[The Nasty Nati]

It's nice to see a collector my same age. I actually rather recently finished a T206 Reds team set. I bought about half my cards raw and I had them graded by SGC and then the other half I crossed over from PSA (as you can see I still have a few I still need to send to SGC). SGC in my opinion is definitely the way to go with T206. The white borders in the black casing of the SGC holders really make the cards look great. My suggestion to you is if you buy raw cards make sure to ask the seller whether the card has any creases. Creases are hard to see in most pictures and those "flaws" can bring a lower grade. Then again if a particular grade doesn’t matter then creases shouldn’t be a concern.

Good luck with the Brooklyn set. It's definitely has some great looking cards. I'm thinking about tackling that set too as I live in Brooklyn. Like others have said I’d definitely start with Dahlen. His card rarely comes up and when it does it goes for big money. He’s priced at more or less as a mid-tier T206 Hall of Famer even though he’s just a “minor” star.

Best of luck,
Ben