What was your first T card?

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by tachyonbb

My uncle died when I was 7. He had 4 daughters and I was his only godson so his wife gave me all his baseball cards. He had shoeboxes full of small cards ( I now know they were all T205 and T206 cards) and weird square cards with Goudey on them. I was only interested in current topps cards at the time. I remember using the Goudey cards in my spokes on my bike to make it sound "cool". My mom threw them all away when I went to college. My youngest daughter got into the 2002 Topps T cards. Hit on a t206 Bradley buyback insert. It brought back memories of my uncle and I did some research. I now have about 100 t206 cards and add a couple of cards a year to my collection.

Not many of us can say we put Goudey cards in our bicycle spokes!

[Bigdaddy]

Probably sometime in the late 1980's, my dad picked up our first T206. And yes, it was because of the 'stache.

[Mike Eisenbath]

Red background Ty Cobb, with Polar Bear back. Answered an ad in the back of TSN requesting Gar Miller's "for sale" list, and bought that card for $5 (plus a Play Ball Bill Dickey and Red Ruffing for a buck apiece and a W512 Ruth for $5).

That was 1971, when I was 10. Rick Salamon gave me several T206 beaters a few years later. I didn't get back to The Monster until 2018 and I'm now up to 507 graded, 205 more raw.

But that Cobb remains my favorite.


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[ullmandds]

Purchased early 80's at a show with my dad for $2. I believe at the same show I got ripped off on a fake n95 mayo lave cross. I think that was $3.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Purchased early 80's at a show with my dad for $2. I believe at the same show I got ripped off on a fake n95 mayo lave cross. I think that was $3.

Seems like the going price for cards of top tier HOF pitchers in lower condition in the T206 set were going for $2 to $3 during the early 1980's, since that was the price I paid for the two I showed previously in this thread. I like the look of your Matty!

Brian

[Exhibitman]

Got it around 1977-78 from Mike Berkus at an Anaheim show. Slabbed decades later.

[Brian]

Picked it up as a raw card at a National couple of decades ago. The dealer had about ten Cobbs sitting there, all ungraded. If only......

[Kevin]

I thought Irv Young was Cy Young and bought a real banged up card for $8 in the early 80s at a show on Long Island.

[EGreenwood]

My first was a T206 Oscar Stanage (SC) in the early eighties on a card shop on Lincoln in Anaheim, CA. My Dad bought it for me for $9, and I have been working on a back run for the past few years. I need a Tolstoi and a Broadleaf. I will call it a day after the Tolstoi.

Funny thing is I work in the area and frequently pass by the location which is an insurance company now.

[calvindog]

I bought this on eBay and nearly had a heart attack when I won it. I didn't even know what the OC on the flip meant.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I bought this on eBay and nearly had a heart attack when I won it. I didn't even know what the OC on the flip meant.

Maybe "Outstanding Condition"?

[DeanH3]

T206 Matty dark cap was my first T-card. I sold the original years ago. But it has been replaced with another example.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I thought Irv Young was Cy Young and bought a real banged up card for $8 in the early 80s at a show on Long Island.

I got an E98 Irv Young in my first group of 5 prewar cards, and for 20+ years I just took it for granted that it was a card of Cy Young. The name on the bottom misled me (and buyers are to this day still forking out big bucks for its Cy designation).

I have to admit, I still consider it a Cy Young card...it says so right there on front, and he pitched for Cleveland from 1909 to 1911, so I have the right to do so!


Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

T206 Matty dark cap was my first T-card. I sold the original years ago. But it has been replaced with another example.

Another member of the Dark Cap Matty first T206 card club. Any more out there?

Brian

[Rounded Corners]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Another member of the Dark Cap Matty first T206 card club. Any more out there?

Brian

I wish! It’s one of the set’s - or any set’s - most beautiful subjects. Perhaps one day I’ll own one as it was a big part in inspiring me to collect the set.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Maybe "Outstanding Condition"?

That's what Kevin Mize told me!

[darwinbulldog]

Mathewson white cap, closely followed by a T205 Cobb.

[Louie_7]

Well hello all,

I just started about 2 weeks ago now collecting the T206. I was very excited just like everyone else and I feel the excitement got to me just buying anything to have my first one. I know I over paid for Scott card but we all make mistakes when collecting.

Since then I have slowed down and see If I could find good deals. Hard to find good raw cards on eBay at a good price. Most threads I read buying common cards should be around $25 -> $35. Well haven't seen those deals yet or undless I'm searching in the wrong place.

Well these are 2 first cards in Dec 2024.

I love the smell and how they feel in your hand. Can't believe I finally have two of these cards. Always seen them in books when I was small and thought to myself I could never afford them.

[Lobo Aullando]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Another member of the Dark Cap Matty first T206 card club. Any more out there?

Brian

Yep.

If I counted right, that puts us Dark Caps up 5-3 over the White Caps.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando

Yep.

If I counted right, that puts us Dark Caps up 5-3 over the White Caps.

He isn't identified as a Super Print for nothing. The Dark Cap image (obviously a manifestation of Christy's evil side) evidently lures in unsuspecting individuals to a lifetime of prewar card collecting.

Brian

[t206blogcom]

One day while visiting a small baseball card stand in an outlet mall, I saw a few T206 cards and I couldn’t believe it. I remembered the set of reprints and thought how cool it would be to own a real one. The prices being somewhere between $15-$25 for a few beat up commoners. A few were more expensive, but given my limited cash flow, I asked to see a couple of the ‘cheaper’ ones. Up until that point, I don’t think I had ever paid more than $10, maybe $15 for a card. So to shell out over $20 for a card, a much smaller sized card at that, was a really big deal. I didn’t recognize any of the players, so I narrowed in on one I thought was in decent condition, had good color and an interesting look to it. I thought, if I’m going to pay this much for a card, I might as well get the best looking one I could afford. I bought my first T206 card that summer afternoon – Larry Schafly, Newark, which is a minor league commoner. I went back a few weeks later and bought a Donnie Bush T206 card as well as a thick screw down case that still holds both cards to this day

[Eggoman]

These 3...

I THINK that I have told this story here before...

I was 15 years old, but already a 10-Year Hobby Veteran when my Grandpa passed. We were helping Grandma clean out some of his stuff when I found these in Grandpa's "Sock Drawer"!

I knew that my Grandpa smoked Piedmonts in his day, but I never knew he had ANY cards, let alone these...

[G1911]

I learned about T cards from Frank Slocum's book, which my Dad had and we used to look at together. When I was ~9 or so, my Dad got me one for Christmas, this thin Livingston with a Sweet Cap red back. It was probably $8 or so, which at the time we considered a lot for a single baseball card. We had a lot of fun together learning about the players of different periods, picking up new type cards and slowly rebuilding the 60's/70's sets he had built as a child. 1 tobacco card became 2, and 2 became 3, and now I'm at ~25,000 tobacco cards according to my inventory sheets. Decades later, I still show him all my new tobacco cards as we squint at factory numbers.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by G1911

Decades later, I still show him all my new tobacco cards as we squint at factory numbers.

I own a magnifying glass mainly to read tobacco card factory numbers. I squint less now.

Brian

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I bought this T202 at the age of 16 in 1980. Still is my favorite set. Love the pictures and write up.

I put together a 56 and 57 set but other than those sets I pretty much have spent my card money on Pre War cards.

Lee