In the late 70's dad got sent by Caterpillar to Miami to diagnose some marine engine problems. We were all excited to spend 2 weeks in Miami in a beachfront motel on Cat's dime. On the drive from Illinois to Miami we stopped in Georgia at an antique "Bargain Barn".
The old man had thousands of baseball cards, with several hundred T 206 cards. I was only about 12-13 and bought 2 of them for a total of $5, McGinnity and Casey Piedmont backs.
A couple years later we went back to Florida, and I saved up for 2 years to buy him out. Dad stopped at that bargain barn, but the old man had died and his son liquidated it all.
That same summer, I also bought the Phillippe Sweet Caporal at a Steamboat Days flea market in Peoria for a few bucks.
It wasn't until Beckett put out his Sport American annual guide that I knew what a T 206 was, all I knew was they were old and cool.
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