Another T205 vs T206

[mintacular]

T206s have the advantage of displaying various playing poses and pastel colors/backgrounds whereas T205s are almost all head shots. T206s also make things interesting for some due to the multiple of back brands ...T205s not so much. The Gold borders obviously make T205s pop. To me the T206s are a more complex set and therefore slightly more appealing to me. T206s have significant more popularity but T205s have a nice-sized collector base as well.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by mintacular

T206s also make things interesting for some due to the multiple of back brands ...T205s not so much.

T205's have 18 different backs, though some dont come with every back. I dont know what the back info is on the T206's but 18 diff backs is alot to me.

Also seems alot less T205 for sale, just a quick search with out looking through all of them:

currently on ebay:

T206 SGC - 2097
T205 SGC - 374

T206 PSA - 3476
T205 PSA - 928

T206 BVG - 116
T205 BVG - 35

I didnt search the raw cards cause there are so many other things that pop up, along with the reprints.

[T206Collector]

T206s are so much better than T205s it's not even close. The fact that they were printed over three years in far greater quantities, and remain far more available to this day at higher prices than their ugly little gold leaf floating head younger brothers, shows that vast preference of T206 among seasoned hobbyists and rookie collectors alike.

T205s are uniform in player pose and garish in presentation. And they don't hold up under normal wear -- the chipping and the creasing is accentuated by whitened corners and borders.

And the floating headshots make the players look bloated and covered makeup. I'll take the red or green portrait of Cobb in the T206 set any day over his tiny-headed little bloated and pinkened, then surrounded by stale gold and crudely drawn baseball sketches, T205 counterpart.

About the only benefit worth noting in T205 is the biographical information and statistics. Still, there is something classic about T206s cigarette advertisement and it's otherwise uncluttered back. T205s are like someone took all of the T206 portraits and then crammed a lot of mostly unnecessary crap on them, front and back.

Having said all of the above, this signed T205 of Lena Blackburne is still one of my all-time favorites, and so much nicer than his signed T206 counterpart, where the "artist" mailed it in.

[cammb]

Couldn't disagree more. The beauty of the T 205s outshine the rather bland looking T 206s and they look much better in a SGC holder. The multitude of colors catches one's eye in the T 205s. The addition of a biography and stats is also a plus.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by cammb

Couldn't disagree more. The beauty of the T 205s outshine the rather bland looking T 206s and they look much better in a SGC holder. The multitude of colors catches one's eye in the T 205s. The addition of a biography and stats is also a plus.

totally agree - the T205 fronts have much better art work, color, design along with the gold border. The backs with the stats and bios are also way better IMO.

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[T206Collector]

Even if you like the look of dirty gold borders, and even if you like a ton of peripheral art on the front of your baseball card, and even if you like a set full of nothing more than floating heads with baseball caps on them, then how can you stand the huge numbers of ugly heads?

Can you tell which one's the actual catfish?



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Yawn, What a boring reply. Heard it all before.
At least the old guys who post once in awhile have.

Good rhetoric for the new guys though.

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T206s are so much better than T205s it's not even close. The fact that they were printed over three years in far greater quantities, and remain far more available to this day at higher prices than their ugly little gold leaf floating head younger brothers, shows that vast preference of T206 among seasoned hobbyists and rookie collectors alike.

T205s are uniform in player pose and garish in presentation. And they don't hold up under normal wear -- the chipping and the creasing is accentuated by whitened corners and borders.

And the floating headshots make the players look bloated and covered makeup. I'll take the red or green portrait of Cobb in the T206 set any day over his tiny-headed little bloated and pinkened, then surrounded by stale gold and crudely drawn baseball sketches, T205 counterpart.

About the only benefit worth noting in T205 is the biographical information and statistics. Still, there is something classic about T206s cigarette advertisement and it's otherwise uncluttered back. T205s are like someone took all of the T206 portraits and then crammed a lot of mostly unnecessary crap on them, front and back.