What do you love about T206s?

[Blunder19]

With so many different ways to collect t206s.... For all you t206 fans...I'm wondering...

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place... Why start collecting t206s..
#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card.. What was it?
#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting... (Back set, southern leaguers, 520 set, HOFers, team set..etc)
#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list

Here's my answers..
#1 the history behind the monster intreagued me...trying to get to 520 seemed like a fun journey to take...at first it seemed like an impossible task.. But if you start to chip away.. You realize its possible..
#2 my first t206 was o'hara st louis ...thought I'd go for one of the harder 520s and get it outta the way
#3 currently I'm going for the seymour throwing back set(trying to get all the different backs available for the same front pose)
#4 my top want list is a black lenox seymour throwing and drum back seymour throwing

Jamie

[T206Collector]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place.

Had a great deal on a Matty White cap and took off from there...

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

Matty White Cap - Summer 1997

#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting.

Autographed T206s

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

Autographed T206s

[Blunder19]

auto t206's? nice! whats your favorite one? would love to see a pic of it..

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

auto t206's? nice! whats your favorite one? would love to see a pic of it..

It's hard to choose a favorite - it changes from day to day - but this is definitely my best one:

[Harford20]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place...
#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card..
#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting...
#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list...

Ok,
#1 I started the T206 HOF set for the players involved. One of my collection focuses is on 8 early HOFers (Matty, Cy, Mordecai, Eddie Collins, Jimmy Collins, Chance, Lajoie and Speaker). The T206 set had all 8, which can be said for only a few sets (that I can afford). This 8 player undertaking branched into the complete HOF set.
#2 My first T206 was a Lajoie Throwing (still my nicest T206 as I purchased it years before the rest)
#3 I am working on a back set of the superprint Chance Yellow portrait, a back set on the Merkle throwing and upgrading my Matty cards. Still pecking away at the HOF set, now over 45 different players.
#4 My top want list is semi-rare backs for Chance Yellow (i.e. AB, EPDG, CB--not ready to tackle the biggies yet).

Good luck all with your finds,
Dave H

[Robextend]

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

Honestly, before I joined Net54 I did not own one T206. The combination of the knowledge I picked up on here as well as all the nuances within the set drew me to collecting it in some fashion.

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

I don't, but I know I no longer have it! I was at about 15% when I sold them off to focus on one back in particular.

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

Tolstoi back set

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

Tolstoi Ty Cobb Red Portrait

[4815162342]

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

I saw this article in a Beckett when I was a kid: Hidden Treasure -- An unopened package of cigarettes from 1910.

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

Ed Abbaticchio Blue Sleeves PSA 4MC

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

I'm going to spend the rest of my life attempting to complete the 522 set, alphabetically, in PSA 4 condition.

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

Right now, I need Jack Bastian in PSA 4.

[Blunder19]

that article with the unopened 1910 pack is really cool.

thanks for sharing!

[Touch'EmAll]

Reason #1 : The T206 set contains 4 of the 5 first HOF inductees - Monumental ! No other pre-T206 era player made it in on the very first vote.

Reason #2 : The drawings and colors are superb.

[Jason Carota]

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

What didn't draw me in? The selection of players, artwork, back variations, and the era of baseball's history depicted during the set's production are all factors.

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

Johnny Bates.

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

I'm going for a 520 card set.

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

My top 5:

5. Evers and Chance
4. Ed Cicotte
3. Tris Speaker
2. Christy Mathewson (black cap)
1. Walter Johnson (portrait)

[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.

[tonyk1975]

#1 What drew you into the set in the 1st place... Why start collecting t206s..
#2 Do you remember your 1st t206 card.. What was it?
#3 Which t206s are you currently collecting... (Back set, southern leaguers, 520 set, HOFers, team set..etc)
#4 What t206s are on the top of your want list

1. I've known about the set since I was a kid. I just decided I wanted to put together the set and it went from there. I also like the availability of the cards.
2. Red Murray Batting SGC 30 American Beauty 350
3. I'm trying to complete HOF'ers and SL'ers but pretty much anything that catches my eye.
4. This year I want a Cobb!

[sreader3]

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

Steve Clark's "The Complete Book of Baseball Cards"

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

Alperman, Gilbert, Rhodes, Schreck, circa 1981

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

Would like to get to 522 fronts (no Wags or Doyle error) with at least one of each back type. About 1/2 way there on the fronts, all graded PSA 4 to 7.

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

Looking to add Cobb Red and a Carolina Brights common in PSA 5 this year.