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Having just started the T-206 journey a couple of months ago, others probably can offer better advice. But the best piece I can give is to figure out exactly what you want to accomplish before you start buying. Do your fair share of research and learn as much about the set as you can up front.

For example, my goal is to complete a 518-card set (which is minus the big six) in almost any way possible. Right now, I'm not concerned about backs or much else. I'm even being liberal with condition as my cards range mostly from Poor - Good with a few slightly better. After that, I plan on trying to acquire as many non-Piedmont and non-Sweet Cap backs for my set while upgrading some of the conditions of the ones in pretty bad shape. And if I ever get far enough to where that bores me, I'll probably start collecting different backs of as many cards as I can.

There's no right or wrong answer to what you want to collect in regards to the set and there are so many things you can do that the possibilities are near endless. You can collect Hall-of-Famers, players from certain teams, poses (i.e. portrait-only), strive for a complete set, collect certain backs, etc. The best thing I can say is to decide what's for you/your budget and come up with a game plan on what you want to do before spending any money. You don't want to spend a lot of money and then realize you want to shift gears later on.

Good luck!