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T206CollectorI don't even collect different backs in the T206 set yet. At some point, I'll probably want an example of each kind of back I can get my hands on, but for the moment, it's all about the fronts ...and I'm not interested in different shades of Tinker/Cobb red/orange.
I buy doubles on ebay all the time, in lots or if I can find them for little cost. When they arrive in the post box, I bring them to my card collecting desk, line them up against the duplicate I already have, and make a decision to terminate one of them on ebay. I hold on to a bunch of them before I do this, but then I sort of have a mass execution. In about two weeks, I'll be having one of my biggest sell offs of doubles on ebay -- I'll make a note of it in the B/S/T thread when I do. With shrewd purchases and a little luck, I can make a nominal profit doing this, which makes tackling the remaining few T206 cards I need a bit less painful. In short, I buy doubles so that I can sell them and earn enough money to complete the cards I don't have yet. And even if and when I do complete the set, I plan on keeping this up in order to upgrade condition.