore (Sovereign), Dickson, Dooin, Elberfeld, Engle, Ferguson, Foxen, Gibson, D. Jones, Kroh (Nagy Collection, Honest Long Cut), LaPorte, Lang, Leever, Lobert, Mattern, McConnell, Mullin, Oakes, Olmstead (Honest Long Cut), Phelps, Stanage, Stone, Summers, Titus; PSA 2: (3 cards) with Lennox, Murphy, D. White; SGC 30: (28 cards) with Archer, Ball, Barry, Devlin, Downey, Egan, Goode, Hauser, Herzog, Hoffman, Killian, Konetchy, Latham (A. Latham on Back, Honest Long Cut), Leifield (Initial “A.” on Front), Lush (Sovereign), McBride, McElveen (Nagy Collection), Mitchell, Overall, Paskert, Pfeister, Phillippe, Quinn (Sovereign), Reulbach, Rucker (SGC 30, Honest Long Cut), Schulte (Honest Long Cut), Simmons, Stovall; SGC 20: (5 cards) with Gardner (Honest Long Cut), Jacklitsch (Polar Bear), T. Jones, Shean (Rustlers), Steinfeldt (Honest Long Cut); Ungraded Cards: (7 cards) with Gray (PR, Stats on Back, Sovereign), Fromme (colored), Graham (VG, Cubs, Topps 205 buyback), Latham (PR, W.A. Latham on Back), Moran (GD, No Stray Line), Payne (trimmed), Scott (trimmed)