First ever T206

[Mountaineer1999]

I am new to here and the other day I sent out a few inquirers about fair price for T206 cards.... well I got my first one in the mail today and could not have been more excited to get a baseball card or anything else for that matter in the mail. Here is my new to me $9.45 LUMLEY!!

[ZachS]

Welcome to the madness. I'm pretty sure my first two T206s were Lord and Lumley. I still have them both.

[Mountaineer1999]

thanks zach.... its real exciting to get that 1st one. Never held a 100 yeard old basball card before. I got a cuple graded cards coming this week.... wondering if I'll like the slab.

[gregr2]

Congrats!! It's always like being a kid on Christmas Day when cards show up in the mail. Enjoy the journey!

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Never held a 100 yeard old baseball card before.

The pleasure never gets old. Enjoy the hobby.

[irishdenny]

OutStanding Donnie!!!

[Jantz]

Nice!

You'll always remember your first....T206.


Jantz

[sebie43]

Welcome aboard Donnie ,may I recommend you read a PDF by a fellow board member Scot Reader, It was helpful beyond belief when I first started and really made me see the bigger picture. http://www.oldcardboard.com/t/t206/i...al-edition.pdf best of luck in your collection!

[Mountaineer1999]

thanks sebie... i did download and read through this a couple days ago. I cant believe all the information I've found here and from the members of Net54. With all the help from Net54 members I feel like I have a support group.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

thanks sebie... i did download and read through this a couple days ago. I cant believe all the information I've found here and from the members of Net54. With all the help from Net54 members I feel like I have a support group.

Welcome to the madness . You DO have a support group here.. We look out and help each other a lot...and we also compete for our little gems.. And along the way, if you do it long enough and want to, you will meet a ton of great guys and make a lot of friends. It's all up to you in how much of anything you want. If I can ever help you can just ask or PM me. However, I am not a focused T206 guy, the other guys are much better for that. I only have a few of them and don't collect sets. Your first pick up is a nice one.

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by Leon

And along the way, if you do it long enough and want to, you will meet a ton of great guys and make a lot of friends.

I'm heading to TN for vacation at the end of the month. That gives him about 2 weeks to gather up some duplicates to trade.

My T206 collection is limited to portraits... hint, hint.

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by ZachS

I'm heading to TN for vacation at the end of the month. That gives him about 2 weeks to gather up some duplicates to trade.

My T206 collection is limited to portraits... hint, hint.

Duplicates! LOL I am excited about a single torn up LUMLEY card. Duplicates are only a pipe dream at this point. Feel free to stop by and drop off any dupes you're tired of Zach.

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by Leon

Welcome to the madness . You DO have a support group here.. We look out and help each other a lot...and we also compete for our little gems.. And along the way, if you do it long enough and want to, you will meet a ton of great guys and make a lot of friends. It's all up to you in how much of anything you want. If I can ever help you can just ask or PM me. However, I am not a focused T206 guy, the other guys are much better for that. I only have a few of them and don't collect sets. Your first pick up is a nice one.

Thanks Leon... As i get more comfortable and learn more I am sure I will reach out to the group. Not more than a month ago I knew almost nothing about T206 but with the information I've gathered on here has been invaluable.

[bigtrain]

OMG Donnie, NO!!! It's an addiction, a disease.
Stop now before it is too late. I know. I have 472
of them. They call out to me. I can't stop. They haunt
me. People I see on the street remind me of T206 players.
The other day, I thought I saw Shag Shaughnessy. It's too late
for me but you can still save yourself. Send that Lumley
to me or one of the other "too far gone" friends on the board
so that we can protect you from it.

[Mountaineer1999]

LOL Tom! I actually thought maybe I shouldn't be starting down this road once I started calculating what this may cost. But then I convinced myself its not like I'm buying something that loses its value so I talked myself into moving forward. Hopefully I wont regret it later

[tjv815]

I was at a Holiday Inn show back around 1986, so I was fourteen or so when this happened. I remember a table that had a big bin of cards advertised for $1 each. I had one dollar left in my wallet. Was able to pick up a Charley O'Leary - portrait for a buck. I was THRILLED to own a t206. I got back in the hobby back in 1999, but didn't get into the t206's until 2007. Although my collection only consists of Red Sox and White Sox, I still have that O'Leary card. I love that card.

[Mountaineer1999]

cool story tjv .... I wish I would have had run into some of these $ bins. LOL Do you still have the O'Leary card?

[HoggZilla]

Very cool! Got my first T206 card today as well.

[Mountaineer1999]

Cool HoggZilla.... which one did you get? Plans on collecting the whole set?

[the 'stache]

That's awesome, Donnie. Welcome to the club! Be sure to let Frank know what your monster number is.

I got my first T206 about this same time last year.



As much as I love that card still, I didn't really "get it" until I held my first unslabbed T206 in my hands. Mr. Claude Rossman, teammate of Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford.



There was something about holding this little piece of cardboard in my hands. I felt it, smelled it, looked at the various creases, and notches, and wondered where it was in the world when they happened.

These are little pieces of history. You never know who may have owned them before they arrived at your doorstep.

[Mountaineer1999]

I was going to ask that question Bill.... what does everyone prefer, the slabbed cards or the raw cards that you can feel? Some of the same wonderment rushed though my head when I held the raw LUMLEY. Where had this little creased card traveled these last 100 years. Who was the first owner...
I have ordered a few slabbed cards and a couple more raw ones so I'll know this week which I like best but would love to hear others opinions.

[wonkaticket]

Congrats that's a great way to start.

Cheers,

John

[TCMA]

My first, given to me by my father when I was a kid :

[t206blogcom]

Congrats on your first T206! It's a great set to collect; you'll have a lot of fun.

I bought my first two T206s back in the early 1990's and still have them today - and I'll never get rid of them. It wasn't until 17 years later that I started collecting the T206 set.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by TCMA

My first, given to me by my father when I was a kid :

Those are always the best kind.

[the 'stache]

Donnie, I think it really depends on the individual collector. Some people want to be able to hold their cards--all of them--or put them in neat little stacks. Some want all their cards graded by the same company for uniformity of presentation. I guess my answer would be that you'll find out what you prefer as you go. Remember, any card you get you can always sell. You might change your mind on how you want to collect the set after you've been doing it a while. I started out wanting to do the entire set in a SGC 40, as I'd seen a few other forum members doing it. But I discovered I like my cards to be a little cleaner. Instead of a SGC 40, which equates to a PSA 3, I am working on getting PSA 4 or 5, or their SGC equivalent. Now, it will take me longer to finish the set because the card cost will obviously go up substantially, but hey, I'm in no rush to finish. The chase is as much fun as getting the cards.

I love being able to hold these cards. There's nothing like feeling a 100 year old card. The texture of the card as it has evolved over the century since it came off the press. The little wrinkles, corner wear, the little dings in the edges. They all tell a story. It's only somewhat recently that people have started obsessing over card condition (I guess you could say the hobby started becoming more condition-centric with the introduction of PSA and ASA). But while I love holding the cards, there's not a chance I'm going to hold an $800-1,000 card in my bare hands. One of my more expensive cards is a modern one, a 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout base auto. I've scanned it a few times in the last month, and even ungraded it's been going for $800 +. Graded 9.5 it's been at $1,200. I get super nervous whenever it's out of its one touch magnet case. And if my Walter Johnson T206 (my first really valuable pre-ward card) were not slabbed, I'd be a nervous wreck handling it. So having it slabbed is the way to go. And now that I have my safe deposit box, that's where it will be going.

You can sit down and plan out how you're going to put together your collection, but don't be surprised if your plan changes once you've started getting some cards in. That's a good thing! Don't be worried about that. Some things you just can't know about until you've actually done it. If you ever do decide to do somewhat of an about face, go for it. And if you have questions, or just want some feedback, ask us!

Remember, even the most seasoned card collector on this forum, whomever that might be...they were in the same position you are now once.

Have fun, learn as much as you can about the set you're collecting (heck, learn about all the pre-war releases if you want to have a diverse collection). There are no rules. Your collection will be unique. And I for one look forward to seeing your collection grow!

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

I was going to ask that question Bill.... what does everyone prefer, the slabbed cards or the raw cards that you can feel? Some of the same wonderment rushed though my head when I held the raw LUMLEY. Where had this little creased card traveled these last 100 years. Who was the first owner...
I have ordered a few slabbed cards and a couple more raw ones so I'll know this week which I like best but would love to hear others opinions.