Can u remember ur 1st T206 u acquired?

[danmckee]

Whether be trade or purchase, which tobacco T206 was your very first? This will be extremely difficult for some of the long time collectors but for some reason, I can remember mine from 1969.

Mine was Tom Downey Fielding. Possibly the most common card in the set but he was my 1st acquisition. .25 at a Motel room from a dealer.

Back in the old days, dealers would rent a Motel room and run an ad in the local paper for a weekend.

Dan

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910-SWEET-C...item4ab3c22e91

[Leon]

Hey Dan
I can't remember the first one but boy oh boy do I have some pictures of some of those old shows and rooms. I will try to dig some out and share with the board later today.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Jack Warhop, I was really excited when I read about his home run connection with Ruth!

[danmckee]

That would be really cool Leon! I would love to see them! Could bring back some fond memories.

[gnaz01]

yup, T206 Cobb Red Portrait at a 1989 card show when 89 UD Griffey rookies were the hottest thing at the show!! Bought the Cobb and have loved the series ever since

[kcohen]

WaJo portrait from Ron Barrett at a little show in Tysons Corner, VA

[barrysloate]

Bob Groom, Washington. It was around 1983.

[abothebear]

Old Mill Buck Herzog
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=135418

[JohnP0621]

Around 15 years ago I purchased a shoe box full of vintage cards 50's-60's from an antique dealer for $75.00 . In the box was a t206 Josh Clarke-Columbus. I loved the card so much that I decided to sell and trade all of my vintage to acquire MORE t206"s. Ive been hooked ever since. I now have 167 T206'and counting.

John P

[Runscott]

My first - still have it. I was hooked as soon as I saw it. Up until then I had been collecting 1950's football cards, but this turned things around.

[wolfdogg]

My first examples were a lot of 5 different with a HOFer from Larry Fritsch for $17.00(Think that is what the price was) back in 1985....included:
Bresnahan portrait
Scott
Delehanty
Ganzel
Howard


all sold since

[steve B]

Mine is a Beckley polar bear back. Horrible condition, a large selection of creases and a tear that required tape to keep it from being two pieces of card. The shop got 1.50 for commons (Beckley was a common minor leaguer then) which was a bit more than I was willing to spend, Knowing I wanted one they set it aside for me and it was only 20 cents! The next spring the baseball americana-Beckett precursor book came out and had the checklist.
Somehow that made buying a few more easier, And the next year when I started working I could buy even more.

Steve B

[sreader3]

Charlie Rhodes. VG-EX. The Old Card Shoppe. Claremont, CA. 1981. $3.00. I looked up his stats in the Baseball Register as soon as I got home and was slightly disappointed to discover that he was not an extraordinary major leaguer.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Grimshaw - VG - mid 90's

[freakhappy]

After everyone left the party on New Year's Eve 2010-11, I jumped on the computer at 3 am and put in a search for T206 on Ebay and found a beautiful "Steamer" Flanagan BVG 2 for $18 shipped. I had no idea what the going prices were, but thought it seemed about right and made my first T206 purchase...one year and 100 T206 cards later and here we are.

I'm still not sure what made me look for T206's last New year, but I was hooked after that.

[drc]

My dad bought be a T206 Harry Pattee for Christmas.

[Harford20]

Mine was a Lajoie Throwing with a Piedmont 150 back that I bought at a small card auction in Silver Spring, MD in 1992. I decided to have it slabbed 15 years later when I really started working on my HoF T206 set--it now resides in a PSA5 holder.

[mrvster]

1998 or so Johnny D talked me into t206.....picked up roger bres batting sweet cap.....now approx 14 years later and a ton of freaks

[spec]

Originally Posted by danmckee

Whether be trade or purchase, which tobacco T206 was your very first? This will be extremely difficult for some of the long time collectors but for some reason, I can remember mine from 1969.

Mine was Tom Downey Fielding. Possibly the most common card in the set but he was my 1st acquisition. .25 at a Motel room from a dealer.

Back in the old days, dealers would rent a Motel room and run an ad in the local paper for a weekend.

Dan

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910-SWEET-C...item4ab3c22e91

Like Dan, I got my first T206s back in the early days of the modern hobby, late 1971 or early 1972. Can't recall a "first card" because my introduction to T206 was a lot from hobby legend Wirt Gammon of Chattanooga, Tenn., something like 10 for $1, though I could be misremembering the details a bit. Going price was about .25-.35 then, but these were a bargain lot because the cards had little defects, mostly slightly clipped corners or corner creases. Otherwise they were beautiful clean cards. The only player I distinctly remember as part of this lot was Pryor McElveen because of his unusual name.
Bob Richardson

[62corvette]

On a farm outside of Max, ND, 1972. I had to force $20 on an old farmer for 1100 T205 and T206's that he wanted to give to me. Can't remember the first card, because I had never seen one before, and I was overwhelmed.

[ephus]

I bought this card when I was about 10 or 11 at a card show in Cincinnati. I bought it raw. It was the final day of a 3 day show and the guy set up nextto my Dad was running a half price sale on Sunday. The Marty was priced at $1000 so it was $500 now. All I had was $450 (that was alot of $$ for my age and I had to sell alot just trying to get close enough to make a run at my favorite player and card at the time). The dealer said no to the $450 and my Dad looks over from the table next to the dealer and says, "Come on, give the kid a break, he's got cash in hand. You get a sale you need and he gets a card he wants....you both win" (or something like that). He gave in and it's been mine ever since.I had it graded years later. I still give my Dad credit for helping me acquire one of my favorites.