T202 End Panels

[K-Nole]

I saw that there is a thread for some of these for sale at a great price in the "Tobacco cards other then T-206" section, which I suggest folks go to, as they are sharp!!

But Seeing them so cheap, and then a story I have, combined, makes me wonder, why are these so cheap and not sought after more.

As stated before, I am recently back in the hobby after leaving in the 90's, and coming back a couple years ago. Before I knew of this board, I took some of my cards I bought as a youngster in the 70's/80's, to a shop in Wichita, and asked what they were.
He stated they were T202 end panels. I asked what they were worth and his response was that they were basically like the 1980 Basketball ones, and since they were just the panels, they were "worthless".
Of coarse I disagreed with him under my breath, but then I see this thread and see how cheap they are and was just wondering why they are so cheap?

[barrysloate]

They are cheap because they are pieces of cards, not complete ones. Collectors frown on cards being torn apart.

[gregr2]

Do a quick google search on T202 cards and you'll see what an entire card should look like.

[sebie43]

Some people dont like them, some people do, I would never purposefully tear a T202 but if it comes like that fine,I dont judge previous collectors and their preferences. I think they are nice pieces for the age/price or if you collect a city or team.

[brianp-beme]

What Barry said is true...T202 end panels will produce frowns. However, they are a great way to pick up T205 artwork at a very reasonable price. Here is a link to a thread I started about them a couple of years back. (Ignore the T206 reference in the title...I was just yanking the chain of T206 collectors and the T206centricity of this board....Net54 minus NE plus 152 = T206 board).

Brian




http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=149998&highlight=t202

[Luke]

I checked out your thread Brian. You inspired about as good a discussion as I did last time I started a thread about e120s :D