T206 backs, 20 years ago

[trdcrdkid]

Pete -- I don't think our memories are that different. Red Hindus were recognized as very scarce even back then, as the article states, and commanded a pretty big premium. That's why I couldn't afford one back then on my budget, and I still don't have one. Same with BL460s and Drums. $40 for a brown Hindu sounds about right, and that's probably around what I paid for the one in the picture. $50 was about my limit, but I went above that for the Broad Leaf because I knew it was very tough to find. I always had a Tolstoi (Brashear) from my teenage collection (two Lenoxes, a Tolstoi, and two Polar Bears), so I never got too excited about them, but I did get a few more in better condition. (The one in the picture is Camnitz arm at side, which I got in 92-95.)

I still have all my SCDs from back then. I'll have to get them out of storage sometime and look at the ads, which probably still have my annotations. I could probably figure out when I got some of my cards and what I paid for them.

[mrvster]

great stories guys! I love hearing these

[ullmandds]

haha...i suppose u r right!!!

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Pete -- I don't think our memories are that different. Red Hindus were recognized as very scarce even back then, as the article states, and commanded a pretty big premium. That's why I couldn't afford one back then on my budget, and I still don't have one. Same with BL460s and Drums. $40 for a brown Hindu sounds about right, and that's probably around what I paid for the one in the picture. $50 was about my limit, but I went above that for the Broad Leaf because I knew it was very tough to find. I always had a Tolstoi (Brashear) from my teenage collection (two Lenoxes, a Tolstoi, and two Polar Bears), so I never got too excited about them, but I did get a few more in better condition. (The one in the picture is Camnitz arm at side, which I got in 92-95.)

I still have all my SCDs from back then. I'll have to get them out of storage sometime and look at the ads, which probably still have my annotations. I could probably figure out when I got some of my cards and what I paid for them.

[Wildfireschulte]

Great post David. It was fun talking T cards with you at the National - you were one of the more knowledgable collectors that came by the booth.

[judsonhamlin]

First of all, I can't believe that it has been 20 years since I wrote that article. Barry Sloate (hi, Barry) encouraged me to write that for VCBC. The prices from those days were so relatively low that I still cringe for not picking up more Hindus and Carolina Brights at the time. I still remember calling dealers and having them go through t206's over the phone because few actually listed the backs. In the pre-eBay/internet days, there were still any number of dealers who were not attuned to scarcity, so buying a Drum for 18.00 and SL Hindu cards for 40.00 was actually possible.
Nice to see that article from a fun publication.

[trdcrdkid]

Kevin -- it was fun to talk to you at the National, too! Thanks for selling me all those VCBC magazines, including the one with this article, and for the deals you gave me on some T206s.

Judson -- I should have checked to see if you were a member of this board! Yeah, it's pretty amazing how much the way people look at T206 backs has changed. I wasn't really thinking about potential price appreciation, just collecting them because I thought it was fun and something I could do without spending too much extra money. I would sometimes get T206s at shows, but I don't remember getting many tough backs there -- it was mostly through ads in SCD, and through those David Festberg auctions.

[Wildfireschulte]

I'm pretty confident that those Festberg auctions were never shilled.