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T206Collector...a signed 1933 Goudey set is PLENTY difficult to complete. I certainly recognize that there are a whole boat load of players that died pre-1980. But coupled with the ability to get numerous copies of signed ones by players who died much more recently -- in a time when getting autographs on cards really came into vogue -- makes signed Goudeys less appealing to me. I guess they just become less of a bridge to a bygone era for me, since I don't consider the 1980's or 1990's particularly bygone. When I started collecting T206 cards 10 years ago, the idea that I could even consider getting a signed one seemed totally foreign. However, growing up I had seen Gehringer, among others, sign his 1933 Goudey card at shows in White Plains, my back yard. It just didn't seem so other-worldly.
But I do have a very strong affinity for your 1933 signed Goudey cards -- frankly, all of them shown here are quite beautiful. And I am seriously thinking about expanding my horizons a little bit into the present. I guess I am also content with the natural budget limitations collecting more scarce cards creates.
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