Just picked my 1st ever T-206 card!!! Now begings the long/fun journey!!!

[AMBST95]

Great first T206. Not many nicer than the Matty. Good luck on your journey. If you really want to learn a lot about this set, read Scot Reader's Inside T206 which is available for free online. A great reference for this set.

http://www.oldcardboard.com/t/t206/i...al-edition.pdf

[Zone91]

Thanks guys feels good to feel at all the love here!!! It is great to be part of something bigger than I.

Sean's:

I appreciate the offer but have already purchased that specific book as well. Thanks!!!

[Zone91]

My goal is to put as many different backs together of certain star players (15 to 20 different players like Cobb, Mathewson, Cy Young and so on and so on. A few cards each year)...I can't afford to put the whole set together I guess like 99% of the people collecting this set.

[Sean]

Zone91: you are talking about what we call a "back run". This can be more expensive than collecting the whole set. Some backs are quite rare (read: expensive) and to find a rare back on a star player will be very expensive. There is a Cobb with a one-of-a-kind Brown Lenox back in a Goodwinandco.com auction right now. The last I checked the bidding was over $22,000.

I'm not trying to discourage you. I just want you to know how expensive your goal can be.

[Zone91]

Sean's:

I realize the price but I am only 32 years old and have started my career in 2007 (finished university in 2006) so my thinking is I have a lot of time to save up and try my best with what I have to collect what I can...I will never be able to put the whole thing together...simply add a few cards a year at a time and grow from there.

My annual budget would be around 4k to 5k for my T-206 hobby. I am by no means a millionaire but I think I can add some nice cards with that amount of money (1 to 3 cards a year).

[CobbSpikedMe]

I have a feeling adding only 1 to 3 cards a year will cause you to lose interest real fast. I would go for the set in low grade as you go and pick up some bigger profile cards as you go. I just don't think it will be as fulfilling to only obtain a couple cards a year. Plus if you pick up raw commons along the way you will get to learn more about the set in the process. And you'll be able to appreciate the cards a lot more.

Just my thoughts.

AndyH

[Zone91]

CobbSpiked

That is probably true I will see what I will do. Thanks.