I'd like to congratulate pgrossma on having an outstanding Alan Trammell collection. Here are his statistics:

*Beckett checklist completion: 936/1259 74.3%
*Beckett checklist completion for playing days (1978-1997): 546/563 97.0%. Most of the items I'm missing here are not cards (buttons, a couple stickers, etc).
*127 of the cards I don't have are 1/1

*My checklist completion: 1019/1293 78.8%
*My checklist completion for playing days (1978-1997): 589/608 96.9% All 19 missing cards are error/variations or press plates.
*127 of the cards I don't have are 1/1

The above checklists both contain cards I have that are not on the other list (including 1/1s--the matching count is coincidence). The combined stats are 1109/1487.

One of the particularly noteworthy aspects of my collection is that it touches on all niches of player collecting. Some numbers to back this statement up:

*291 serially numbered cards; 42 numbered to less than 25, 5 1/1.
*138 game-used cards
*131 autograph cards (42 of these are also counted in the gu count as they are combos)
*I am ranked #4 on the PSA Set Registry for my Trammell Basic set (92/124 cards,63 10s, 29 9s including '78 Topps). The set can be viewed at http://www.psacard.com/SetRegistry/a...t.aspx?s=43105
*70 error/misprint/variation cards including a '78 Topps Blank Back.
*45 stickers
*2 random appearances in photos on player's cards ('93 UD Scott Fletcher, '92 Donruss Joel Skinner); note these are not on my checklist.
*2 porcelain cards, 1 hand-painted cachet (print run 50), 1 placemat, and one popsicle stick.

Some of the more unusual material (including most of the <25 print run cards) can be seen in my museum page:

http://www.trammellcards.com/museum/peterg/index.html

The larger-print-run portion of the post-retirement section of my collection is not well documented online; I can provide images for many of these cards if needed (particularly for cards issued in 2000-2003).

Why I collect Trammell can be seen here:

http://www.trammellcards.com/features/whytram.html

Let me know if you need further convincing.

I've seen Peter's collection, as well as his knowledge of the cards in his collection before, and I've always been impressed. So, congratulations Peter!

congratulations on an amazing collection!

not sure if i am more impressed by your percentage or the fact you have all those cards listed.

That is probally the hardest part of collecting, keeping a list of them, i always intend to, but never do.

GREAT JOB AND GREAT COLLECTION!!!

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amazing collection!

congrats on receiving SC status, great job!

Very impressive collection

Another collection that I've been in awe of, especially as a Tiger's fan and growing up watching Tram play.

Congrats on the SC status!

Brad

Congrats on this honor as you deserve it! Keep up the good work!

Darin

Thanks to all for the kind words. I particularly appreciate Jay's allusion to my checklist--it is definitely true that checklist maintenance can be a big part of player collecting, and it's something that I work at harder than most.

Peter G.

congrats on that truly amazing trammell collection.Take care Steve

All I have to say is, that is true dedication right there. Your collection must almost be at a point where it feels impossible to find some of the other cards out there.

Sweet cards indeed. I have had the pleasure to deal with pgrossma and what a great guy he is ! Congrats on the impressive list !!!

*drools*

I'm a longtime Trammell fan, too! Love your collection....very impressed by your sheer dedication. Congrats on your accomplishments.

Congrats...your SC status is well deserved. Does anyone have a better Trammel card collection than yours? I'm thinking that there's no way.

Thanks again for the latest round of praise.

With regard to other superlative Trammell collections, I'm aware of the following:

*There is a gentleman who has assembled a fairly comprehensive PSA Master set of Trammell, containing roughly 500 stickers and cards from 1978-1997 in mostly PSA 9 or better. Except for some of the very low print run parallels of the mid-late '90s, he's gotten just about everything graded. Very impressive--it's on the Set Registry for all to see.

*There are two other collectors who as of ~2005 were demonstrably ahead of me in terms of ultra-short print cards (< 25)--an area which I only really started emphasizing in the last couple of years as I ran out of easier stuff to chase and found myself more able to afford the highest-end material. At this point it's clear that the other collectors' interest in post-retirement cards has waned, and so I don't know whether I've caught up with them or not. Regardless, I have always considered their collections to be my equals--it's hard for me to feel that a collection has truly meaningful edge over another on the basis of a few short prints when the other 90+% of the collections' contents overlap.

*There is one area in which I am confident that I have no peer, and that's in error/variation cards. I doubt anyone else is even close--it's not exactly a big part of the collecting landscape, and I don't get much competition bidding for them.

I think the key to player collecting is staying in it for the long haul--I started getting serious about it back in 1997, and while I've taken breaks here and there where I don't really work on it for a couple months at a time, I keep coming back. This is also true of the other big-time Trammell collectors I mentioned above--I've been bidding against them in auctions for over 10 years.

Peter G.

Always fun to see PC's of players that were stars of my childhood (the 70's and 80's). Thanks for the look and congrats on the honor!

very nice PC!:love0030::cheer2::love0030::cheer2:

Maybe I'll become another Trammell supercollector....in 10 years. :winking0071:

Just bought my first-ever Tram on-card auto (from '04 Donruss Recollection) and will post it in that Show-n-Tell section. It's a start...

Again, I applaud your diligence in putting together such a great Tram collection.