Nice to see another collector getting into T207s!
I love this set, but I have a love/hate thing going on within it. I absolutely love some of the poses in the set, I hate that I don't like a significant amount of the poses. This is my 2nd favorite set behind T206, but I don't think I'll ever go for the entire set because I find so many of the cards unappealing. Which is a shame because some of the most beautiful tobacco cards ever produced came from this set.
So, for now I am just collecting poses that I like without any real focus. I like Napoleon backs the most, but I am pretty happy just collecting fronts for this set.
One thing I love about grading on T207s is that you can find some 2s and 3s that are cheap, but present like VGEX copies. When T207s crease, it can be pretty brutal on the eye appeal, but sometimes they just get a bend on the front and a wrinkle on the back. I have a bunch of 2s and 3s with bends that look VGEX or better and you can only see the bend at the right angle when light bounces off of it.
Here are some of my favorites:
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