A Gross of T206

toppcat · #1 08-14-2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by iggyman

Dave,

If memory serves, you have a superb T206 Cobb red (with some paper loss on the back) that you purchased from me on eBay a few years back. I got that card from the family of the original owner and before selling it I had it entombed. I've always liked that card and was proud to be its second owner. I remember seeing it on this board in raw form, and that made my day. Anyways, good luck with your quest and live long and prosper.

Lovely Day...

Iggy-Still have it, plus a few other I got from you along the way. I did crack it though....in fact, here it is pre-jailbreak:

Barry-Type collecting is also an alluring addiction!

iggyman · #2 08-15-2010, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by toppcat

Iggy-Still have it, plus a few other I got from you along the way. I did crack it though....in fact, here it is pre-jailbreak:

Dave, I purchased that Cobb in an eBay auction along with a scrapbook. I had exchanged some emails with the family of the original owner and they seemed so nice, which is why I'm partial to that T206 Cobb red card. The scrapbook contained a few T206's, W517's (including a Ruth), and a bunch of T218's (including a Jack Johnson). I still have all the cards except for the T206 Cobb. The reason the Cobb has back damage is because the daughter of the owner thought it was a good idea to try to remove the Cobb from the scrapbook

. Luckily, once she saw what happened, a decision was made not to remove anything else. Okay, back to this great T206 thread...

Lovely Day...

Comiskey · #3 08-15-2010, 11:13 AM

Well, the T206 set has really taken over most of my card collecting these days. I started on a T206 subset (New York Giants) about 3-4 years ago and once I completed that I decided to continue with the set. So I decided that it would be fun to collect American Beauty backs since I was able to acquire a couple for my sub set. Then, I started to get into other backs, then miscits, and then I made a huge trade to acquire the Demmit and OHara variations!

So, here I sit with 202 different cards in the T206 set and on my way to hopefully completing the set in the next 5 years, although I am in no rush!

I have really tried to collect a lot of different backs along the way. And, some of the highlights of my T206 collection are my Red Cobb from the "Skydash" collection, the Demmit and OHara variations, Lundgren (Chicago) with an EPDG back, and a tons oddities and miscuts.

Finally, almost all of my cards are raw, with the exception of the OHara and Demmit variations. Every card that I have bought I have cracked out and placed into a tobacco sleeve/top loader, and then placed into a binder. The cards look incredible raw and I couldn't imagine them any other way!

Below is the breakdown of my set:

American beauty 350 (framed)- 30
American beauty 350 (no framed)-2
American Beauty 460-1
Broadleaf 350-1
Cycle 350- 1
Drum- 1
EPDG-17
Hindu- 13
Lenox- 1
Piedmont- 81
Polar Bear- 4
Sweet Cap-35
Sovereign- 3
Old Mill- 8
Tolstoi- 3
Uzit- 1

Miscuts- a dozen or so!

Happy collecting!

Jeff

scottglevy · #4 08-15-2010, 11:22 AM

I'm aiming to put together a vg-ex or better raw set. I've got about 85% of the set done in any condition ... but if you exclude my P/G/VG 'fillers' I'm probably just short of about 60% complete. No rush though, it's been a lot of fun trying to piece a quality raw set together.

SGL

P.S. I always seem to have duplicates in raw P/G/VG as I upgrade, so feel free to shoot me a line if you're looking for some.

Northviewcats · #5 08-15-2010, 11:46 AM

I started collecting T206s about four years ago. Started off buying only raw and switched to graded. I think at last count I was at 253. Condition matters to me, (SGC50-SGC80) so it is going pretty slow. I've also found myself straying into some e cards and Cubans. I may end up selling those someday to complete the monster, but I think I'm at least four years away from doing that.

I'm surprised at how many board members are on the same quest. This thread is starting to sound like an AA meeting.

Best,

Joe

vintagetoppsguy · #6 08-15-2010, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Northviewcats

I'm surprised at how many board members are on the same quest. This thread is starting to sound like an AA meeting.

My name is David and I have an addiction. I've been at it for about a year and a half and I have 58 cards (11%) all graded SGC 50. That grade keeps it affordable for me and the cards still have very nice eye appeal. I'll consider my set complete at 518 cards. I have a few others that are graded lower and some that are raw, but I do not count those as they will eventually be traded/sold off for my set needs.

lharri3600 · #7 08-15-2010, 01:10 PM

looking for sid smith gd-vg. also i have a nice dahlen boston dupe

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