Show us your (current) favorite T206!

[steve B]

If I had to pick just one, it would probably be this one.


1977 I moved to a new town, and asking kids about baseball cards got both odd looks - since I was a high school freshman- and the info that just in the center of town there was a whole store for cards.
Oh the things they had!
Up till then, the only idea I had about cards older than 1969 came from the Hank Aaron specials from 74, and one 1968 I'd traded for.
I really liked the T206s, which they'd put in pockets on 3x5 cards with the players name and some stats. I liked the sort of pastel images and scenery, and would stop by pretty much every chance I had to hang out and talk cards, or just spend a bunch of time looking. But the nice ones were just a bit more than I was willing to spend. a whole 1.50 !
One day the said hello, and by the way we've got something we saved for you. A T206! Not in great shape, in fact almost torn all the way across the upper left corner. But only 20 cents, and it was a Polar bear back. After I showed it off to mom and dad I had a little less trouble getting some extra spending money and eventually would buy more.

So I suppose my first T206 is still my favorite, because it's the card that started me collecting prewar cards. (The file cabinet of 60's-70's commons did the same for the then more modern stuff)

[DeanH3]

My first Cobb and first T206.

[T206Collector]

My current favorite is my avatar.

[MVSNYC]

This is my favorite T206 I own. IMO, this pose is one of the most beautiful in the set.

[CMIZ5290]

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[joshuanip]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

This is my favorite T206 I own. IMO, this pose is one of the most beautiful in the set.

Wow. What a card!

[Rich Falvo]

Until I can snag one of the rarer backs, this EPDG is the favorite in my collection. The scan is terrible. It's a nice SGC 40.

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[Sean]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

This is my favorite T206 I own. IMO, this pose is one of the most beautiful in the set.

Great choice Mike. I think that that Cobb is the best looking card in the set.

[TheBig6]

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by TheBig6

Great choice Jerry! beauty!

[TheBig6]

Thanks Kevin, there’s so many good choices

[kdixon]

This is my favorite T206. It is of Zach Wheat and was owned by Zach. It came out of his scrapbook. In fact have his entire Brooklyn T206 team set from the same scrapbook. Zach was born in my hometown and I have been collecting him for about 35 years.

[HawkFan70]

My Dad bought this for my newborn son 18 years ago...

[commishbob]

Loving this thread. Some wonderful cards with backstories. Keep ‘em coming please!

[pawpawdiv9]

The T206 I love seeing is owned by Sean. Its his ghost missing color looking Plank.
I do not have but 2 T206's at the moment (chance & cobb-red)
But I love looking at my posters everyday:

[jbl79]

My favorite and only T206 right now . Don't have a cool story but love looking at it...

[Sean]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

The T206 I love seeing is owned by Sean. Its his ghost missing color looking Plank.

Hi Chris, since you mentioned it, here's Plank:


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[mechanicalman]

Sorry for the redundancy, but my submission would also be a Cobb Bat Off. Aside from being one of my first T206s, it happens to be one of my wife's favorite cards. Every time we see a beautiful technicolor sunset now, she says it's a "Ty Cobb sunset." Cheesey, I know.

[Rhotchkiss]

This is my all-time favorite. I bought one of these raw decades ago as a kid, and that’s when my love for t206 started. Over the years, I have been in and out of collecting, but each time I got back in, this was one of the first poses/cards I would get- it’s like my personal flag that I am back. Honestly, I think it’s a very ugly card; Cy looks like fat and over the hill, which I guess he was when t206 came out- maybe that’s another reason I love it so much.