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T206CollectorThe name says it all and it's all that I collect. Oh sure, I have a stray T205 and T3 at home, and a Mayo's Cut Plug lunch pail and a neat Chicago White Sox wood cutting from Leslie's Illustrated circa 1886. But I am within 10 of completing the monster, and I will not rest until I am there (minus Wagner, Plank and Doyle).
Oh, and I get the nice ones graded by SGC. Every month or so, I send my upgraded T206s to SGC for slabbing. They generally come back in SGC 30-60 holders. Ideally, one day, they will all be SGC 40 or higher. But I am quite a ways from that ideal.
I like buying lots on eBay, upgrading whichever ones are upgrades, and then selling off the lesser condition doubles. Doing this I have often been able to upgrade with little to no cost or even a profit, though the days of buying lots for under $10/card have subsided quite a bit in recent years. Still, once in awhile, you get a bargain. Because of this, collecting T206 has gotten a lot cheaper since I've gotten all the commons -- just about every purchase means a sale; I don't keep the doubles.