Why do you collect T206's as opposed to other cards/sets?

[ullmandds]

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.

[Al C.risafulli]

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

[Ronnie73]

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

[Runscott]

1. Huge set
2. Affordable
3. 1909-11 is my favorite baseball era - this set covers it like a glove
4. Lithograph quality and design
5. I don't have to worry about running out of cards to look for
6. because it bugs a few elitists on the board

[Orioles1954]

As far as lithos and design, T206 can't even approach T212 Obaks in terms of beauty. I do enjoy some of the T206 advertising backs (EPDG, Tolstoi) but by in large I find it a boring set and the 1987 Topps (in quantity) of pre-war cards.

[RCMcKenzie]

For the last 2 weeks, every time I log into my ebay page there is a section at the bottom that says "You did not win this card".......

www.ebay.com/itm/281059337041

I feel like calling up the ebay customer service rep. and saying "Hi, yes, thank you, I know I did not win. I lost by $1500. Please take it off my page."

I did win this untrimmed example from England today......


www.ebay.com/itm/230926555682