I'm at a T206 crossroads and looking for ideas

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

I am at a similar crossroads and looking for some guidance. I am working on a low grade set and getting a little burned out. The set is so large that it seems as though I may never get there. I figure that breaking the monster into chunks is probably the best way to deal with it. You know the saying: "you eat an elephant one bite at a time."

Any advice on which team sets are the cheapest to build?

[Howe’s Hunter]

When I started originally in 1989, I bought a binder, enough pages to hold all 524 cards (the 15 to a sheet sheets), printed out little place holders for each card (same size as the card, with the number according to Beckett's guide, players name and any distinguishing characteristics), then put the four or five T206s I had in the proper place with all the place holders in all the the other spaces. First goal, one card on each of the pages. Second goal, fill one page completely. Then another page.

First page I completed was the first page in the binder. Made it look like if you opened it up, there must be a complete set.

Second page was the page with Demmitt. Then the O'Hara page. Then the final page, which of course was all southern leaguers.

Think by the time I stopped, I had six complete pages. Each page had at least three cards by that time.

It took 18 years to get that far. But it seemed do-able just a page at a time.

[wonkaticket]

Try a pose type set, like all cards with bats on shoulders or great pitching poses etc. that could be fun and not too crazy.

[ullmandds]

you could always make life really easy...and just collect t206's of players with moustaches!

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

you could always make life really easy...and just collect t206's of players with moustaches!

Too much money.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

you could always make life really easy...and just collect t206's of players with moustaches!

Hahaha thanks for the laugh. I will keep that in mind.

[wonkaticket]

Or a big John Davidson teeth subset.....

[Sean]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

you could always make life really easy...and just collect t206's of players with moustaches!

Yeah, but if you're only going to collect Titus, you have to collect every copy of that card.

[Bpm0014]

Why do you even need to collect any subset at all?? In regard to the T206 set, collect whatever you'd like. Collect as many or as little as you want. There are so many cool unique pictures and poses etc. if you don't mind back damage, you can literally get hundreds of cards under $20. There's no reason to collect a particular subset. Do whatever you want! Good luck!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Why do you even need to collect any subset at all?? In regard to the T206 set, collect whatever you'd like. Collect as many or as little as you want. There are so many cool unique pictures and poses etc. if you don't mind back damage, you can literally get hundreds of cards under $20. There's no reason to collect a particular subset. Do whatever you want! Good luck!

My price range is usually around $20/card and I do not care about the grade. I guess my OCD has the desire to check something off.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

I am at a similar crossroads and looking for some guidance. I am working on a low grade set and getting a little burned out. The set is so large that it seems as though I may never get there. I figure that breaking the monster into chunks is probably the best way to deal with it. You know the saying: "you eat an elephant one bite at a time."

Any advice on which team sets are the cheapest to build?

The cheapest are of course the teams with the fewest Hall of Famers. I think the Phillies would be the cheapest as long as you don't count Magie.