I'm at a T206 crossroads and looking for ideas

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by z28jd

http://t206resource.com/Portraits%20Checklist.html

Consider the cards an investment for the children and keep getting them!

Thank you, sir. 177 sounds a lot better than 520!

As for the investment side, I even have my wife convinced that they're worth keeping around for a while. She doesn't care for my gun collection or the couple of military vehicles she's like me to get rid of but she doesn't mind the "old cards".

[atx840]

Maybe try a smaller less expensive subset, my first endeavour was the Factory 649 OP. 34 cards, a handful of HOF to keep things interesting and you have to search/requests backscans on every possible card.

Portraits (minus the big three), portraits by background colour, A-Z. Endless really. Good luck!

[t206blogcom]

Go for the southern leaguers, or only southern leaguers with one of the three possible backs?

[PolarBear]

You could do one of the smaller back sets like Polar Bear, or a team set.

Or, just collect 150 cards with a 150 series back. That is possible with Piedmont, SC, and Sovereign, and since the 150 series contains more than 150 cards, you can skip the big 4 and still get to 150.

[25801wv]

I would go for all of the Walter Johnsons, Christy Mathewsons, Cy Youngs, and Ty Cobb's. Or just the 4 Cobb's.

[ZachS]

All good ideas. Thanks to everyone.

I think I'm going to concentrate on the portraits first. I have all the big ones minus Young and Cobb green (with the exception of the ones I'll never afford like Wagner, Plank, Magie).

Besides, I've always wanted the Young portrait. Now I have a reason to actively pursue it.

[T206Collector]

Southern Leaguers. 48 cards. Always in high demand, so easy to flip if needs be. And it is an obvious, discernible subset of T206.

[ZachS]

The only SLers I'm really interested in are the 3 New Orleans players. Of those 3 I like the Fritz card the best.

I suppose I could attempt a Fritz back run which should be 3 cards (I think?)

I also have a couple of Lattimore cards because he and I share the same birthday. I could go for a Lattimore back run as well (10 backs?).