Dollars and sense

Could you even try to guess how much money you've spent on baseball cards over the years? I don't think I've spent a staggering amount. I started collecting when I was young and probably spent whatever I could get my hands on back then, which wasn't much at all. Then I took a break and didn't collect baseball cards at all for quite a few years. And now that I'm back into it, I still haven't spent a ton of money on it. I know that some people get new boxes in all the time and spent lots of dough chasing sweet hits and rare cards. Maybe someday I'll have the cash to throw around like that, but I'm quite happy to get the cards that I do and just try to build a couple sets and hope for a hit or two along the way. I like it that way - keep it simple like when I was a kid. Maybe collect certain players and every once in a while maybe I'll splurge on a sweet card I want. Like some more of those 1909-1911 T206 cards...

T206

Today I came across a website that is all about the 1909-11 t206 set. T206.org will let you input some values (card, advertisement on back, condition, etc) and gives you an approximate value for your card - pretty cool. Any card from this set is right at the top of my wish list. Hopefully I'll be able to add a second card from this set to my collection in the near future. Anybody want to buy me one? Any card will do...

1909-1911 T206

Today's post focuses on an awesome set from 1909-1911. Known as T206, this set features advertisements for tobacco companies on the backs of the cards. Currently, I own only one card from this set - Brashear from Kansas City. It's not in great condition, but I think it's cool to have a card that is 100 years old. I would love to add to this set, hopefully my wallet will let me do that - many of these cards are very expensive. Also, this is the set in which the Holy Grail of baseball cards resides - the T206 Honus Wagner.