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Old 04-18-2010, 03:08 PM
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Both for me as well.
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Old 04-18-2010, 03:10 PM
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Chief Bender with different backs so I guess both lol !!
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Old 04-18-2010, 03:50 PM
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I collect based on the fronts, without regard for the backs. I do however, have a goal of obtaining at least one of each different back (brand/series...I don't worry about factory numbers).

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Old 04-18-2010, 04:15 PM
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I collect mostly by the fronts, but with an eye for the mid range backs. I can't afford the realy tough ones.

I really like the fronts of T206, they not only represent the history of the game, but indirectly the history of the country as well. If you want to have some fun, line up a batch of cards from an old Judge to something from this year. Just pick one card from each decade. Then think about how the cards design represents that decade and our attitudes towards things at that time.

I've done this for a few of my friends that have asked about why I collect, and it's always been a real eye opener. Not enough to get them started, but enough that they understand

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When i start my collection, it will be backs (commons) first. Hof'er fronts second. I cant have HOF'er with rare backs cause then which side do you display?
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:55 PM
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I collect them by the fronts. I don't really care what the back is. If I get something with a harder to find back, that is just a bonus.
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Like many I have two objectives. The 524 fronts and then another
group with one of each of the tobacco brands on the reverse and a
HOFer on the front. Paying the premiums for some of the tougher backs
to have a common player on front is not something I'm interested in.
I like both groups a great deal but if forced to pick I'd go with the fronts.
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I have been collecting T206s for almost 15 years and I think back collecting is really stupid. I mean, I could see trying to get a little variety -- but laying down anything over a few dollars for a "rare" back still gets me. I mean, people really opt to pay $2,000 for a common player with a "rare" back, when they could just as easily get a really nice green Cobb. Makes no sense to me -- never has, never will.

I think people who collect backs are tobacciana collectors. I collect baseball cards.
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Old 04-18-2010, 06:24 PM
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The first time around I just collected the fronts. This time if I pick up a duplicate front with a different back I keep it. Same for T205. Down the road I would consider paying for a missing back but not right now.

I do think backs are a viable collectible. My biggest pet peeve ever in the hobby goes back over 30 years now. Why in the world is a rookie card any more valuable than a second year card or a tenth year card? Never has made any sense to me, it always appeared to be a reason for everyone to go out and buy the new price guide each month.
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Fronts primarily. Cruising along with the set but will pick up a cool back here or there.
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The funny thing to me is,the kids (and adults) who loved and collected these cards back in the 1909-1911 era probably could've cared less what was on the back of the card.........it was all about who was on the front of the card!!

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I have been collecting T206s for almost 15 years and I think back collecting is really stupid. I mean, I could see trying to get a little variety -- but laying down anything over a few dollars for a "rare" back still gets me. I mean, people really opt to pay $2,000 for a common player with a "rare" back, when they could just as easily get a really nice green Cobb. Makes no sense to me -- never has, never will.

I think people who collect backs are tobacciana collectors. I collect baseball cards.
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The above statement makes that Chicago guy sound like a Rhodes Scholar.
Go f-ck yourself. Sincerely.
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:11 PM
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Since I had heard of just 3 players from the 206 set prior to collecting them, its all about the backs for me. Although I initially started out as a front collector because of the amazingly beautiful and vivid colors on the cards. Since im more into rarity, the back varieties satisfy that itch in me.
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:25 PM
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I collect T206s by the fronts. If it came to a Cobb I'd take it with any back if the price was right. Backs are really intriguing and add a cool twist to T206collecting but I never caught that bug. If I had a choice between a Cobb with a Piedmont back or a Joe Blow with a Uzit back, I'd take the Cobb.
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Thanks Jim-truth is,I didn't even know these cards existed in the 80's & 90's ,,,,,,,,,but I've read the posts where the veteran collectors wished those days were still around

Fred,I'm with you everything you said...........

Chicago206,my worry with you diving in to T206 with only these extreme rare backs is that you will never be able to appreciate the more common backed T206's.I mean,how will a Sovereign 350 ever compare to a Drum in your eyes? I by no means want to encourage you to collect any other way than you want to,but could you ever see yourself buying T206's with EPDG backs,or Tolstoi backs?Are you going to try to collect the T206 set-or just T206's with the rarest backs?Whatever you choose,I wish you the best in your goals-just trying to understand,that's all.

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Since I had heard of just 3 players from the 206 set prior to collecting them, .
That is impossible. My 10 year old son knows more players than that. I usually like to avoid jumping on the bashing bandwagon, but that statement is either a absolute lie or the single most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my entire life. You would have to have been born on the other side of the world to have only heard of 3 players from the t206 set. Wagner, Cobb, Mathewson, McGraw, Baker, Plank, Tinker, Evers, Chance, Waddell, Young, Marquard, Lajoie, Walsh, Beckley, Griffith, Wallace, Collins, Bender, Chesbro, Huggins, Brown, Jennings, Keeler and that's just Hall of Famers! So you decide to collect the most popular baseball set in existance with some of the most famous and expensive cards known to the hobby because of the BACKS!
C'mon now, really, you are going to stick to that story?
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Wagner, Cobb, Young. True story.
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That is impossible. My 10 year old son knows more players than that...
C'mon now, really, you are going to stick to that story?


Ease up or he'll demand this thread be locked or deleted. He has long demonstrated delusions of adequacy.
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Ease up or he'll demand this thread be locked or deleted. He has long demonstrated delusions of adequacy.


Never quite able to move on. Always looking for the jab. Yeah, you're a helluva guy.
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Old 04-19-2010, 06:49 AM
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Yeah, you're a helluva guy.

I've already admited that, to you, I'm not. I don't like you or your style. Since we last talked (about calming down and enjoying the hobby a little), you've started one thread about where you should spend your $4,000, and one about a challenge to board members to sell you a certain back (up to 10 of them) for $500 each.

In this thread, you offered that you know nothing about the game of baseball, have heard of few, if any, of the stars and seem to be proud of that fact.


That all adds up to something very different than collecting. As I said before, it's just you fooling around with your money (and doing it poorly at that.)

It's as if you want to make this board confrontational, so you post things not related to the baseball aspect of the hobby, not even related to the card collecting aspect, but solely related to the financial angle. That's what I will never like.

A person's love of the hobby will never be related to what they earn or what they have. It is related to what they know or what they want to learn. You possess neither the knowledge nor the desire to gain knowledge. What you possess is $4,000 - $5,000. Big deal.

As I've said to you before, good luck to you in your pursuits, but if you continue to post here and be confrontational and controversial, then, yeah , I will continue to take the occasional jab.


(Please note - In this thread, T206 Collector and Potomac Joe are "at it", a little. I won't take sides or jab at either. Both are long time collectors with a different slant on the hobby, and that's OK.)
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Please note - In this thread, T206 Collector and Potomac Joe are "at it", a little. I won't take sides or jab at either. Both are long time collectors with a different slant on the hobby, and that's OK.
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C'mon now, really, you are going to stick to that story?
Apparently he is. As if we already weren't confused as to why he's still here.

But this Chicago206 guy still makes Joe P look like Joe the Plumber.
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That sounds like a stupid way to collect. How much did you pay and what are they worth today?
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Here is how it went for me...

Phase 1: Front only and could've care less if it had a back!

Phase 2: As the T206 collection grew, backs were now being noticed. But I wouldn't pay a premium for one.

Phase 3: Started nearing the end of the quest and SHA BAM!!! Yeah baby, T206 "backs" rock! I would easily pay a premium for a back. Actually, I was prepared to give-up electricity for a few months if it meant purchasing a rare back.

Phase 4 (current mode): T206 backs are okay, if that is your thing. But, I'm interested in the aesthetic beauty of the front and the artiste splendor behind the artwork.

Lovely Day...
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