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02-17-2013, 10:32 PM
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All the reasons mentioned above, although I do have an affinity towards prewar candy cards, you just can't beat the T206 as an all around performer. The lithos are just so pleasing to the eye even to this day over 100 year later
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02-17-2013, 10:35 PM
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I don't exclusively collect T206's but I do think they are one of the most beautiful sets ever produced. The color and detail is just supurb. Add in the allure and all the other great reasons already offered and you have a truly great set. I don't think I will ever stop collecting them.
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02-17-2013, 11:02 PM
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While I collected T206 rare backs starting in the late eighties...and t206 was my gateway drug for getting deeper into vintage...I now have maybe 10 of them...and I no longer actively buy them.
While T206 are very attractive and the myriad off ways to collect them is appealing to many...their commonality and the over analysis of T206 has really turned me off and has directed me towards other T,D,E projects.
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02-17-2013, 11:10 PM
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I like them because they're beautiful, and because there are a million ways to collect them. They offer collectors all levels of difficulty, from the simple and plentiful to the expensive and rare, and they offer an enormous representation of players from the era to learn about.
I like the scholarly approach to picking apart the set and the mysteries surrounding production, etc. It makes the set more interesting to me. And since advertising has always been a big part of my life, I like the backs. -Al
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02-17-2013, 11:38 PM
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Some of the big reasons why I collect T206's are..
1. The large quantity of front/back combo's 2. Not having to worry about what i'm gonna collect once its complete 3. Working on a set that's so popular but has never been completed 4. All the other reasons T206 colectors have posted
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02-17-2013, 11:42 PM
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02-17-2013, 11:19 PM
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top 10?
1-We've all read that article from the teens describing kid's obsession with these cards. I was obsessed with similar little pieces of cardboard in 1983...(Donruss...yuck!) I could be one of those kids on the corner begging for the little scrap of cardboard from these men coming out of the smoking shops in 1910.
2-They are 100 years old. 3-The portraits... 4-The fact that no matter what I do (except marry someone really rich), I will never be able to afford a Wagner.... 5-or Plank 6-or Doyle 7-but maybe... someday, with luck and chance ... I might own a Wagner, or Plank, or Doyle... 8-the Evers Portrait... that card is the best looking card ever, wait 8.1-the Keeler Portrait...that card is the best looking card ever, no... 8.2-the Lajoie Portrait...that card is king... 9-the fact that I, or any of you, have never seen any of these men play the game of baseball... but we know everything about them (#1 draft choice, ever...Ty Cobb) 10-but, I know, for a fact, if A-rod ever faced Walter Johnson, he would strike out... -three times in a row... -and then throw his batting helmet on the ground... -which he didn't really need, because Wajo was such a nice guy, he never needed to throw at someone's head... Last edited by t206fix; 02-17-2013 at 11:21 PM.
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