It very well could be that the build up of anticipation to seeing the card overshadows the actual event. Or, in my case, I am not a HUGE T206 fan or collector like many on this board are.
I once knew an old time collector and rumor had it that he owned a T206 Wagner. Once I got to really know him (and he could trust me) he admitted that he owned one. In fact, he said his Father once owned two. They were from Pennsylvania and his Father was a huge baseball fan and a player (he told me his Dad once had a try out with the Yankees in the 1920's). Anyway, he said his Dad had somehow, along the way, picked up two T206 Wagner's.
After a couple of more years of going around looking for cards together, he took me inside his house one day, opened up his safe and pulled out the Wagner. It didn't seem trimmed but it did show wear and some creases.
His advice to me from the very beginning was to buy T206's. That was because many people collected them and if I ever had to sell my cards they would be the easiest to get rid of. I heard what he said but the commoness (if that is a word) really didn't do much for me.
I saw the Wagner and thought it looked like every other T206 I had ever seen. Translation, it didn't do much for me.
Now, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't turn it down if he (or anybody else) were going to give me one but I don't know if I would go after one even if I had the money to buy it. The prestige of actually owning one would be cool but there are other cards that I would rather own.
David
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