What's your reason for collecting T206

[Cardboard Junkie]

The T206s, 34 goudeys, 52Topps, 51Bowmans, 72Topps, oops thats 5 Oh yeah and I have a nice HOF set going of all diff types, none the same issue, oh yeah and cabinet cards and I forgot to mention my regional issues and................oh forget it!

But the t206s have me right now, it's like once you hook a Billfish everything else is "bait" The artwork, the legends, the challenge, the discoveries. The blood sweat and tears, the delights the disasters.

[iwantitiwinit]

Simply cause I like'em.

[Ronnie73]

I collect them mostly for the interesting fact that you never really know when your set is complete. Theres so many ways to collect them. I started collecting Piedmont factory 42's only and then got my first Tolstoi and started buying them, then there were the Cycles and wanted more of them and you gotta love the EPDG's and before I knew it, I figured i'd go after all the front/back combos.

Orions Father, I regret missing out on your Pink Hal Chase EPDG but I was into the Piedmont 42's at the time and was lucky enough to make a deal with you for your Blue Portrait Hal Chase factory 42 and its still one of my favorite T206's out of the many 100's I have. Thank you.

[sandmountainslim]

I like them for the history of the deadball era and for the history of the cards themselves. Bought a few '33 Goudey cards and they just don't do anything for me but I love the tobacco issues. Old Judge would be something I could completely dig but I can't afford them being a single dad.

[Bicem]

Good question, and one that I have always wondered myself.

Nice artwork sure, but has nothing on a set like T3.

Affordable yes, but putting together a complete set is very costly. And also a futile effort since the majority of us won't be able to ever afford to truly complete it with the Wagner card.

Attainable of course, but the fact that you see them everywhere and everyone collects them is actually a big reason why I don't collect them. To me, the much more interesting things are the things that you don't see every day.

Back variations are cool, but a card's charm to me has always been much more about the front. A card that you have to turn over to truly appreciate doesn't really appeal to me personally.

Just my honest thoughts, and don't get me wrong, I can definitely appreciate the importance of t206's!

[tonyo]

Because it is nicknamed "The Monster"

[3-2-count]

They're are so many different ways one can collect them and any budget can enjoy them. Most definitely the funnest set I've ever collected.

[alsup2311]

I just recently started collecting T206s. As some on this site know, I have been in the business of selling my grandma's cards. My great grandfather collected cards as a kid from 1909 to 1912. He passed to my grandfather over a thousand cards. about 600 of them baseball and the other 400 where different sports and non sports cards. When my grandpa died he didn't leave any money for my grandma and she has been living off cards since 2000, for extra income. In the past year or so I have sold a bunch of E79 and E80s (Boxing), 75 T210s, over 20 E95s (including Wagner and Cobb), a Mellomint, a T205 Pat Moran w/stray line, and finally 2 Red Hindu and 8 Brown Hindu T206s (to include a Walter Johnson portrait). Now that my grandma is set with a good amount in savings, she has given my uncle and I whats left. So, I am now taking what I have of my great grandfather's cards and setting out to do what he tried back in 1909-11 and complete the T206 set (minus the 4 I can't afford).

[z28jd]

The size of the set, big fan of the deadball era, the average person can get almost the entire thing if theyre patient. When I started collecting them I just wanted one card of each player, from the set, didn't think I was patient enough to go all the way to the 500's but the further I got the more fun it was to collect(the chase) so I ended up going as far as I could go and since I have my new toy(scanner) this is where I stopped....

[alsup2311]

This is the center piece of my part of the collection that I inherited.

[HercDriver]

I pretty much collect them to pick up babes at card shows...

Take Care,
Geno

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by alsup2311

So, I am now taking what I have of my great grandfather's cards and setting out to do what he tried back in 1909-11 and complete the T206 set (minus the 4 I can't afford).

Best reason so far............

[sandmountainslim]

When I look at my T206 cards i often wonder if any of them have ever been part of the same collection before. If at some point in their century long history some of my personal cards have ever been the possession of a single collect before.
This intrigues me

[ethicsprof]

At least you had a lunch table, ole buddy.
My high school in the late 60's tried to be liberal and innovative and provided only vending machines and picnic tables. Only way to be cool was to smoke in the assigned area. I missed out on that.

I collected the T206s because of their aesthetics. Even after taming the Monster a few years back, I couldn't part with those beauties and still have every single one. I've been a type collector since and have to admit that i've acquired some beauties that have surpassed the T206s but the T206s will always be 'my first love'---in the card collecting arena!!
all the best,
barry

[David W]

I don't really collect them, but have accumulated 75 or so just because they are always available in beater grade cheap. They were also the first pre war cards I ever bought.

It's also a pre war set that anyone with a little patience can get 95% complete over a few years without going bankrupt.

[Leon]

What's your reason for collecting T206 > They have an ACC number.

[Kenny Cole]

One of the most iconic sets of all time, along with OJs, Goudeys and 52 Topps. Lots of ways to collect them, a large variety of subjects, pretty much all of the HOFers of the period in more than one pose, cards that are really scarce and sought after, and just a pretty set for the most part. It can keep you busy for as long as you want it to. There are period sets that can arguably compete with it in one or two categories, but none can compete in an overall sense. T206 just has it all.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

One of the most iconic sets of all time, along with OJs, Goudeys and 52 Topps. Lots of ways to collect them, a large variety of subjects, pretty much all of the HOFers of the period in more than one pose, cards that are really scarce and sought after, and just a pretty set for the most part. It can keep you busy for as long as you want it to. There are period sets that can arguably compete with it in one or two categories, but none can compete in an overall sense. T206 just has it all.

This about sums it up for me as well.

It's also the best set ever produced (IMO)

Sincerely, Clayton

[joeadcock]

First pre war card I ever got, in early 70's. The true importance of it was my dad got it for me. Still have it, the Lajoie throwing. Didn't get another one until the 1990's.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by Leon

What's your reason for collecting T206 > They have an ACC number.

Just saw this...very funny.

[E93]

So that I can participate in all the T206 threads on Net 54
JimB

[wonkaticket]

LOL Jim be careful hate to see you get sued over any comments you make regarding T206's. New board lots of legal action going on

[BuffettFan]

I have enjoyed reading this thread and so many of the reasons are spot on! For me the original reason was that my 10-year old son had a book report about Jim Thorpe. Now I know that Jim is not in the T206 collection but Fred Snodgrass is. Fred was a good friend of Thorpe's so I went on line and purchased a T206 Snodgrass as a surprise for him.

Well the collecting bug took over and now we are well on our way to completing it (well, at least to try for 520). We even have a wall display of all the graded cards in order (takes up the entire wall too...) and we have The T206 Collection book as a ready guide...

I know this is my first post as I just joined last week, so let me also thank everyone on this board for your perspective and your obvious excitement that ALL of you feel for this collection. Even though all the players are long gone to only memories, the "Monster" LIVES because of the fever and fervor of all of you.

Hope to post many more!

Michael

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by BuffettFan

I have enjoyed reading this thread and so many of the reasons are spot on! For me the original reason was that my 10-year old son had a book report about Jim Thorpe. Now I know that Jim is not in the T206 collection but Fred Snodgrass is. Fred was a good friend of Thorpe's so I went on line and purchased a T206 Snodgrass as a surprise for him.

Well the collecting bug took over and now we are well on our way to completing it (well, at least to try for 520). We even have a wall display of all the graded cards in order (takes up the entire wall too...) and we have The T206 Collection book as a ready guide...

I know this is my first post as I just joined last week, so let me also thank everyone on this board for your perspective and your obvious excitement that ALL of you feel for this collection. Even though all the players are long gone to only memories, the "Monster" LIVES because of the fever and fervor of all of you.

Hope to post many more!

Michael

Welcome ! and when you have time show pic of your wall

[kmac32]

I don't collect them