T206 - Higher Grade Or Rarer Back?

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Hey David did you ever get around to scanning your brown Lenox card you found in your album before you traded it? I know a few of us asked you about it a few times. Love to see it if you did.

For me the whole card is what it's about if the card is sharp and has a tougher back that's a bonus.

Cheers,

John

Oh man, I'm sorry John, it has been a tough year for me (skin cancer/operations/grafts),(was banned for about 6 mo too!(I deserved it.)). The Burch is still "in the family" so I will try to get a scan to post. BTW did you or someone you know pick up that blue old mill? Would love to examine the edges of that card. Would also like to see your brown back too. Dave ps my scanning skills are slowly improving.

[wonkaticket]

Nobody I know bought the Blue Old Mill but it did sell via H&S...sorry to hear you're feeling bad David.

Here are my Browns...thinking of selling one at auction soon but not sure.



Cheers,

John

[Cardboard Junkie]

WOW!! John THAT is an impressive lineup!! The one on the far right almost looks green/blue. Are you cornering the market on those? I actually feel pretty good right now. I am cancer free and had my face put back together. I asked the plastic surgeon if I was gonna look like George Clooney after the reconstuction..her reply..."not quite" ha ha! I'm just happy to have a nose again....and be back on net54. Cheers to you, Dave.

[wonkaticket]

Just two are brown, but if your person can make me look like Clooney send her number my way.

[MVSNYC]

Well, being a T206 addict who has collected the cards every which way possible over the last 20+ years (high grade, errors, rare backs, HOFers, SLers, etc)...i always come back to rare backs. i just love the various artwork of the different brands, and i love the chase of putting together a nice back run. the tuffer ones are super rare, which makes it a fun journey.

i've seen way too many high-grade examples that look too "short" to my eye, so i steer away from them. i'd only buy high grade cards that have full borders. as Jim B pointed out, either way, it's nice to have consistency in a collection. and most importantly, collect what you like.

One final bit of advice...buy the card, not the holder.

good luck!

[mrvster]

how about a freak?

Hands down, rare back....hands down

[AMBST95]

I'm also building a set in VG TO VG-EX and also decided to try to find at least one good example of each back if I can. I know I might only get a low grade Drum, lenox or Broadleaf, but that I might pull a couple PSA 5 EPDG, Sovereign, or Polar Bears to keep my overall set grade up. I also decided to try to collect all of the SLs in Old Mill backs. If it was my perfect set I'd have an even distribution of each back, but that's not going to happen unless I hit the lottery. I guess to each their own, but I like the idea of my set really demonstrating the variety within the set and going higher grade/common back really fails to do that. I try to collect T206s, not just Piedmont and Sweet Caps.

[familytoad]

If you aren't going to collect the whole set, (remember the monster usually wins) instead of choosing between high grade and rare backs...go for the Hall Of Famers!!
Get the nicest ones you can, because in 20-30-40 years, your potential buyers will know who Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Nap Lajoie and Ty Cobb are...but Chappy Charles may not be appealing to anyone no matter what the extinct tobacco brand he's advertising says...

And now I realize you already mentioned that you were looking at HoFers...I don't collect T206 because there are too many commons for my taste, and you cannot read the back to get any information about the players. (i grew up memorizing Topps cards)

So I revise my answer to higher grade common backs , of HOFers

[Sean]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Nobody I know bought the Blue Old Mill but it did sell via H&S...sorry to hear you're feeling bad David.

Here are my Browns...thinking of selling one at auction soon but not sure.



Cheers,

John

John, I like the backs, but can you post a scan of the fronts as well? Thanks. -Sean