I’ve picked up a few more PSA’s between grade 4 and 5. I’m not technically collecting the set, but do buy them in the 4 to 5 grades, when I happen to see them around $10-$15 each. It usually happens when I can’t find anything else to buy. Good luck on your set.

I agree. When I was a kid, I remember going to the post office and buying the newest plate blocks of each of the stamps. The post office would also put them in the glassine envelopes. The only purpose that I saw from them was that the new stamps with the glued backs, wouldn’t stick to the glassine material. Especially when you lived in a humid location. Plus stock books back then were either made of cardboard or they used glassine strips. I show them in my video on how to remove self adhesive stamps from paper. It wasn’t until 30 or 40 years ago that I first saw the high quality German stamp supplies. Nowadays all I use are the Vario pages for my stamps. The prices add up, but they present the stamps so well.

The guy was probably a dealer

Thank you Albert

The T206 Honus Wagner was only meant to have Sweet Caporal 150 backs, and came with either a Factory 25 or 30 on them. Some people believe the Sweet Caporal 150 backs were the first cards printed in 1909 because any Honus Wagner cards with a Piedmont 150 back were only found hand cut. Some people think he wanted his card pulled from the set because he didn't want kids buying tobacco products for his card. Others think it was a money thing and he wanted more in his contract, but before the price was agreed, they started printing with his card. A few think there was a printing plate issue. Either way, a few of his cards leaked into Sweet Caporal packs, and the few sheets of Piedmonts that were printed, were removed before going into packs. So, some printing employees most likely pocketed a few hand cut Piedmont Honus Wagners, and thats how there are a few out there today. All Piedmonts that were hand cut and leaked, should only grade Authentic by PSA, SGC, and the others. A couple were numerically graded in error. I hope this was the information you were asking about. If not, just post another message, or any other T206 questions. Thank you for viewing my video.

I sold all my T205's last year and bought more T206's. I did pretty good, selling between 3x and 6x my original purchase prices. Most cards were sold to members of Net54Baseball.com If you are not a member there, I recommend joining the group. You don't have to join to read most posts, but you have to be a member to buy, sell, and trade, plus there are no fees. I go by Ronnie73 over there.

Thank you for taking the time to offer some tips. Since the video's were done, I've sorted most of the stamps in the video's into Vario stock pages. It gives the collection a much better look and I'm able to tell how many of each stamp I have. Plus it's easy to add to the pages as I find more in other boxes. It's been a while since I've worked on them, but plan to finish that group of stamps and do a follow up video with them sorted, since I've been getting many requests. I bounce around between stamps, coins, comic books, sports cards, and non sports cards. Just so I don't get tired of the same thing. This way, my hobbies continue to be enjoyable. Currently I'm focused on coins and baseball cards.

Hi, I did get most of those stamps sorted but then started working on something else. I'll put finishing that task, next on my list and do a video of them in order. Thank you for staying interested.

Yea other things take up my fun time as well.

I'm glad you liked the video. If you ever have any questions about the hobby, just ask. It usually takes a couple days for me to answer. Stamp collecting is a great hobby for kids. Because, many stamps are released to celebrate a part of history, such as an event or a famous person. I was around 5 or 6 years old, when I started collecting them. It actually helped me with my history lessons. I wouldn't know everything, but I would know the dates that events took place. Nowadays with the internet, you could look up a newly released stamp on the usps.com website, and it will go into more detail as to why the stamp was released. One thing to keep in mind, the United States only puts people on their stamps who have passed. Other countries will put entertainers that are currently alive, to get new collectors and unexperienced collectors to buy them. The problem is, they make them to make a profit. Because every stamp bought but not used, is more money in their pocket. Technically, we do the same thing, but our government has rules to it. Plus collectors of USA stamps, usually enjoy the variety of designs to choose from. I will be making more video's over the summer, with some being stamp related. Thanks again for watching my video.

I have 3 more video's recorded already. I just have to edit them and upload them. I will eventually make more. Plus I'm in the middle of building a few websites. One that shows all my T206's, and two other websites that are more for reference educational use. One on the T205 Gold Border set and the other on the T59 Flags set. Both will go into extreme detail on the different backs and the possible fronts.

@@UncleNacki great news!!

@@UncleNacki greetings, I've been pretty busy working on my collection and hunting down a few more cards. It's really a crazy market out there, finding deals ain't what it use to be, lol. I did some trading with a local dealer and picked up a few decent backs. I'm up to 85 cards now, but no real direction. Here's my question. So many of our shows are mostly loaded with modern stuff. What are some solid shows around the country that have a good selection of pre-war items especially our beloved white boarders and are deals especially group deals available out there. Ebay has turned into "high buy it nows" and what few actions available seem to be on steroids with runaway bidding. Thanks again for taking your time and appreciate your thoughts and expertise.

@@azparadize2437 It's really a hit or miss kind of thing to find true vintage at a show. Seems every table is loaded with either sealed boxes from the last 5 years, the ten cent to a dollar singles boxes, or a bunch of modern auto/relic cards. I'm from Connecticut and I'm lucky if I see one or two T206's at a local show. There's better vintage shows on the east coast in Pennsylvania and heading south. You'd really have to search out the larger shows with 50+ tables, for better odds. Usually on the net54baseball.com website, there will be certain shows mentioned in the posts, because there are a decent amount of board members, who are also card show dealers and they are mostly vintage guys. I'd put a "wanted to buy" listing, on the net54baseball.com buy and sell section. There's a separate T206 listing on the website, or just keep checking the other members listings. Usually prices will be better there, because there's no fee's for the seller. I also use this website to find shows. sportscollectorsdigest.com/collecting-101/show-calendar Ebay is difficult to find a good deal lately. For me, it's just luck if I find something priced right. I used to check new listings every 30 minutes. Now I check them once a day. It's really just luck and timing. Plus it's usually a card that was just listed and nobody else had gotten a chance to see it and buy it. I've actually had many times where I'm paying for a card, while someone else is also, and they clicked their payment info faster than me and I click to pay and then I get a message that the card is no longer available, then two weeks later I see the same card but a new seller and the price is doubled. Other times, it might be a listing with a spelling error, and a majority of buyers can't find the listing. Like, most people would search "T206", I also search T2o6", and I also search by back brands, because a person may not know it's a T206 card, so they list it as a Sovereign, Cycle, or some other back. You get a bunch of unwanted listings, but every once in a while, something good comes along. I only added 2 cards to my set in the past month. Lately it's either one card or none. The two cards were a Red Dooin Sovereign 150, that was showing it as a Sweet Caporal back in the title, but then when you clicked on the listing, there was actually two separate cards listed, the Sweet Caporal and a Sovereign 150, so it was overlooked. I paid between $50 and $100 less than a usual sale for that card, and I found a Joe Lake St Louis No Ball, with a Sweet Caporal 350 Factory 25 back, which sounds like a common card, but it's so difficult, that PSA doesn't even have a listing for the card in their population report as existing. I've only seen one other in the last 12 years, and I lost that auction because I didn't realize how difficult it was at the time. This was before PSA was grading them by Factory Numbers. A similar scenario type of card currently is listed on eBay for $2500 and I paid $125 for a card with the same rarity. So it's really just luck and timing lately, and if I have some extra cash to spend.

@@UncleNacki thanks so much! Great insight and ideas for my future searching. I started to take a look at the online "t206 resources" great info on all the different back types and some really valuable downloadable books. It's nice to see some of the backs you talked about up close. Plus it seems to be a go to for all the different checklists. Thanks so much for sharing your great pick ups. Very motivational. I've spotted a few of the SC factory 25 backs and a Sovereign 150. Came close but no cigar, lol. I'm learning.. thanks again!!

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. If you ever have any questions about the T206 set, just ask. I try to respond within a couple days.

@@UncleNacki would love to hear your thoughts / video on the today's t206 market. A lot has changed over the last few years and finding tobacco cards seem to be a lot tougher. Plus prices are all over the place.

@@azparadize2437 The T206 market has been on fire the last few years. Even though the T206 cards were the set that has the most cards that survived, because so many were printed, it still doesn't come close to the print runs of modern cards. 2022 Topps basic cards will end up having a print run of a million cards each. More collectors that have been getting back into the hobby, are from the junk wax era. So many of these collectors don't want to take the chance of another hobby crash. So lots of collectors from the 1980's and 1990's now collect tobacco cards. Population reports basically prove everything. With over 86 thousand 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr cards graded just by PSA, then you look at a common T206 card with most being under 500 graded by PSA, and the price is about the same or a little less, and the T206's are 110+ years old, it's just a better investment. then when you get into the more rare backs, the population numbers can be under 20 cards with PSA and SGC combined. So there's more demand than supply for many of these cards, and that is causing the values to continue to rise. There's also a decent amount of collector groups that specialize mostly in the T206 set. So there's always buying and selling happening all the time. Prices have increased so quickly over the last few years, that it's possible prices may drop a bit. Kind of like a stock market correction. But even if this happened, it wouldn't hurt the T206 hobby. It would actually make it even stronger. Because a percentage of people have basically been priced out of the set. A few years ago, a common PSA 4 would average $50. Now that same card is $200 to $250. So it makes building the set more difficult. Rare backs are even crazier. when you could get a slightly more difficult back in a PSA 1 for $30 and now the same card is $200 to $300. Prices continue to amaze me. Currently I search for overlooked rarities and purchase them. I can't afford to purchase the cards I used to purchase 5 to 10 years ago. There's still plenty of cards always for sale, so building a 520 card set is always possible, if you have the money. It's a bit more difficult when it comes to the rare backs. Because there are more collectors than cards that exist. So many are locked up in collections. I'm asked on average, about 5 times a week if I'd be interested in selling or trading certain cards of mine. I always say no, unless I have duplicates or the ability to upgrade and sell my lower grade to help fund the higher grade. It stays fun, because your never finished collecting the set. Even if you do finish the set, you could upgrade, or even get into the more difficult backs. Or do something completely insane, and collect every front/back combination that exists. Thats how I collect the T206's.

@@UncleNacki Thank you! Great info and you confirm many of my thoughts. Hopefully you will make more videos soon. Your experience and expertise is extremely valuable. T206s are magical and I'm glad to be back in the search. I have 80 or so that I've collected over the years but now have more focus because of your videos. Thanks again!!

The first step would be to get a checklist of cards for your team. You can find that information at t206resource.com then join a trusted group of collectors like www.net54baseball.com which has a dedicated T206 section. It's pretty safe over there because so many members police the message board and if anything is questionable, it's dealt with right away. You can even ask others for references of a seller. The other great part is there's no fee's to buy, sell, or trade, and no sales tax. Plus there's a ton of information on all the old sets, especially the T206's. My user name over there is Ronnie73. I think during the sign up, it asks for references. As far as buying at the lowest price possible, there's many different card backs, so you'd want to stay with the most common and least expensive, which is Piedmont. You'd also want to start out with a lower grade card, which is a personal preference. I personally don't mind raw or graded cards that grade as a 1 or a 2. I just try to find a card with no writing, no paper loss on the front (very minor paper loss on the back is ok), no ripped or missing pieces, and no trimmed. That might sound like a lot, but for a Piedmont back card, there's probably a thousand of each card, so the right card does exist for your collection. Plus with the large amount of them, you can wait till the right one at the right price comes along. T206's with common backs are always available. Use eBay's sold listings to find out the price range a certain grade for a certain player sold for. This way, when one becomes available, you'll know if it's a good price or not. Take your time building the set. It's not a race, but a marathon. If money is not a problem, you could build a 520 card set in less than a week. That's why I tell everyone to wait for the right card and price to come along. That advice is a bit different when it comes to rare card backs. Because many cards are less than ten known, and most are locked up in master sets like mine. So, sometimes when a certain card front shows up with a certain card back, you almost have no limit as to what the card might sell for. When a Piedmont sells for $40 and the same exact card front shows up with a more rare back like Tolstoi, and you see the graded population reports combined, have a total of 2 cards, and this one is not graded, so it's a 3rd card, it could easily sell for $4000+ which is a hundred times the Piedmont price. Also, always remember, if you start out with nice clean lower grade common back cards and you buy them at a good price, later on, you can always sell for a small profit and either upgrade the card, or get one of the slightly more difficult backs. That's why I say to buy smart. So you never lose money. I read about people losing money all the time on T206's and I just can't figure out how and why. They must of bought the first things they saw and didn't research the market and prices. I've never taken a loss on a T206 and all my T206's have risen a minimum of 5x the original purchase price, and others have gone to 20x more. The more you research the set and learn about how the prices work when comparing the cards to their population reports, the better you will get at making smart purchases. To a point that you could literally flip cards a month after the purchase, and double your money. Then take that doubled amount, and do it again a month later. There's a few T206 guy's in the different internet and facebook groups, and thats a big part of what they do to help fund their main collecting goals. Hope that helps. Sorry if I repeated a few things or broke things down to the simplest explanations. Sometimes I say too much, and that get's some people more confused. But that's how I've always been. If I left anything out, or caused you to think of some other questions, just ask. I try to respond within a couple days. Glad to hear you liked the video. Thanks for watching. Ron

It's difficult to put a "worth" on my collection. Values seem to continue to rise with nearly every sale of more difficult backs. It's worth only what someone is willing to pay for it. So when the day comes that I decide to sell, then I'll know the actual worth. I stopped posting because the phone I was using had broke and I'm having a difficult time with the new iPhone. I was using an Android before. So I stopped but planned on working around the problems, but just haven't gotten around to it and many of my video's were card show related and these video's were all before the Covid. I haven't been to any shows since. Hopefully that changes at some point. I think that I have 3 T206 video's that were recorded before my phone broke. I just have to edit them and upload them. They just show more ungraded singles and me babbling about similar things. If your interested in seeing them, I'll put the effort in to getting them edited and uploaded.

@@UncleNacki fair enough, I really want to get into the t206 set more, I have 15 low grade commons but that’s it, my collection is mostly 50s baseball.

@@UncleNacki but if you had to guess roughly what do you think your collection is worth? My 50s collection I’m guessing 15k but who knows

@@UncleNacki Hope to see more soon from you! Great information and insight you have to offer. Hopefully you figure out the iPhone out or I’ll come to you and help u out with it. lol cheers 😉

@@RDCards Glad you enjoyed the video's. I have 3 more recorded, that I just have to edit and upload. But they were recorded around the same time as the others. Not much has changed except for the values have gone way up. I did notice a few deals last week where I figured the cards would sell for $200+ and they sold for around $75. If I knew that, I would have watched them and placed some bids. So maybe prices are starting to level out again, because of the economy, but there's other cards that continue to break records. So, it's too soon to tell.

Value would depend on the player. Some cards are more common than others. Nobody really knows why. Maybe certain cards were doubled up on a sheet, making them twice as likely to find them.