I just realized why T206s are so popular with newbies...

[David W]

It's also a matter that anyone new to collecting will probably gravitate to T 206 simply because they are easily affordable, and also much more plentiful.

Another reason may be that the hype the Honus Wagner card gets also drives the casual collector to T 206.

[bbcard1]

It also doesn't hurt that they are pretty. Not all of them, of course, but you can see things in the background that make them intriguing. I do think the ability to get them in meaningful numbers is important.

For the last year or so, I have made my T206 set my secondary play. General rule, if I find one for less that $12 that I need I buy it. Yeah, I'm going with low grade, but I have a few really nice ones in my collection.

I am planning on spending the next five years or so with it as my second thing I am working on then get serious about it. Hope to finish it up, minus the big ones, in the next decade. About half way there.

[T206Collector]

I really don't think it's a newbie thing, per se. I think its a baseball thing. One of the things that makes baseball great, and distinguishes it from the other sports, is that it is played every day for 6-7 months. T206s are similarly available on a day-to-day basis, generally speaking. If you get the collecting itch, it can be immediately scratched.

I really specialize in signed T206s these days. But if I limited my collecting to just signed T206 exclusively, I'd be pretty bored sometimes since I often go many many months between signed T206 acquisitions. That is, frankly, one of the reasons I recently started collecting doubles and triples of signed T206 cards. It keeps me more active, more frequently. I also expanded my horizons to all signed pre-1917 cards generally, with a particular growing interest in signed T201s and T205s.

It should also be said that T206s are a legendary set, along with 33 Goudey and 52 Topps. Those are the "Big 3." And there is always something alluring about chasing the set called "The Monster", knowing that it can never be fully completed because of Wagner and Doyle.

There are a whole host of rationale, healthy and terrific reasons to pursue T206 cards. Availability is certainly a meaningful component of why so many of us pursue it.

[cfc1909]

yea just picked this up at my local mall show today -very easy to find




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[Kawika]

Originally Posted by cfc1909

yea just picked this up at my local mall show today -very easy to find

So that's how you do it, Jim.

[wonkaticket]

Jim classic newbie move...brown Lenox at a mall show...LOL

I mean check the eBay BIN's I'm sure there are at least 100 of those listed on there right now.