Are You A T206 Collector?

[T206Collector]

What percentage of Net54'ers collect T206 cards? Let's try to keep it binary -- either you do or you don't. There is no gray in this poll.

[christopher.herman]

Yes...Sweet Caporal backs only.
-Chris.

[bbcard1]

Yes. 520 set

[CobbSpikedMe]

Yes, particularly ones with stamps on the back but they don't have to be stamped for me to buy them.

AndyH

[esd10]

yes just polar bear

[Bicem]

no, too much other great stuff out there.

[HRBAKER]

I have 100+ but haven't bought one in years. So I guess the answer is was but not currently.

[t206blogcom]

Finished 518/518, but have 601 total.

[teetwoohsix]

Yes, they're the only cards I collect

Hopefully one day I'll at least get to 518, with possibly most of the backs represented.

Sincerely, Clayton

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I have 100+ but haven't bought one in years. So I guess the answer is was but not currently.

Same boat here - should have a category of "have some but not an active / aggressive collector of them"

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Yes, they're the only cards I collect

Hopefully one day I'll at least get to 518, with possibly most of the backs represented.

Sincerely, Clayton

Same here but hoping to get to 522..

[wolfdogg]

Have had close to 100 but never pursued the set or never will. Great cards but if I collected the set I would want it all.....Wagner, Plank, Magie, Doyle, etc,etc..to me anything less is a partial set or near set....so it will never happen....still have a a few that I'm keeping for PC

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Vegas-guy

Same here but hoping to get to 522..

Well, 522 would be great but at the pace I'm going I'll be lucky to hit 400 by the time I'm 70

Sincerely, Clayton

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Well, 522 would be great but at the pace I'm going I'll be lucky to hit 400 by the time I'm 70

Sincerely, Clayton

LOL! same here.. I'm averaging about 1 card a mo. (in SGC 60 or better) I now have 35 and will be 40 in Dec. I've been debating on buying some SGC 50 cards to help speed up the process..

[3-2-count]

Yes. HOF's only though (which includes Hal Chase)

[jp1216]

'Finished' @ 520 - now picking up upgrades from time to time.

[Runscott]

Yes, but I'm slowly going backwards at the moment.

[vintagerookies51]

I have a couple HOFs from the set, but I plan on adding more in the future.

[MVSNYC]

"There is no gray in this poll."

Am i the only one who found this sentence funny?


i have been collecting T206 for over 20 years, love the set!

[atx840]

Yes, preferably the oddities & HOFs

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

"There is no gray in this poll."

Am i the only one who found this sentence funny?


i have been collecting T206 for over 20 years, love the set!

No, Mike I thought to myself, "at 53 the no gray rule knocks me out."

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

"There is no gray in this poll."

Am i the only one who found this sentence funny?


i have been collecting T206 for over 20 years, love the set!

Haha - yeah, it should be: "There is no gray ON this poll."

[Rob D.]

Yes. Signed and unsigned.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by Bicem

no, too much other great stuff out there.

I'm mostly on this side with T206 but buy some on occasion that I like. Am also gradually working on a Yankee subset for them. I don't see myself ever pursuing the whole set. It's a great set, but too common and widely collected for me. There's just too much else to pass up on!

[mrvster]

Yes....you know what

[glchen]

I probably have around a thousand prewar cards and not a single t206.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by glchen

I probably have around a thousand prewar cards and not a single t206.

I probably have 200 pre-war photographs, and not a single Lou Gehrig.

[Runscott]

I would hate to be missing half of my Johnson

[E93]

Yes, set, back run, and a few other odds and ends.
JimB

[HOF Yankees]

yes for me, any T206 is a want

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

No, Mike I thought to myself, "at 53 the no gray rule knocks me out."

At this stage I would take gray, red, black, brown....whatever, but it ain't happening.

As for T206, I said yes, because I have around 30-45....but I only collect oddities, backs and any card I like. ...cause that's just the way I roll.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I probably have 200 pre-war photographs, and not a single Lou Gehrig.

Not a photo but I thought I saw you still have a 33 Goudey Gehrig that seems to have grown quite attached to you.

[4815162342]

I graduated off of the T206 gateway drug late last year. I'm now working (slowly) on the E105 set.

[DeanH3]

Yep...Mainly HOF's concentrating on Cobb, Johnson, Matty, Young, Lajoie and Speaker.

[terjung]

Nope. They don't appeal to me.

[Matthew H]

I'm confused Leon, is your monster number 30 or 45?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Never have, never will.............

[willworkforT206]

Yes, I bought my first five T206s at a flea market when I was eight and have been hooked ever since!

Steve

[Mark]

Originally Posted by willworkforT206

Yes, I bought my first five T206s at a flea market when I was eight and have been hooked ever since!

Steve

I accumulated 40-50 when I was about 13 or 14 (back in the early 70's), and they still seem very great to me. I now have about half the set, but I am not trying to complete it.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by glchen

Not a photo but I thought I saw you still have a 33 Goudey Gehrig that seems to have grown quite attached to you.

I confess, in the case of those two '33 Gehrigs, to becoming too enamored with my inventory - I just love that card.

[kmac32]

Don't see the appeal. Like my black and white 20's cards.

[MacDice]

I picked up around 100 low grade cards a couple of years ago when I was really motivate but since my interest level has decreased substantially. Part of me wants to dump them and go after something different (1933 Goudey) but I just can't pull the trigger.

[brianp-beme]

Never has been a main focus, but over the years if you collect all 20th century Pre-WW2 like I do, the things just kind of end up sticking to the collection as if they were statically charged.

I can't imagine why any collector would not have a few, or at least an example in their little cardboard piles...they are about as recognizable and historically relevant an issue we have to collect.

Brian

[cdn_collector]

When I first got into prewar (nearly 10 years ago), I had great ambitions of chasing the monster. I was building a Giants subset while mixing in as many backs as I could. I only made it about 10% into the set when I realized just how many other issues were out there that clearly needed to be collected

In the years since, my collection has evolved regularly. I'll likely never return to trying to complete the monster, mostly because of the big 4, but there will likely always be a 'T206 component' to whatever I'm collecting.

Regards,

Richard.

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I have 100+ but haven't bought one in years. So I guess the answer is was but not currently.

+1

[ullmandds]

I answered no...because I no longer buy T206's. I still have maybe 10-15 of them in my collection...and I will most likely always have my green cobb.

I bought my first T206 in the early eighties...and T206's are what got me seriously into vintage in the early nineties...back collecting...and while I joke a lot about not liking them...show me one of Tony A's incredible portraits...or a super rare back...or a bizarre freak...and it still get's my juices flowing...how can it not?!

[lloydchristmas]

I will say yes, but have only just recently started.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I can't imagine why any collector would not have a few, or at least an example in their little cardboard piles...they are about as recognizable and historically relevant an issue we have to collect.

part of the reason they do not appeal to me is because they are so recognizable, owning a couple at this point would look out of place in my collection.

[Howe’s Hunter]

Yes, but they're not mine.

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by MacDice

I picked up around 100 low grade cards a couple of years ago when I was really motivate but since my interest level has decreased substantially. Part of me wants to dump them and go after something different (1933 Goudey) but I just can't pull the trigger.

I had a lot of the same for probably two decades...then BANG! it hit me and I have been hooked ever since. They aren't eating anything and are certainly holding their value...I would recommend hanging on to them. You can sell them anytime, but you can only sell them once.