Collecting A T206 Near Set - Group by Group

[ethicsprof]

Dave, congrats on your T206 plan and successes along the way!
I note that you realized intuitively that the Monster wanted you to quit and you did not listen.
The dictum "remember: the Monster wants you to quit. don't listen to it,"
is always a helpful guide and sword along the way!!
I tamed the Monster(as I define it) around a couple of years ago. I actually began in around '83 when i received a few 206s,205s,210s from a friend's inheritance. I bought a Matty dark cap with my wife soon after marrying in '84 at a small show at a convention center. Then bought only a favorite here and there over the next 17-18 years and didn't really get captured by the
quest until around '02 and then got singleminded---buying and trading nothing but 206s.
After the taming, i've had a great time displaying my type collection on about 5 office walls at this point. The Ramly's,T3's,butterfingers,E90s,E91s,E92s,E94s,E95 s,E98s,E101s,E102s,E106s,boston stores, Weil baking, WG2-WG6,strips,Goudeys,Wheaties,Zeenuts,T209,T210,T212 ,all but 3 of the T200,T205,M116,T5,T222, some favorite Nagy and Carter cards, 17 206 era packs,and my recent favorite: Type 1 Conlon photograph which is the photo behind the
206 tannehill(no L) action pose.
What a great hobby!!
best,
barry

[jp1216]

Good Luck - don't be in a rush. I got my first SLer in the mail today!!! Not an any rush, but I like yours and others approach. The longer it takes, the more fun it will be....

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

Dave, congrats on your T206 plan and successes along the way!
I note that you realized intuitively that the Monster wanted you to quit and you did not listen.
The dictum "remember: the Monster wants you to quit. don't listen to it,"
is always a helpful guide and sword along the way!!
...
After the taming, i've had a great time displaying my type collection on about 5 office walls at this point. The Ramly's,T3's,butterfingers,E90s,E91s,E92s,E94s,E95 s,E98s,E101s,E102s,E106s,boston stores, Weil baking, WG2-WG6,strips,Goudeys,Wheaties,Zeenuts,T209,T210,T212 ,all but 3 of the T200,T205,M116,T5,T222, some favorite Nagy and Carter cards, 17 206 era packs,and my recent favorite: Type 1 Conlon photograph which is the photo behind the
206 tannehill(no L) action pose.
What a great hobby!!
best,
barry

Barry-I was thinking of your aphorism when I typed that! The E cards, especially E93's, are appealing to me but I'll save them for another decade. I may end up doing T205 next after the white borders-they are growing on me as I put together my Superbas team set. Will still be a while, my goal for T206 is ten years. Your office displays sound really nice.

[judsonhamlin]

Dave - Good luck on the quest. I started back in the mid 80's with my first three cards (Lajoie, Joss and Waddell). First I tried to get one card of each major league player, and then I got the minor and SLers. I think I was officially hooked by '91 or so and decided to "make it interesting" (read: difficult), by not buying cards with Piedmont backs. I finally got to 518 this past October and am looking forward to 519 (Cobb bat on) and 520 (O'Hara-StL) in 2010, budget permitting.

[Fetamore]

Dave,

What's the hurry. Slow down. Enjoy the hunt. I purchased my first T206 at a 1981 Willow Grove PA show from Wayne Miller. I am still 6 short of a complete set plus the big 4. I hope to cut that in half over the next 10 years. Actually , I admire your focus. I tend to collect anything and everything with no intention to complete anything.

[Jantz]

Dave

Good job & you definitely took the right approach to building this set by starting with some of the HOFers & SLers first.

I'm at about 36% and that amount consists of mostly commons. Ironically close to 25% of those came from Net54 board members.

I've been very fortunate though, being invited onto this board and finding the Murr'y this year have helped me tremendously.

Good luck and keep at it

Jantz

[rfurnish]

I began working on my PSA 4-5 t206 set in January, 2009. So far I only have 76 cards with a little bit of everything included. At current count I have 18 Hall of Famers, 5 Southern Leaguers, and 15 different backs. My orginal plan was to pick up one a week but I've gotten a little ahead of that pace. If I had to guess, my favorite Hall of Famer is the PSA 5 Cobb, bat off shoulder....my toughest southern leaguer would probably be Roy Ellam or Carleton Molesworth. My favorite overall card might actually be Paddy Livingston...one of my first cards and just kind of a goofy looking pose.

[brass_rat]

I started my T206 set this past August, and I'm about 150 cards deep right now, all grades PSA 5-7 and SGC 60-up.

My favorite card in the set is the Walter Johnson (pitching) -- I bought a very nice one for $75 about 15-20 years ago...the image always stays in my mind.

I carry a Wagner reprint in my wallet...two reasons -- makes me happy, and I have something to show people (non-collectors) when they ask "what do you mean, you collect old baseball cards?"