What do you love about T206s?

[Hot Springs Bathers]

1. What drew you into the set in the first place?

I had always enjoyed reading baseball history and was very interested in the period because of the link between my home town and that era. I lived with my elderly grandparents and a great-uncle from 1954-60. They were in their teens and 20s when most of the major league teams trained here so they saw many of these players and loved to talk about them.

2. Do you remember your first T206 card?

I bought 50 different from George Lyons in 1976 and was off and running until my mental melt down 20 years ago when I sold my near set!

3. Which T206s are you currently collecting?

As many different fronts as I can pick up! Don;t rule out the big boys, there is always the lottery.

4. What T206 is at the top of your want list?

I just try to find any raw card that I don't have. Same goes for my T205s.

4.

[Kawika]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place?
All of the above. History, artwork, availability etc.

#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card? What was it?
Matty Black Cap purchased raw when I was a vintage newbie. SGC gave it a 40. Still have it.

#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting?
The monster wanted me to quit and I listened. Currently working on a NY Giants subset 34/51, rudimentary backs set - need most of the toughies, any card which is singularly beautiful, e.g., Walsh, Revelle, the Cobbs, etc.

#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list?
Am slowly picking away at the Giants I need, I'd like to add a Uzit, Drum or Lenox back in the foreseeable future, and I'd like to upgrade my Matty White Cap and my Dutch Revelle, two of my favorite T206s, to a top condition, clean, sharp and centered, just to see them in their original glory.

#5 What is the best T206 in your collection?

[MVSNYC]

(Hi David!)

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place... Why start collecting t206s..

I saw some old "tobacco cards" at a small mall show (Trolley Station) in Bethlehem, PA in 1993. i had never seen them before, and had no idea what i was looking at. they were mesmerizing! i'll never forget that first time when i held them in my hands. felt like i was holding some very historical artifacts, very delicate, beautiful, rich with history.

#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card.. What was it?

Devlin, Elberfeld- Port., Kroh...

#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting... (Back set, southern leaguers, 520 set, HOFers, team set..etc)

I collected the monster for about 15 years. i collected it all, rare backs, high grade, printing freaks, rare variations, etc, etc...i abruptly switched to memorabilia a few years ago..but, i'm getting the "itch" again.

#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list

maybe a nice southern league sub-set?...not sure.

[Abravefan11]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place... Why start collecting t206s..

When I decided to shift my collecting focus to vintage cards T206's were easy to gravitate to due to the sets history, size, and availability.

#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card.. What was it?

Rube Marquard - Pitching

#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting... (Back set, southern leaguers, 520 set, HOFers, team set..etc)

My main focuses are my Boston National Super set and the Sweet Caporal Factory 649 set.

#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list

Any Boston National I don't have for my Super Set.

[B O'Brien]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place... Why start collecting t206s..

I took in a White Cap Matty on trade for a Clemente RC back in 93. I enjoy history and did the research on the player and card and got hooked on the era. T206's are cost effective and easy to find, so it was the best place to play.

#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card.. What was it?

White Cap Matty with an Old Mill back

#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting... (Back set, southern leaguers, 520 set, HOFers, team set..etc)

Kind of in a holding pattern until the $$ gets ironed out. I am sitting on 22HOFers with 17 different backs and 11 Eddie Collins with 9 different backs.

#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list

Eddie Collins - American Beauty (That will put me at 10 of 10 combos known) Horner Cab will be next.

Bob