What was your first T card?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando

Yep.

If I counted right, that puts us Dark Caps up 5-3 over the White Caps.

He isn't identified as a Super Print for nothing. The Dark Cap image (obviously a manifestation of Christy's evil side) evidently lures in unsuspecting individuals to a lifetime of prewar card collecting.

Brian

[t206blogcom]

One day while visiting a small baseball card stand in an outlet mall, I saw a few T206 cards and I couldn’t believe it. I remembered the set of reprints and thought how cool it would be to own a real one. The prices being somewhere between $15-$25 for a few beat up commoners. A few were more expensive, but given my limited cash flow, I asked to see a couple of the ‘cheaper’ ones. Up until that point, I don’t think I had ever paid more than $10, maybe $15 for a card. So to shell out over $20 for a card, a much smaller sized card at that, was a really big deal. I didn’t recognize any of the players, so I narrowed in on one I thought was in decent condition, had good color and an interesting look to it. I thought, if I’m going to pay this much for a card, I might as well get the best looking one I could afford. I bought my first T206 card that summer afternoon – Larry Schafly, Newark, which is a minor league commoner. I went back a few weeks later and bought a Donnie Bush T206 card as well as a thick screw down case that still holds both cards to this day

[Eggoman]

These 3...

I THINK that I have told this story here before...

I was 15 years old, but already a 10-Year Hobby Veteran when my Grandpa passed. We were helping Grandma clean out some of his stuff when I found these in Grandpa's "Sock Drawer"!

I knew that my Grandpa smoked Piedmonts in his day, but I never knew he had ANY cards, let alone these...

[G1911]

I learned about T cards from Frank Slocum's book, which my Dad had and we used to look at together. When I was ~9 or so, my Dad got me one for Christmas, this thin Livingston with a Sweet Cap red back. It was probably $8 or so, which at the time we considered a lot for a single baseball card. We had a lot of fun together learning about the players of different periods, picking up new type cards and slowly rebuilding the 60's/70's sets he had built as a child. 1 tobacco card became 2, and 2 became 3, and now I'm at ~25,000 tobacco cards according to my inventory sheets. Decades later, I still show him all my new tobacco cards as we squint at factory numbers.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by G1911

Decades later, I still show him all my new tobacco cards as we squint at factory numbers.

I own a magnifying glass mainly to read tobacco card factory numbers. I squint less now.

Brian

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I bought this T202 at the age of 16 in 1980. Still is my favorite set. Love the pictures and write up.

I put together a 56 and 57 set but other than those sets I pretty much have spent my card money on Pre War cards.

Lee