T206 Reference / Reflections.....Tuesday Nite Trivia

[tedzan]

Hi Jason

Any means of acquiring the first T206 cards for your collection goes. I didn't mean to limit this topic only to BB card Show acquisitions.

And, your's is a great story. Brought back 1980's memories of Larry Fritsch.

Thanks for posting.


TED Z
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[steve B]

I moved to Arlington Ma in 1977, and being closer to the big city (I was from small towns, lots of land but under 10K people) I figured there might be someplace that sold old baseball cards. How little I knew that there were hardly any shops anywhere....
But there was one in town!
started hanging out there, and really liked the T206s, but wasn't really ready to spring a whole 1.50 for a decent one.
One day the guy running the shop said he had something for me. A T206! and only 20 cents! who cared if it didn't have one of the pastel scenery backgrounds? Or that it had creases so bad it was nearly torn in half?
It was Mine! They even let me use some scotch invisible tape to make sure it made it home in one piece.

I'd post the scan, but ….. maybe later when I don't have to hunt through my computer for it.

The guys at Halls would occasionally save stuff for me, especially nearly unsaleable items that might encourage me to collect more... My P-2 is even worse, but was free...
A good investment on their part.

[MVSNYC]

Hi Ted!

Summer of '91, a few years after moving to Bethlehem, PA (from Long Island), I started going to local card shows. I vividly remember going to a show at the Trolley Station Mall and seeing my first T206 cards; I was hooked from the beginning. I've been fascinated with them ever since, almost 30 years.

Here's some of my first cards, 2 of which I got that day in 1991, and still have...

[brianp-beme]

At my first show in 1981 I picked up these two T206 cards (plus 3 other 1910 era Hall of Famer cards) at the first table upon entering (on the right hand side, in case you were wondering) for all of the piggy bank money I brought, which was not a lot. I checked out the rest of the show, but had no more to spend. They were my first vintage cards, and I still have all five of them.

Brian