[Bill77]

I started collecting baseball cards in 1988 with my brother. We put all of the sets together that year. I also remember about that same time in one of the summer book order forms, can't remember what they were called, they had a price guide for baseball cards with a T206 Wagner. Every boy in my class ordered it. I remember dreaming of finding one some day. I also remember thinking the same thing about the ancient coins in the history text books in school. I now have 67 T206 cards and over a 100 ancient Greek and Roman coins in my collections, as well as millions of worthless 80's and 90's baseball cards and comic books. As a side note I was taking a break from cards and working on my coin collection when the Mike Trout rookie cards came out, I am still kicking myself for that.

As far as coming to join this site, I started lurking around the time I bought my 1st T206, a trimmed Harry Howell portrait and my 2nd a Red Murray portrait with a Polar Bear back and a bad crease through his face. I was looking for information about the thickness of the Murray as it felt thicker than the Howell. I sent both cards out to SGC as they were the cheapest option. The Howell came back as an A (obviously trimmed when I got it back) and the Murray came back a 1.5.