Since how many time did you work on t206

[g_vezina_c55]

Since how long did you work to build your t206 set? And where you are in your set progress?

And if your set is complete, How many time it take to you to build your set And you have a 514 518 520 524 cards set?

For my part i work on it since march and i am at 129 cards.

[Mikehealer]

1 time.

[marktheshark83]

been goin at it for about 2 months now, and at 18 cards lol

Started my daughters set on her 5th bday. She is now 7. So just over 2 yrs and at 148 or so at last count.

[E93]

Bought my first T206 in 1979. Finished around 2004, but I still have a few upgrades to do. Just completed my back run a few months ago.
JimB

[RGold]

I collected about 400 in the 1970's. They were mostly ex condition, and of course raw. I don't recall them smelling that great, and feeling them didn't do that much for me. Maybe I wasn't doing it right.

I sold them in the late 1980's and remember selling my real nice green Cobb to some sucker for $300. I am curious now if I had any rare backs.

I started collecting SGC 84/86 one year ago, adding on average about two or three a month. At this rate, I will finish the set when I am 85. Assuming an SGC 84 Wagner shows up.

[t206blogcom]

516/518

Picked up the first two 17 yrs ago.

Got the other 514 within the last two years.

[kmac32]

Sold all of them for E121 cards several years ago. Set has absolutely no interest for me.

[SetBuilder]

Started April 1st, 2012. I'm up to ~110 cards.

[ethicsprof]

started in '82.
tamed(520) the monster around 4 years ago.
I've been a type collector ever since.
all the best,
barry

[Vegas-guy]

I'm on my second time.. My first go was in 2001 I only bought PSA 5 or better (other than O'hara PSA 3) and ended up at about 50 cards, sold them all in 2004/2005 and almost doubled my money...

Started my second go in Aug. 2011 and now have 31

[tonyo]

Bought my first t206 Downey Fielding probably in the late 80's early 90's just so I would have an old card. Didn't catch the fever.... must not have been many available in my area ?

Fast forward to my next t206 : Matty Black Cap October 2009.

Summer of '09 I hadn't bought a card or thought much about them in over 10 years, got the urge to buy a couple of packs at Target, Picked upper deck Goudey and Topps Allen and Ginter, started looking around the internet, found this site, read "The Celebrant", started looking at Matty cards.....


Right now I'm at 518/520 and can't see myself going past 520. I plan to slowly upgrade my set from "poor/fair/good" to "good" with a nice variety of less common backs.

[steve B]

Started 1978? Maybe 77. Never really made an effort to concentrate on it.
Up to about 174, all but two brands, and all but 6 backs. (And no real surprises which ones I'm missing.)

Kinda wished I'd worked more at it early on. Vg or better were everywhere, commons 1.50, HOF usually $10 with cobb being a bit more. And the backs usually didn't matter at all unless it was Drum Or Uzit. The tough cards were maybe a couple hundred? I couldn't afford them back then either, so I didn't really keep track. Wagner $10K if you could find one.

Steve B

[g_vezina_c55]

it is nice to read history of all the old collector, old member who collect since the 70's ...

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

it is nice to read history of all the old collector, old member who collect since the 70's ...

I would have thought someone like myself was old.

Wait 30 years and your definition of old will change. It's all relative.

I am a vintage (not old) collector, who collects vintage items.

Started prewar in 2006 to answer the thread question.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I would have thought someone like myself was old.

Wait 30 years and your definition of old will change. It's all relative.

I am a vintage (not old) collector, who collects vintage items.

Started prewar in 2006 to answer the thread question.

sorry i didn t want to hurt anybody here who are more older than me.

I appreciated a lot the fact to have the experience of all 70's collector here on the board... i have perhaps write it in the wrong english language sorry, my english as you know is poor i try to do my best. sorry...

I am 30 years old, and i know 30 pass verry quickly and probably when i will be 60, in my heart i will probably stay young forever and when i will be at 60 year old i will not think i am old..

again sorry.

[SushiX37]

Started about 4 years ago, and I'm about 10% complete. Then again, I only buy mid grade cards graded by PSA. I'm kinda picky that way. No hurry to finish the set, I'm enjoying the journey.

Rich

[JohnP0621]

I had kept a lot of 60"s cards from my childhood. Mostly H.O.F (Mantle,Mays,
Aaron etc.)and continued collecting vintage over the years. I was always interested in Pre-War but never collected them. I went to a local card show around 2 years ago and purchased my first T206.
From that time I got the bug and sold or traded most of my vintage. I started building a PSA 4 Southern League set and have 45/48. Then started with H.O.F and tough cards Dahlen Brooklyn,Lundgren Chi etc all PSA graded.. I now have 183 cards all PSA Graded. I really enjoy collecting this set. I wish I had started years ago collecting Rare backs when they were afforable and could have sold them now to put my kids through college

John P

[jupin11]

Started about 5 years ago. I'm at 310 now, including a complete HOF set (minus Wagner and Plank).

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

sorry i didn t want to hurt anybody here who are more older than me.

I appreciated a lot the fact to have the experience of all 70's collector here on the board... i have perhaps write it in the wrong english language sorry, my english as you know is poor i try to do my best. sorry...

I am 30 years old, and i know 30 pass verry quickly and probably when i will be 60, in my heart i will probably stay young forever and when i will be at 60 year old i will not think i am old..

again sorry.

Not a slam, just an observation. Nothing personal and no apology is required. My French would not be understandable. Your English is fine.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Not a slam, just an observation. Nothing personal and no apology is required. My French would not be understandable. Your English is fine.

ok ok

good !

[bunst]

Got my first T206 in 1995 by accident when I found it in a lot of 60's cards I won at a local auction. Liked it so much that I decided to go for more. 17 years later I'm at 226. My goal is to have the set (minus the big ones) done by my 65th birthday in 2027.

[HRBAKER]

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[steve B]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Not a slam, just an observation. Nothing personal and no apology is required. My French would not be understandable. Your English is fine.

What Frank said. I can barely understand any French, and my wife tells me my attempts at speaking it are impossible to understand.

I was 14-15 years old when I bought my first T206, so I'm a youngish old collector.

The club I was in had one speaker talking about hobby things. He started asking how many people had been collecting a year, then 3, then 5 then 10 then 20. That narrowed it down to about 5 people. Then he asked how many had over 20 years and weren't dealers.....That left just me.


Steve B