The expected price of the 520-card T206 White Border near complete set in Sotheby’s Important Baseball Cards and Sports Memorabilia auction in 1993 was…$30,000-$40,000.
Here’s the lot’s description:
T206 1910 White Border Set, near complete set of 520 cards (missing the big three, Wagner, Plank, and Magie), a monumental task to put together all 520 cards was accomplished by a collector looking for uniformity of condition throughout the set, only about 70 cards are less than excellent condition, about 20 of those are in definite need of replacing due to creases or excessive wear, approximately 450 cards are excellent or better, the Demmitt, O’Hara and Elberfeld have creases and are only fair condition, Kleinow Boston is near mint to mint, Lungren, Chicago is a strong excellent to mint. Cobb (red) and Cobb (yellow) are excellent, the green Cobb has a hairline crease and is very good to excellent and the Cobb bat off the shoulder is very clean and strong excellent to mint, Smith, Chicago and Boston is excellent to mint, Dahlen, Brooklyn is excellent to mint, and G. Brown Washington is excellent condition, several Southern Leaguers need replacing (about 25), overall the set is excellent condition with numerous cards in excellent to mint condition.