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Posted By: Mike Ernst

I'll never forget seeing my first T206--late Winter, 1972. An elderly farmer outside of Max, ND, had me sitting at his kitchen table and he poured out of an old cereal box 1100 T-206's, T-205's, a few T-202's, some T birds, fish, etc. And then he proceeded to tell me that he had gotten these as a kid in NYC, kept them all this time because he just hoped he'd find someone who wanted them, and when I responded with "I don't know how much they're worth, but I'm sure I can't afford to pay you what they are worth", said "I want to give these to you--I'm just glad I found someone who wants them." I finally forced $20 on him, took them home and then had to figure out what they were worth. Back then, maybe $500-550.