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Posted By: Jason Carota

Hello!

I have been lurking (and learning) here for a time and finally decided to introduce myself.

As a kid, I collected baseball cards from 10 years old until I was about 14. It took about 12 years (now 27 years of age) for me to get back into collecting. I have my wife to thank (believe it or not) for bringing me back. At the time, she booked a series of card shows at a local hotel she worked for. I decided to go to one of the shows and from then on, I was hooked (again.) I started off with modern stuff (as I had done when I was a kid.) As of the last 6 or so months, however, the vintage bug has taken hold of me. Although my current collection does include a good amount of modern cards, pre-war issues are slowly taking precedent.

More specifically, I have been captivated by the T206 set. My goal with T206 is to accumulate as many as I can (realizing that a complete set is not going to happen.) As of right now, I try to focus on acquiring cards that feature any of the following:

a) Have strong eye appeal to me
b) feature Boston players
c) feature HOF'ers
d) have interesting backs (Polar Bear is my favorite)

Along with the above, I tend to focus on lower grades (i.e. SGC/PSA 3 and lower.)

Although T206 is my pre-war focus, other sets I enjoy include E90-1 American Caramel and E92 Nadja/Croft's/Dockman.

Thanks for reading! If anyone is interested, my Photobucket i.d. is jay1065 (all T206 found in Vintage/T206 directory.)