What's your favorite T206 Subset
 

Everybody knows a big part of the appeal of the T206 is the countless ways to approach the set. Most people find 520 to be too daunting, and only pursue a portion of the overall set. Whether it's Hall of Famers, Portraits, Southern Leaguers, Piedmonts, horizontals, or sunsets, there are as many subsets as there are cards in the set. My simple question is "What's your favorite t206 subset"?

I like Brown Old Mills, because they are mistakes that were scrapped, only found with certain southern leaguers, and they are super rare.

Hindu!
 

Great topic! I collect several subsets, but I’m most drawn to the Hindus. I’ll never complete the Reds, but I’d love to someday finish the Browns. I’m just over 100 total at this point. Here is my Tinker-Evers-Chance trio along with a brown and red Cy.

Portraits.

I'm not a T-206 guy but I'm slowly building a HOF Piedmont portrait group.

Helluva post Sonny

I have always been drawn to the colorful/multi-color background half-body 'action' poses, like these attractive ones shown below, especially the ones that have multi sunset colors.

Brian

Since I collect Jersey City Skeeters team cards, my JC subset is my favorite from T206.



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Love the colors on those cards Andy, almost looks like a Candy issue.

The Richmond Subset. Easy to accomplish and the back runs can be done easily minus the BOM for me lol.

My favorite T206 sub-set is the AMERICAN BEAUTY 460
 

Started this adventure with this Zach Wheat card back in 2005. American Lithographic printed 74 subjects with this back. I currently have 73 of them.

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Anyone here interested in lighting-up a 110-year old cigarette ? :)

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TED Z

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Baltimore guy here so those nine make up my favorite subset. Here are seven of them that I had scans of readily available.

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Thanks Phil. I just wish at lease one of the reds was a different color for more variety, but I love them anyway.

Hof'er with big top borders...


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The HOFers draw me the most. However, I've been kicking around the idea of starting a back run of this guy.

Part of the reason I'm thinking of the back run is this book:

Loved Crazy '08. Great book.




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I collect the eight Providence players. I have over 50 front/back combos so far. Would love to put together a master set, but would settle for at least one of each back. No Carolina Brights, Broad Leaf, or Drum yet.

Elite 11s
 

Sonny, those Hindus are amazing, love them!!

My favorite are the Elite 11s. I have all of the P350s (minus Schulte), all of the EPDGs, and am only missing one of the Sovereigns. Here are a few of my notable ones....

[LIST][*]Mine was my Detroit Tigers team set. Since sold but fun.

HOF Portrait is by far my favorite subset. I’m down to just the Cobb’s, Matty, Red Chance and 3 Finger Brown. I also started a back run of Herzog sitting. We share the same birthday (July 9th) and it’s a great looking card.

Bill

I'm working the Virginia League subset from the Southern Leaguers. Twelve cards, two each from six different cities in Virginia and no big names. At 10/12 currently and trying to 'Shag' a 'Hooker' to finish the set.

I enjoyed assembling one each HOF Pitchers pf T206 (+ E95 Plank); then sold it.
I had a pic up here of it but it's gone; still fun.

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Great book.

Good luck Sonny, that's a great project. I notice that the Tinker and Chance are a dull red. That seems to be common with Hindus for some reason. Quite a few of the red backgrounds look light. Some even appear copper colored.

Recently I have been wondering if it has to do with a chemical reaction to something that was used in the Hindu brown ink at that time.

We know that the majority of what was at the time considered missing red ink t206's were actually chemical/sun related.

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I think some chemical in the brown ink had an affect especially on the Red colors.

Here's a Beaumont that was pasted in an album at one time that I think the glue enhanced the affect of the reaction from the brown ink.

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Polar Bears

Sorry you didn’t pick up those Cobbs in the 80’s like I did. Joe

Not a subset but always like to see a solid backrun.

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Pirates (- Wagner)
 

Working on a Pirate team set with my kids (-Wagner). To keep it interesting we are trying to end up with 1 of each front with each having a different back. Still need the super toughies if anyone has any they would consider parting with.

That's a really cool approach to the set. Can't say I've heard of it before, but it might have to be something I attempt.

Did you know?

There are 5 Mudhen players in the T206 Set

Fred Abbott
Jerry Freeman
Harry Hinchman
Bill Lattimore
Lucky Wright

I currently own only the Lattimore - Would be interested in any PSA examples that you have for sale on the other 4

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Great thread! This is my 30th year of collecting T206 (started in summer of '91 at a local mall card show...and later that summer befriended and starting buying from Sir Jay Wolt).

I've literally collected the set every which way you can- HOFers, SLers, rare backs, high grade, printing errors, raw, slabbed, etc, etc...I always seem to circle back to rare backs and printing errors. Here's a few...

My favorite back:

Luke, stunning collection of BL's!

Love seeing these cards whenever. you post. Is this all the backs?

Thanks! I’m missing the BL350, Carolina Brights and the T214 Victory.