What was your first T206?

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Posted By: Dustan Hedlin

Hey guys, just curious to see how you all started out, since I'm just starting out myself. I just got my first T206 in the mail today, from Tom Boticelli from the boards, and I have 2 more incoming. Here is it. What was yours?

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Posted By: Ray

I just got my first a week or so ago and it was an Admiral Schlei portrait (a very dirty PSA 1) with a Polar Bear back. My second came in yesterday which was a John Anderson (GAI 2.5) with a Sweet Caporal back.

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Posted By: T206Collector

During the summer of 1997, a friend of mine called me up to say that his cousin's best friend was planning a trip to Vegas and needed some money. As a result, he was interested in selling cards from his grandfather's collection. I came over right away and saw a cigar box filled with raw T206 cards. He probably had about 40, and though he wouldn't consider selling his Walter Johnson portrait, he did sell me these two for a combined total of $500, which was about high book value at the time -- $350 for the Matty, $150 for the Bender. They are, have been and will remain the cornerstones of my T206 set.

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

My first T206 was the Cobb bat on somewhere around 1995 and I have been hooked ever since. Now I have over 500 and will collect them forever!

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Posted By: Chad

When I was 15, I bought the Tinker-Evers-Chance infield in low grade condition for 60 bucks and the dealer threw in Steinfeldt becasue he was impressed I knew he was the 3rd baseman on that team. Good times!

--Chad

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Posted By: steve f

I had been into 1940, 50, 60's cards for many years because I liked reading the stat backs. Three years ago I thought I'd try prewar, my first had to be Sox cuz we're suckers for punishment;

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Posted By: Mike

Chesbroe. Found it at a show in 1990. Paid $35.00. I have since had PSA slab it, and it is a very nice 5. I have always liked that card. I still have it. I do not collect 206's, but this one, I will keep.

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Posted By: anthony

it was trimmed but didnt know any better until i sent it to psa...i was rather upset since i paid $165 for it...so i put it on ebay and got $425

found a sgc 50/4 of same card about a month later and bought it...and i still have it along with the other 3 cobbs in same grades

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My first T206 was Harry Patte from a shop in Wisconsin. I later bought a Pattee signed index card and framed the two together.

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Posted By: Jim Novotny

My first was a Shad Barry two years ago. I of course paid too much for it but since then I have learned a lot about the set, the era and how not to overpay for cards. 154 and counting!!!

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Posted By: Cobby33

Ed Ciccote. Thought it would be cool to have a "real" card of a Black Sox'er. It's been all downhill (financially) since then, but am having a great time!

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Posted By: David Smith

I was about 12 years old and an ad ran in the paper saying a guy was selling old cards. He had about 27 t 206's with this Cobb and either a Walter Johnson or Christy Mathewson being the most famous (at least to me at that time). He wanted $75 for the Cobb and $50 for the other HOFamer (this was about 1979) with the other cards being a lot less expensive. I chose Cobb.

My parents were divorced and Mom was not making a lot of money so, I was going to have to pay for the card myself. I didn't have the money that night (a Saturday) but told the guy my Mom could bring the money when she came home from work Monday night. He agreed and I went back to the car to tell my Mom. She nearly had a cow!!

$75 was a lot of money at that time for us and I was going to spend it on a baseball card!! We argued for a couple of hours that night and she finally agreed to let me buy the card. Monday night arrived and Mom came home with the Cobb. She said she had talked to the guy and explained our situation and he agreed to lower the price to $50 dollars. To this day I do not know if the guy actually lowered the price or if Mom paid the other $25 dollars. Either way, Mom handed over the Cobb and $25 dollars. This is probably one card I will never sell.

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Posted By: Tim James

I bought a Marquard portrait for $10 at an antique show in '78.I miss my early acquisitions.

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Posted By: Dustan Hedlin

Sweet Cobb. I would love to pick up a Cicotte; there's a guy on the boards that has one, but he hasn't emailed me back yet. Ah well.

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Posted By: MikeS

I bought this Johnson portrait in September '99 for $475.
I saw the same card sell for $1600 on Ebay yesterday. Amazing!

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Posted By: glyn parson

street washington portrait

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Posted By: Aaron Cowan

Tris Speaker....kiind of beat up and i eventually sold it on eBay after a year or so of having it.

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Posted By: Justin

My first T206 was a Roger Bresnahan Portrait with a Sovereign back.

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Posted By: robfouch

Mine was a low-grade, but still attractive, Tinker portrait. Being a Cubs fan, couldn't resist when I saw it in my local shop. Have no clue what I paid, but I'm sure it was too much.

Sold it a year or so ago, along with the rest of my collection, to help finance the purchase of my house. Now that we're in, it's back to collecting. And I'm hitting the T206 set as hard as my budget allows. About 125 and counting. No Tinker yet, though.