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Tyler1. What is your focus today, in collecting?
Low grade T205 base set.
T206 Cleveland subset.
Cards/Memorabilia I like of Nap Lajoie and Christy Mathewson.
2. What are the 3 cards you need most?
T205's Joss, Wilhelm, Dahlen
3. Do you like to trade, buy, or a combination when you do acquire your needs?
Trades are much more rewarding for me, but a straight buy certainly simplifies things.
4. Has the economy forced you to sell things you wouldn't have otherwise?
Haven't had to sell...yet, but have definetely cut back on my purchasing.
5. What is your absolute favorite series, why?
To collect: T205's -- Affordable, great looking closeups of the players, interesting bio's, and I especially like the verbage of the era (i.e. Eddie Collins "...in the World's Championship series in 1910 his fielding, batting and stealing fairly dazzled the Cubs.")
To admire in other's collections: PC 796 Sepia and PC 805 Novelty Cutlery. I don't think of them as postcards as much as baseball cards but bigger. Also contain some of the coolest images of the era IMO, especially Three Finger Brown.
6. How do you enjoy acquiring your cards most- Ebay, auction, BST, shows etc...?
1. Shows (nothing like holding a card in your hand before you decide to buy)
2. BST (gotten to meet some really great fellow collectors through the BST)
3. Auction (quality of the items typically offered)
4. eBay (least favorite, but most used)
7. What do you do for a living, how old are you and where do you live?
Tile Contractor
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Naples, FL
Any fellow vintage collectors in Southwest Florida? I'm tired of the blank stares I get from my friends when I start talking about old cardboard.