I'm at a T206 crossroads and looking for ideas

[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.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

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.

I can totally relate to what you're saying. I think I'm at about 130 or so. I've thought about focusing on smaller subsets to make it feel like I'm completing something. I think that can work if you're really patient and don't mind waiting a long time between pickups. However, while you're focusing on say, a particular team set, you'd be missing some good deals on other cards that you will eventually want. I've settled on just embracing the fact that it feels like a never ending journey. I pick up cards here and there in the condition and price range I want, and I don't worry too much about completing anything. I get burned out on T206 every so often, focus more on my other sets. I think Ed's binder idea is a really good one, especially for your set. I would imagine you don't have too many slabbed cards, so you can display them the way they were meant to be. If you did that, you could focus on certain pages at a time, but still pick up other cards that were the right condition and price for your set.

[AMBST95]

T206 is what got me in to vintage cards. I hear you on burning out. The monster wins more often than we like, hence the name. I just set a yearly goal and try to chug away. I also work on other projects to avoid burning out. If I devoted my entire card budget on T206s, I'd lose interest over time but by working on other things and limiting myself to a specific number of T206 purchases it keeps it fresh. I was excited for January to allow myself to start looking at T206s again.

[mrvster]

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