What if...T206's didn't exist?!

[Runscott]

I know this thread started as another complaint about people liking to collect T206's, and other sets not getting the air time they so richly deserve, but I think it's an intriguing question.

It's interesting that in this card fantasy, nothing replaced the T206's back in 1909. ATC just waited a couple of years and created T205's as their first set?

How about some scenarios that include some reality? If ATC had skipped T206 and waited, what would their first major set have looked like? Would whoever had the T205 design idea had his set created a year or two earlier, only huger, with perhaps some action shots for the major leaguers? Would things have stalled out and T205 and T207 ended up being much smaller sets, more in line with some of the caramel sets?

[deadballfreaK]

Fact is T206 was an amazing groundbreaking set! The art was great. The players were great. America was really in love with baseball. The time was ripe and it happened and started the hobby. I don't get anyone being jealous of the attention T206s receive.

[mrvster]

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I can not even imagine this scenario

[murcerfan]

It's a fact that T206 broke no ground.

[murcerfan]

fact is................pffft.

[Runscott]

I've always been amazed that there is a small group of people on this board who would insult fellow vintage-card collectors, simply because they don't have similar tastes in vintage cards.

Kind of juvenile.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I've always been amazed that there is a small group of people on this board who would insult fellow vintage-card collectors, simply because they don't have similar tastes in vintage cards.

Kind of juvenile.

Kind of like complaining about T206 threads and then starting a T206 thread.

Sincerely, Clayton

[Ronnie73]

I've taken some time to think about this one. I don't really think i'd be collecting vintage cards. I collected cards as a kid like many of us have but stopped in 1993 because the hobby was changing and too many sets were being made. At that time I packed them into one room and thats where they stayed. Collecting is in my blood so at that time I switched my main focus to rare coins till 2003. Thats when I started a new business so all money went to that. Since I still had a collecting need, I switched to researching collectibles. One of the sets that I always avoided was the T206's and that was only because I didn't know anything about them. After researching them, I was hooked and still am. Since then, I have wondered into other vintage sets which I never would have if the T206's never existed. I probably would have went back to collecting rare coins and hoarding stamps and comicbooks. I know I wouldn't be on this website since it was a T206 purchase that brought me here and i'm glad it did.