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Posted By: Joe Pelaez

That's how the cards were dealt out, and believe me I'm not complaining.
This year I'm heading towards 76 and it's been one hell of an interesting ride.
It's been a fun ride in the card world.
As a ten year old in 1941 NYC my first cards from the candy store were the 1941 Play Ball's.
That was the first cards that I ver flipped with the other school kids.
Then eventually I discovered girls, and they flipped me.
It wasn't until 1982 that I re entered card collecting again.
I started innocently by collecting Valenzuela rookie cards, from there I worked myself backwackwards towards the 1941 Play Ball and collected the set.
It was inevitable that the ever popular since it's conception T206 set would mesmerize me and add me to the list of worshipping indentured slaves.
I have two T206 sets.
1. The very nice condition set missing just one card from the known T206 check list, is a set that was like an unplanned child, the results of a large tobacco purchase at a "Lee" San Francisco show. .. late '80's. .... very proud of this set.

2. My second set, the beater set, was actually the original set that I started.
It's made up of cards that were loved by every T206 collectors that ever lived.
It's missing just 11 cards from the known T206 check list, and believe it or not. it's my favorite set of the two.

Complete T205 frontal set.

20 of the 25 needed for the T217 set.

Complete T201 set.

Complete T209 type I set.

219 of the T209 type II set.

I'll stop here and just say 'Saludos fellow collectors."

Joe P.

Oops, I forgot, I'm in Virginia.