Show us your (current) favorite T206!

[Bill77]

This was my 6th T206, the 2nd after I was done buying T206 cards. The seller had 2 other T206 cards for sale both the same player (can't remember who it was) with Tolstoi backs. I tried for those 1st because I figured that with most of the backs gone I could get a Tolstoi cheap. After those sold for $40+ each I decided to bid on the Tom Needham Piedmont card he had. While waiting for it to arrive I kept looking at it trying to figure out what I could about what the series it was and what it shoud look like when I finally noticed that it wasn't a Piedmont card and that for $14.99 and $4.00 shipping I got the best deal on a Tolstoi card than the other 2 cards would have been. It is also the 1st card I ever soaked. The back looks better in hand than the scan.

[ullmandds]

My first t206...c1980...$2.

[ZenPop]

I bought this off frankbmd (our fellow board member), and it was my very first and still favorite t206 card. He sent a nice note about the history of "Doc" Powers...

So I bought my first card (a catcher who was also a doctor... who was part of a battery in a game that featured a doctor pitching to a doctor...) from a doctor.

Powers was probably the first player in baseball to die from injuries suffered on the field. (he crashed into a wall at Shibe Park chasing a foul ball and died two week later from the internal injuries).

It's a beautiful card and the story behind it makes it all the more special to me.
I never cared about condition of cards... I kind of like the rough or marked up ones. Someday I'll get all my Giants (and both Matty's), but for now, this is the card. Thanks, Frank!

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