I got my first T206 in 1979 for $1.25 through the mail, and I still have it. My Monster Number is about to hit 200, and the only cards I've ever sold or traded or given away were duplicates. I haven't really had much of a specific focus, other than starting to collect the tougher backs in the mid-90s. My T206 collecting has mostly been opportunistic, just picking up cards that are reasonably nice-looking for the price when I could find them, which is also the way I've approached Old Judges, T205s, T209s, T210s, T212s, and pretty much all of my pre-war cards.
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