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T206CollectorI get that there are some people that are not overly impressed by T206, with or without Wagner. But if you are weighing two choices: a bunch of black and white pogs that no one outside of a very small niche of very rich Americans has heard of -- and a T206 Wagner in whatever condition makes those two choices ecomonically the same at the time of the transaction, you take the Wagner each and every time.
How many turns, dips and dives did your vintage collecting interests have to take before it came up with these pogs as extremely valuable collectibles? The Wagner will always have resell potential. These pogs? Er, no.
But for everyone writing about how amazing they are and the results of the most recent Mastro auction, I would have thought these Tin Top pogs were available with a large slushie at the local Gas N Sip. Just look under the oversized bottle cap.
I recognize that there is a "fine wine" element here, and I am advocating for the merlot that everyone likes -- but if you've ever turned down a Wagner for some other card, when you had never previously owned a Wagner, I'd sure like to hear about it.
(edited for typos and a minor substantive point.)
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