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Posted By: Joe Drouillard

I've only been reading these posts for about a month, but I've increased my knowledge of the hobby 100 fold. The last posting by T-206 collector really struck me, because it runs contrary to some advise that I just got last week. I was in Cooperstown for the induction ceremony and went to a card show on the main strip. I met a seller who had over 200 T-206's for sale. His advise to the beginner was to find someone who has been in business for a long time and who has a good reputation and buy raw cards from them. Then have them graded. He said an honest seller will always stand behind their cards, so if a card is trimmed or fake they would always provide a full refund.

He then went on to advise that a beginner should always buy the most expensive card that his budget could afford to take advantage of future increases in the value of the cards. He seemed quite certain that the market on T-206's will never go down.

I only own twelve T-206's and I'm sure about half of them are trimmed because I bought them on eBay auctions and they seem a fraction short. I was feeling bad about that until I read T-206 collector's posting and realize that if I want to understand the hobby I'm going to have to make mistakes and it's better lose twenty-dollars on a card then thousands.

I wouldn't mind hearing a few more opinions on how to build a T-206 collection.