Can u remember ur 1st T206 u acquired?

[T206Collector]

I got this pair for $500 in the summer of 1997. The guy had a cigar box with a couple dozen raw T206s that his grandfather had left him, and he was looking to generate some dollars for a trip to Las Vegas he was about to take. He shoulda kept the cards, but I've taken very good care of them ever since...

[teetwoohsix]

Nice Mathewson & Bender !!!

Mine was this Bill Hallman, still have it as well.

[BleedinBlue]

Foley White. Bought it through Teletrade around 1995. Didn't buy my 2nd for more than a decade but I've made up for lost time.

[Zach Wheat]

First T206 was a Johnson portrait with rounded corners. I remember being completely puzzled as to what type of card it was and whether it was produced with rounded corners or not (my card had all perfectly rounded corners from years of wear). I was captivated by the bold clear printing. Kind of neat for something that old.

I still have it ungraded just as i purchased it.

[E93]

I picked up a red Cobb and a Lajoie w/bat from a shop in the San Fernando Valley (L.A.) in 1979. I traded a bunch of Brett and Lynn rookies and that sort of thing.
JimB

I do not still have the same Cobb, but do have the original Lajoie I bought 33 years ago.

[danmckee]

What is really neat so far is that I don't think any of us started with the same card.

Excellent posts and stories!

Keep them coming
Dan

[Vegas-guy]

Mine was a PSA 6 Nap Lajoie (port) in 2001 wish I still had it.

[DeanH3]

Matty dark cap for me back in 2002. I still remember being blown away when I first looked at it after taking out of the package. I still have it too.

[atx840]

May 2011, studied the set for years but never owned one, bought these guys to get a feel for the cardboard, size and colours. Next card was a red Cobb.

[4815162342]

Abbaticchio Blue Sleeves

It had rounded corners, was miscut, but it didn't have any creases -- or maybe they were ironed out?

[carrigansghost]

Hotel rooms, .25 a card, you guys are bringing back Navy stories in my mind. Still have my first Carrigan, now how about twisted stories of how we all inflicted with this vintage collecting ailment? New thread perhaps............

Rawn

[Griffins]

In about '73 at the age of 12 I decided that I was ready to move beyond Topps and Bowmans and get some really old cards. My friend had a catalog from Richard Gelmans Card Collectors company, so I sent off for my first T206. They were just random, you didn't know who you would get, but it didn't matter.
It was Bergen, Brooklyn and cost me .50 plus a stamp or some change for postage, still under a buck.
About a year later after subscribing to The Trader Speaks found out it was worth a bit more, since it had a Uzit back. Sold it for $10 and felt like a shark.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by danmckee

What is really neat so far is that I don't think any of us started with the same card.

Sorry to break the string Dan, but my first t206 was a "Downey Fielding" as well. Don't remember when or where or how much, but I do remember I got one just to say I had a tobacco card. Didn't catch the bug then, wish I had, my guess is that was mid 80's since the only cards I bought before college were packs at the 5 and dime.

[kmac32]

Had 3 to 4 t206 cubs in poor/ fair condition that I bought from a vendor at an annual festival in a small Midwest town. Later traded them to board members for E121 cards. No more t206 in my collection.

[Tyler]

McGraw portrait no cap, 2006. Still have it and always will. The Ken Burns series turned me on to the dead ball era and McGraw's story captivated me. This turned into about 50 more, then sold most of them off to fund other purchases, when I started to uncover other sets, through this board.

[t206blogcom]

Larry Schafly, Piedmont around 1990-1992 at a small baseball card stand in the Williamsburg Pottery mall in Williamsburg, Virginia. I would ride my bike about 6-10 miles to get there, have lunch and buy cards. I went back a couple of weeks later for got a Donnie Bush, Piedmont.

[Ronnie73]

My first T206 was a Hooks Wiltse Pitching. It was a Piedmont Factory 42. At the time, Factory 42's were getting alot more interest and was able to pick it up at a PSA 2 for $44.95 and I still have the same card.

[Jantz]

My first was Nap Rucker (throwing) EX in 2005 and it was an Ebay purchase. I just wanted one for my collection. Liked the card so much, within a week I called Shoebox cards and purchased a Bresnahan (with bat) EX.

BleedinBlue - I remember Teletrade and used to buy a few of cards from them.


Jantz

[brianp-beme]

I posted this recently on another thread, but heck I will post it again with modifications to focus on the T206's.

I was driven by my folks to a card show near LAX in 1981, and the first dealer inside (yes, I remember it was on the right side) had some beat up old cards in their case. Two of the five I ended up with were:

T206 Mathewson Dark Cap
T206 Johnson pitching

Both were around F-G condition. These cards started me on the path to low-grade collecting bliss. I still have them, and if I had to get rid of all my cards I have collected except one, I would hang onto the Matty - what a classic card.

Brian

[Piratedogcardshows]

A Piedmont Ed Killian Portrait.Still on of my favorite poses.I love the Dracula collar.

[smtjoy]

My Parents got this for me on my 12th birthday (1982), I was so pumped. Just loved how old it was and felt that the old cards were all so cool, have been hooked on vintage since then.

[Section103]

Tris Speaker. But is wasnt all *that* long ago.

[ethicsprof]

the matty dark cap was the first i ever bought---1984 for around 15 bucks.
still have it. I had been given some 206s,210s,205s,203s a couple of years before but didn't ring much of a bell until '84 when the search for the vintage grail really began.
best,
barry

[bbsports]

One of the first cards I received was around 1974. A T206 Ty Cobb red portrait ungraded of course. I won it a T206 The Traders' Speaks write in auction for whopping $5.00 from Fred Copp in Michigan. The card looked about ex/mnt condition. Auctions at that time were write in auctions that closed 7-10 days from when the issues were sent through the mail.

[ArchStanton]

I bought this one from Wayne Varner at the 2007 National. I had it graded some time later. I drove about two hours to Cleveland to buy it, but Wayne's shop was about five miles from my house.

[sandmountainslim]

Knight, Ebay 2009

Love this card and had it blown up into an eleven by seventeen print for my den.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by sandmountainslim

Knight, Ebay 2009

Love this card and had it blown up into an eleven by seventeen print for my den.

I saw the end result in a diff thread, where did you get that done? Looking to get a '53 color reese blown up to give to my dad...just a gorgeous card, and want a high quality pic

[sandmountainslim]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

I saw the end result in a diff thread, where did you get that done? Looking to get a '53 color reese blown up to give to my dad...just a gorgeous card, and want a high quality pic

I went to a printing shop that specializes in political signs, school programs etc and asked them to do it on poster board. They were unsure if the detail would hold up in the size i wanted but surprisingly it came out clear as a bell. I just took a scan of my card in and not the card itself.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by sandmountainslim

I went to a printing shop that specializes in political signs, school programs etc and asked them to do it on poster board. They were unsure if the detail would hold up in the size i wanted but surprisingly it came out clear as a bell. I just took a scan of my card in and not the card itself.

Perfect! I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks again

[seablaster]

I'm relatively new to prewar collecting. This was my first, and still my favorite T206. It came from our very own Tony A. Thanks again pal.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by seablaster

I'm relatively new to prewar collecting. This was my first, and still my favorite T206. It came from our very own Tony A. Thanks again pal.

Sweet Cobb. I hope to have one with equal eye appeal some day. Congrats!

[martin neal]

Charlie,

Didn't realize I was pestering you. Can I have my cards back that you got from me?

[Gradedcardman]

My first was in the late 70's. I was a Dodger fan so it was a Whitey Alperman Brooklyn. Nice !!

[deadballera]

Bought Bob Unglaub and Ira Thomas through Teletrade around 1995.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Yes I do!!! My first one was the Rube Marquard standing/pose. And it was signed. Not bad for first ever pick-up :P

[IMG][/IMG]

[Tomman1961]

Snodgrass was my first in 1980 in NJ at the Meadowlands Shows. My favorite buy is/was Mathewson with white cap at Parsippany in 1983(?). $15 what would grade about a "2"

[tbob]

Tinker bat on shoulder EXMT raw, bought from Bill Mastro in 1982.

[scmavl]

Solly Hofman, an SGC graded card (30 or 40). I just wanted one as a type card, sold it before I even thought about seriously collecting T206.

[jthorst75]

In 1992 I picked up a Paddy Livingstone at a card shop in Va Beach. They had a big stack for $10 each, take your pick. If I only knew about the backs then....

[danmckee]

Excellent posts guys!!! Excellent!! This may be the best thread I ever started except for my Leon bashing thread I posted over on Elkins board!

[Collectorsince62]

My first two came through the mail courtesy of Gar Miller in the mid-70's. Cy Young for $5 and a backless Cobb for $2.50. I still have his handwritten note that accompanied the cards . . . "Regards, Gar"

[ZernialFan]

1st T206 and cigarette card I purchased around 1990 from the owner and promoter of the Chantilly Show in VA/DC area when he had a card shop in
Charlottesville, VA. I bought it just because I did not have anything that old at the time. Did not acquire another until around 2007 when a friend and member of Net54 pested me into collecting T206 and T205. The Steinfelt was raw at the time and I had it graded sometime later before 2007.

[BCauley]

Mine would be a John McGraw finger in the air that I picked up off of some small sports card auction site about 14 years ago. Still have that one!

[Brian Weisner]

Bought my first in 1976 and still have it...







Be well Brian

[ZernialFan]

Martin,

Probably a bad choice of words.........I will think of something else like "you showed me the error of my ways". Do you realize that you have OUTED yourself. I did not name you in the message. What will people think of you now??
You notice I did not answer the cards question..............

Charlie

[jcmtiger]

Mine was this Red Cobb, unfortunately I bought another Red cobb with Polar Bear back and sold it. I didn't need dups. This was 1980's or 1990's.

Joe

[Blitzu]

Mine was Kleinow catching (New York) sweet caporal back. Thought it was the best looking card in the series when I bought it. Still have it too.

Edit: I also still think it's one best looking t206's to this day.