Question for the T206 set builders

[tedzan]

I started my 1st T206 set, card by card, in 1981 and it took me 14 years to "complete" it (521 cards w/Magie).
It was not my top priority back then, as I was also completing many BB (and certain FB) sets from 1887-1987.

My 2nd set was easier.....after I sold my 1st set in 1997.....I bought a large collection of T206's (400+ cards).
I "completed" it with 520 cards, and with 35 different T-backs in 4 years.

Then, I wanted to specialize by completing an all-PIEDMONT set. I started this 3rd set in 2006 by breaking up
my 2nd set (33% of which comprised of PIEDMONT cards). It took me just 11 months to complete a 519-card
set (no Demmitt, Doyle, O'Hara, Plank, Wagner).

I started my 4th set in 2007. I had acquired 278 diff. SOVEREIGN cards in one lot. This all-SOVEREIGN set was
completed with 407 cards in less than a year. There are 117 "no-prints" in a SOVEREIGN set.

My 5th set, an all-SWEET CAPORAL, Factory 30 set, was started in 2008. It is complete with 467 cards (no
Plank & Wagner). It was accomplished in less than a year.


My advice to most, who are starting to collect "The Monster"....acquire a large lot of ungraded T206's (100 to
250 cards). Otherwise, it will try your patience, and your pocketbook, and eventually you will surrender to it.


TED Z