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This board won me over. My first post
Posted By: 2dueces
I have been a collector of 1960's football since the '60's. Put a set of baseball together every year, just cause I wanted a set from every year. But lurking here has made me see the real deal. I have been turned off since 1990 by all the junk and hype of new cards, insets, subsets and on and on. I firmly believe after alot of research that the real collectables are the pre war cards. Ok heres my first question. BTW I already own a T206 Steamer Flanagan Pro 5.5. I see there is a lot of low grade T206's(100 graded 1- 3.5 or 4), now at about 6$ a card. Do I start my collection with a hugh lot, and upgrade and add gradually, or do I put the $600 or $700 on a few quality cards and go from there. I do believe no matter what quality they are it will be a great investment as the supply dwindles. I am not doing it for just the investment as I feel I am also a collector. Any thoughts? BTW, glad to be here. Joe |
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This board won me over. My first post
Posted By: DJ
Welcome aboard! |
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Posted By: 2dueces
Thank you for the reply. I believe I will purchase nothing but graded cards. This is not for the investment. It is purely for the joy of hunting, collecting and admiring. But having your passion hold its value only make good sense. Should I buy the big lesser quality lots until I decide what direction I wish to go in. IE...backs or HOF's, or do I buy just quality and build slowly. I have already decided to flip all my bigger priced newer items to start my T206's. I should have amply funds to work with. Joe |
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Posted By: Robert
Welcome to the board Joe This board rocks! Glad to have another 206 collector aboard. I am fairly new to the 206 set myself and I am definitely hooked! What a beautiful set it is. Reading the past threads as well as chatting with the fine people in the chat room has really helped me. You wont find a better group of people here to help and to give advice. Like you, I didnt exactly know how to "attack" the monster as it were because I had never collected a set so big before. I dont think there is any 1 correct answer but as DJ aptly said, find a niche that works for you in the set and go from there. I have decided to try and get the southern leaguers when I can as well as getting commons to gain a base with so that I would be able to see some progress for myself lol I do try and get a hof here and there but that part of the set is not my focus right now. My mindset is there are plenty of hof cards to be found and had on ebay in varying grades as to ones budget but I didnt want to solely focus on the hof'ers while other harder to get commons and southern leaguers passed by me. Hopefully my strategy wont backfire on me and make it to where I can't afford the hof cards when its time to focus more attention on them. I wish you the very best on your 206 building Joe. |
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Posted By: DJ
It's all up to you Joe on how you want to begin. |
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Posted By: David Vargha
Welcome. One piece of advice - Avoid PRO like the plague. 99% of their cards are trimmed (and that figure may even be low). |
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Posted By: 2dueces
Thnak you David. Yes I do avoid Pro. I bought this card some time ago, before I heard all the bad things about them. Call me wiser now...Never mind, Just call me Joe. |
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Posted By: Alan
Hi Joe -- |
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