When I was a kid, my friend had a t206 Matty portrait. I have an eye for finding flaws in cards -- coulda been a grader! -- so he never let me look at it for fear that I'd find something wrong with it. When I got older, a friend of a friend was raising money for a trip to Vegas by selling his grandfather's T206 card collection. I picked up a Matty white cap and a Bender portrait dirt cheap. When ebay hit a few years later I saw how easy it was to keep adding to my T206 collection. Later, when a group of signed T206 Marquards showed up on ebay I bought them all. Having a T206 signed by the player is so much cooler to me than having just a nice looking card, so I have made it my life's hobby to get as many different ones that I can. I'm up to 37 (39 if you count Mrs. Mathewson and Mrs. McGraw). Everything else I collect is a side project, just for fun.... Whatever catches my fancy from time to time.
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