T206 is such an interesting story, not just when the cards were made, but its progress through the years. Shakespeare couldn't haven't written a more strange and compelling drama.
I still remember the first card show my dad took me to in 1985, and gave me $20 to buy cards. All the heroes, like Strawberry and Clemens and Puckett were featured on colourful, pristine new cards. I can't recapture what it was that drew me to this one man's table that had a booklet of beat up tobacco cards in plastic pages< But I bought a T206 Hoblitzel for a few bucks nonetheless, and went to find my dad to show him what I had bought. He knew it was old, and even at 8 years old, I knew it was interesting, but neither of us knew exactly what is was just yet. A "dangerous" cigarette ad on the back... look at that uniform!... why are they so small... who is Hoblitzel anyway? It was the beginning of a fascinating journey, which never ends...
But that's another story, and we all have them.
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