Informal T206 Poll

T206Collector · #1 04-18-2010, 07:15 PM

I have been collecting T206s for almost 15 years and I think back collecting is really stupid. I mean, I could see trying to get a little variety -- but laying down anything over a few dollars for a "rare" back still gets me. I mean, people really opt to pay $2,000 for a common player with a "rare" back, when they could just as easily get a really nice green Cobb. Makes no sense to me -- never has, never will.

I think people who collect backs are tobacciana collectors. I collect baseball cards.

Hot Springs Bathers · #2 04-18-2010, 07:24 PM

The first time around I just collected the fronts. This time if I pick up a duplicate front with a different back I keep it. Same for T205. Down the road I would consider paying for a missing back but not right now.

I do think backs are a viable collectible. My biggest pet peeve ever in the hobby goes back over 30 years now. Why in the world is a rookie card any more valuable than a second year card or a tenth year card? Never has made any sense to me, it always appeared to be a reason for everyone to go out and buy the new price guide each month.

Danny Smith · #3 04-18-2010, 07:24 PM

Fronts primarily. Cruising along with the set but will pick up a cool back here or there.

teetwoohsix · #4 04-18-2010, 07:42 PM

The funny thing to me is,the kids (and adults) who loved and collected these cards back in the 1909-1911 era probably could've cared less what was on the back of the card.........it was all about who was on the front of the card!!

Clayton

cfc1909 · #5 04-18-2010, 08:03 PM

in the 80s and 90s very little attention was paid to the backs. Just in the last 10 to 15 years the backs have become an issue.

Potomac Yank · #6 04-18-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

I have been collecting T206s for almost 15 years and I think back collecting is really stupid. I mean, I could see trying to get a little variety -- but laying down anything over a few dollars for a "rare" back still gets me. I mean, people really opt to pay $2,000 for a common player with a "rare" back, when they could just as easily get a really nice green Cobb. Makes no sense to me -- never has, never will.

I think people who collect backs are tobacciana collectors. I collect baseball cards.

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The above statement makes that Chicago guy sound like a Rhodes Scholar.

T206Collector · #7 04-18-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Potomac Yank

The above statement makes that Chicago guy sound like a Rhodes Scholar.

Go f-ck yourself. Sincerely.

Chicago206 · #8 04-18-2010, 09:17 PM

I think what we are learning here in this thread is that probably the coolest thing about 206 is that there are so many different ways to collect! Some people cant fathom why I would spend over 2 grand on a common player with a rare back. I cant fathom why anyone collects pictures of players that nobody here has ever seen play, and that 99.9% of America hasnt even heard of! But I can respect everyone's individual reasons for collecting what they enjoy. In the end, isnt that what its all about anyway?

bigtrain · #9 04-18-2010, 09:45 PM

I collect the players on the front because I am interested in the history of the sport and the men who played it. I collect baseball books for the same reason. To me rare backs and condition rarities, although interesting, are more about the history of the tobacco company or the history of the marketing of the cards, rather than the sport itself.

ethicsprof · #10 04-18-2010, 09:51 PM

both.

for quite awhile now.

all the best,

barry

ullmandds · #11 04-18-2010, 10:16 PM

I definitely collect for both...but I have been very interested n the backs for over 20 years. The fronts are easy...you can find almost any t206 front for sale at any given time. Definitely not so for the backs. A rare back merely enhances the overall appeal of a card...in my opinion. Anybody can find a red t206 cobb...but try finding a coupon type I or any of the tougher backs...makes collecting much more interesting! And to neglect the tobacco companies involved in the distribution of our beloved t cards would be to ignore a valuable link to their history and to a point in time in america.

vintagetoppsguy · #12 04-19-2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicago206

I cant fathom why anyone collects pictures of players that nobody here has ever seen play...

You collect cards with advertising backs of cigarrettes that you have never smoked. So what? Just because we've never seen a player like Christy Mathewson pitch a game, doesn't mean that we can't read about him and collect his cards.

vintagetoppsguy · #13 04-19-2010, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Chicago206

I cant fathom why anyone collects pictures of players that nobody here has ever seen play, and that 99.9% of America hasnt even heard of!

You collect rare backs of all the different brands of tobacco. So, you're telling me that you had heard of all those before you started collecting?

Potomac Yank · #14 04-18-2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

Go f-ck yourself. Sincerely.

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Spoken like an autograph collector with an LOA that you can take to the bank.

sox1903wschamp · #15 04-19-2010, 01:20 AM

Fronts but I respect the back collectors and enjoy reading about the trials and tribulations of the back collectors and if I happen to get the same player with a different back, I keep them.

T206Collector · #16 04-19-2010, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Potomac Yank

Spoken like an autograph collector with an LOA that you can take to the bank.

Oh snap! What a comeback!

You're an idiot.

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