Getting that feeling...

[Leon]

Sounds like you will fit right in with the good people on the board. If I can ever help, I am always here.

And here are a few I will be parting with later this evening.....kind of sad but they will make someone else very happy!!

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

I have been reading and reading trying to soak up T206 knowledge, and I wanted to say thanks to all who chimed in and helped get me started. People like John, Jantz, and Luke as well as a couple of other collectors have been incredibly helpful in helping my T206 collecting to get off the ground. I have collected a few different things over the years in the postwar era, but I don't believe I have ever come across a group of collectors who manage to simultaneously be tight-knit but also accepting and sharing toward newcomers.
This really feels like a community. I do a lot more reading on this board than typing. A lot of the time when I google a topic, it brings me to an old Net54 thread. That says something about the knowledge base that exists here. This ended up being longer than what I intended. Bottom line is that I hope in the future to be able to contribute something here that adds to the knowledge base and somehow helps another collector, especially new ones. I also hope to be able to give you guys decent stuff to look at in the form of purchases. Happy collecting!

Robert

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Thanks for the kind words, Leon. There are some fantastic people involved in prewar collecting on this board! I went to my first National this year and swung by your booth. There were several guys there talking. I wasn't sure which one was you. I planned to make it back by, but time got away from me. I contacted Rich, and before the year is over, I would like to make it to one of the Plano shows. Perhaps I will see you there. Cool Mathewsons by the way.

[mrvster]

OMG...

the Mathewson is a piece of history being auctioned off tonite!!!

there are fewer than 10 design change proofs known to exist (TYPE 1 PROOFS according to the resource labeling them as "type 1" as the proofs with actual artwork changes/ pre production cards)..............

and a matty to boot??!!! OMG

just amazing!! the type 1's are true rarities of epic proportions, as we will see in the bidding.......