January 2012 pickups

[Big Six]

This is card #12 on my long road to completing a T205 set in VGish condition...not sure if this qualifies as the black signature or the blue signature or maybe a little bit of both...

[Piratedogcardshows]

Picked up a couple more T210-2's off Ebay last week.

[ScottFandango]

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

[glchen]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

I don't collect this set, but I think it's because many people like how the set looks and that the cards are reasonably affordable. Also, there is an iconic card in the set, i.e., the T210 Shoeless Joe Jackson, which is arguably his most valuable card.

[atx840]

I think its one of cleanest looking sets out there, if I decide to move away from the T206s, it is high on my list of potential sets.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Don't forget the T210 Casey Stengel which is also a very popular (and expensive) card as well.

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by atx840

I think its one of cleanest looking sets out there, if I decide to move away from the T206s, it is high on my list of potential sets.

interesting opinion....i bet if they were color lithographs instead of black and white, their popularity would be off the charts...

[Piratedogcardshows]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

I collect -2's because they are all Virginia Based teams and the set has 15+ Hometown Richmond Colt Cards to collect.And its alot more challenging than my other collections by far.

[rdixon1208]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

Lots of minor league issues are highly collected. Obaks and Zeenuts come to mind. I collect T210's because they offer cards of teams that you can't find with any other set. If it weren't for the T210 set, the T206 Foley White card would be the only pre-war card made of a Houston Buffalo player. On top of that I think they're gorgeous cards.

[Robextend]

[Section103]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

Maybe Im the one guy who bought a T210 minor leaguer based on the player and not on the set. Or maybe not. Collecting interests can be extremely diverse.

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

Scott - I love T210's for many reasons including (in no particular order) :

- Massive set with many scarce cards which presents a bit of a challenge and also a solid number of rare cards that you may only see once in your lifetime.
- The set contains many Major Leaguer's with a story to tell... (Fun research set)
- The set can be collected by portrait, batters, fielders, catchers with gear, or by town or city, state, team, league, or even by series. (8 series - 51 teams)

A collector can collect this set in such a variety of ways. I have enjoyed collecting the set over the last decade + and it still excites me.

[John V]

Living in the Columbia, SC area it was a natural to collect T210 Series 1 Columbia players. I've considered jumping on Charleston, Greenville, etc. but haven't made the move yet.

[jthorst75]

Just scored this T206 Cobb Bat on.

[joeadcock]

Cool double name Cobb