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Old 12-22-2006, 04:12 PM
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Default Ways to assemble a nice collection?

Posted By: barry arnold

Focus,Discipline,Admiration

I have only T206's. My T203's,T205's,T210's were sold sometime ago by
super colleagues on this board or to super colleagues on this board.
Once i parted with these, i've never looked back and have around 475 at this
point.

I have no duplicates. At this point, I buy exactly what I want. I do a bit
of a homework,checking out the various offerings here and there, and focus
on what I need.

I spend at least part of three nights a week hanging with the cards. I admire their aesthetics, the history, the workmanship, and the 'warts and
all'--which may mean polar bear tobacco stains, 'out of focus face',the tolstoi back 'seeping through to the front', the 'lurchy' presentation of a
Mowrey, or the bad hair day of a Shag Shaughnessy.

The Monster,though never tamed, is more the beauty than the beast.

happy holidays,

barry

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