I'm at a T206 crossroads and looking for ideas

[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?).

[mrvster]

LOL...

Don't let the monster win.....great investment for your kids if you can swing it.....it's a marathon......let your kids complete it if you can't......

[thehoodedcoder]

i am starting the old mill sl set with 48 cards.

some of the other ones i had on my list are.
pied 150 with 156 cards.
sweet caporal 42 overprint 109 cards

another sweet caporal subset has like 60 or something in it. in low grade it will only cost you 1500 to 3k to do for that one.

kevin