I bought my first T206 baseball card from Jim Elder of Odessa, Florida in 1973 as a 13 year old. It was an Otto Knabe and it cost me 50 cents. I bought (5) T206's for $2.50 but I guess Jim only had one in stock so I got $2 credit. I remember my Dad teasing me that I would never get the credit in the future.
He was wrong!
P.S. I still have the old mimeographed for sale lists that Jim Elder sent me---many fond memories!
Regards, Andy Sandler
andy@allsportsauctions.com