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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley
I will preface this with saying I have nothing personal against the T206 set nor the people that collect them, to each their own and there is no wrong way to collect cards...
That being said last night when Phil started this thread 6 of the first 10 threads were directly related to T206 cards. We get that it is a popular set and all but it is literally only one set out of hundreds and hundreds that were made but it literally is all people talk about around here anymore. I get the draw of the set and and when I was first introduced to vintage cards in the mid 1980's I too collected them and 1933 Goudeys as that is almost the only cards you could find at a given show.
Again, I understand they are popular and I'm probably in the minority but when threads that have to do with other sets or new discoveries that are admittedly less popular get buried in less than a day by threads like "what T206 featuring Boston Nat'ls with green backgrounds do you prefer while drinking a beer on Sunday nights during the winter solstice?" 
To some it is like being on a forum to discuss restaurants and all anyone wanted to talk about is the most common of all restaurants (say McDonald's or something), again don't get me wrong I enjoy me some Sausage Egg McMuffins every once in a while but there are other sets, err, restaurants out there.
Please, feel free to disregard this and make more T206 threads as I like the fact that we have traffic on this site and if the traffic is due only to the overwhelming number of T206ers congregating then I'll take it.  |
Great post !!
Just for the record, I love reading threads about other types of cards. It is usually always a learning experience, and I always enjoy that. Speaking for myself though, it's hard to contribute to the conversation when you aren't that familiar with the issue- and, I suspect that may be the case with many collectors. So, it may seem like there's less interest, but, it may be that people (like me) will just be learning about the type of card the thread is about~ but can't contribute much to the thread *other than maybe ask a question or make a comment. I do spend just about all of my research time devoted to T206's (and American history), and mostly learn about other types of cards from threads here on Net54.
Sincerely, Clayton