Show us your (current) favorite T206!

[kdixon]

This is my favorite T206. It is of Zach Wheat and was owned by Zach. It came out of his scrapbook. In fact have his entire Brooklyn T206 team set from the same scrapbook. Zach was born in my hometown and I have been collecting him for about 35 years.

[HawkFan70]

My Dad bought this for my newborn son 18 years ago...

[Bill77]

This was my 6th T206, the 2nd after I was done buying T206 cards. The seller had 2 other T206 cards for sale both the same player (can't remember who it was) with Tolstoi backs. I tried for those 1st because I figured that with most of the backs gone I could get a Tolstoi cheap. After those sold for $40+ each I decided to bid on the Tom Needham Piedmont card he had. While waiting for it to arrive I kept looking at it trying to figure out what I could about what the series it was and what it shoud look like when I finally noticed that it wasn't a Piedmont card and that for $14.99 and $4.00 shipping I got the best deal on a Tolstoi card than the other 2 cards would have been. It is also the 1st card I ever soaked. The back looks better in hand than the scan.

[ullmandds]

My first t206...c1980...$2.

[ZenPop]

I bought this off frankbmd (our fellow board member), and it was my very first and still favorite t206 card. He sent a nice note about the history of "Doc" Powers...

So I bought my first card (a catcher who was also a doctor... who was part of a battery in a game that featured a doctor pitching to a doctor...) from a doctor.

Powers was probably the first player in baseball to die from injuries suffered on the field. (he crashed into a wall at Shibe Park chasing a foul ball and died two week later from the internal injuries).

It's a beautiful card and the story behind it makes it all the more special to me.
I never cared about condition of cards... I kind of like the rough or marked up ones. Someday I'll get all my Giants (and both Matty's), but for now, this is the card. Thanks, Frank!

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