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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Myron
What do you do about the Wagner card? Do you get a reprint to fill in that hole, or do you just leave it empty? Why even attempt to complete that set knowing it's virtually impossible for most people? |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dave
You worry about the other 500 some odd cards first...then the Demmitt, and the O'Hara....then the Plank...then the Wagner.....in other words...worry about it last..ha ha |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Scot Reader
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
For most of us a 520 card set is enough of a challenge and is very, very satisfying |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dave
Either of you have any knowledge on the last T206 set..minus the big 4 went for in poor condition...poor being PSA 1-2 or SGC 10-20 type? Not necessarily graded. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: T206Collector
Sisyphus: Sinner condemned in Tartarus to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again -- I keep acquiring T206 cards, but none of them seem to be Honus Wagner... |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dylan
The thing is the Plank, Wagner, Magie, & Doyle error are so expensive and rare that even when a seller does have a complete set with some or all of the above cards mentioned the above cards are sold seperatley do to their own value. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Hey Myron, |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Scot Reader
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Brian
Reprints give me nightmares. Would never think of filling a hole that way... |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Jim Dale
Having a set that is not possible to complete always turns me off....its a bummer. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dave
Brian..I have nothing near 500 T206's...more like 50. However I think if I happened up on a large lot ungraded, unless they were mostly ex+ condition I wouldn't get the vast majority graded..probably just the higher dollar cards. Most of the ones I buy now I buy already graded...for the addes safety as well as I can pick up PSA 1's and 2's for $20-$30...if I got the cards raw it would still cost $15 per card to get them graded....why not cut to the chase is the way I see it. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Brian
Dave, |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: steve yawitz
It's almost a non-issue for me. Wagner, Doyle and Plank are almost assuredly unattainable so I just concentrate on the cards that I do have a chance of acquiring. It doesn't bother me at all that there will always be a few holes on my spreadsheet. I do have an O'Hara already, would like to land a Demmitt in the next year or so (especially since St. Louisans are one of the subsets on which I focus) and think a Magie is a reasonable possibility sometime in my lifetime. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: john/z28jd
Back when i first started collecting t206s and i had about 10 of them,my goal was to get one of each player in the set. Anyone out there ever collect them that way and actually stop at that point? |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: DaveW
I had the advantage of having a collection forced on me. Consider it an inheritance. It had about 400 T206, mostly grade 3-5. The first card I ever bought was a duplicate of one that had a major crease. It was Cross, in a SGC 50 slab. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: barry arnold
I think that my response to McKinney's thread " How do i get started on a prewar |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: anthony
when i first started the t206 set, i never planned on getting the big 4, virtually impossible on my budget...i got as high as 125 or so and realized my budget was a lot smaller than i thought...so i sold all of them and started over...most of them were in vg-ex condition. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dustan Hedlin
Why the fascination with the portraits? I am fairly new to T206's (I have 9 with #10 en route), but have never understood this. There are a few portraits that I really like (Johnson,Magee), but other than that I enjoy the action shots more. Maybe the portraits will grow on me in time, but for now I'd rather have an action shot if both versions are available. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dave
Dustan I think it's a matter of preferance. Gives me a good idea what the players actually looked like as opposed to something like E91's which are ridicilious. Also the portraits for the most part are the more expensive of the two. So I'd just as soon get the portraits out of the way first in case prices go up even higher in the next few years. I'll move to the action shots after that though... |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Judson Hamlin
John - I started by getting one of each major leaguer and some of the more notable minor and Sl'ers. That got me going for a few years. That's about when I bought Lipset's books, which really got my attention. Then I started shooting for the complete set (-big 4/6) and also started going for rare backs at the same time. Sisyphus sent me a sympathy card soon thereafter. (I'm at 506 now) |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: T206Collector
"Do you guys mainly keep them raw or do you grade them all? To grade 520 cards would cost over $5200, which you could use for a nice card." |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
John, I noticed that as I got up around 200 cards I started focusing on trying to get at least one card of each guy before expanding out. There are about as many major league cards as there are different players in the entire set. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Ed McCollum
I bought a nice notebook and enough pages to hold all 525 cards. Then I printed up sheets of little cards the same size as the actual card that listed each player and card number according to the old Becket listing, with major leaguers, minor then southern leaguers. Cut them all out and placed them in the appropriate space in the notebook. Thought of these white slips of paper as just a placeholder until I got the real card to take it's place. And still have 342 of them in the book. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Scott T
When I started collectng T206's I knew that I would never complete the set unless I won the lottery. Some people write off the "Big 4", but in my opinion they are part of the set. (The only card I discount is the Ty Cobb - Ty Cobb back card.) |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Jason L
I have started the T206 collecting with my team, the Cubs. |
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Question for the T-206 set collectors
Posted By: Dave
It's also great you don't have to spend alot to get nice looking cards. |
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