Browsing eBay to learn what we like about T206.

This morning, when really I should have been studying, instead I was looking at 2009 T206 baseball cards on eBay. I am a bad, bad girl. Please don't tell my daughter. Or, for that matter, any family or friends who might still labor under the notion that I don't harbor a completely inexplicable interest in....baseball cards? Thank you for your help in this matter.

Here are some of the T206 cards that caught my eye. A short print (#254) of Johnny Mize, my aunt's favorite player:

Thurman Munson (is it my imagination, or are there relatively few cards produced of TM?):

For variety, here's a lovely not-SP:

The Piedmont design may be my favorite. Do you seek a Babe Ruth bit?:

As it happens, I don't, but wouldn't complain if I opened a pack containing this card. Of course, it will never happen, as I strongly suspect all boxes o' Babe bits are not just randomly sent into the card collecting universe.

So how about a Pee Wee SP?:

The Polar Bears are nothing to sneeze at:

There's a 1/1 Yovani Gallardo Carolina Brights mini:

The back is sweet:
But I can't get past the Piedmonts.

Carlos, fierce of eyebrow, also appears Piedmontly:
The basic T206 design lift is fine:

Ah! There we go:

We'll have to find that one for sure. The Old Mills are mildly addictive:
Here's an SP variation Cy Young:

One more Piedmont moment. These are EPIC:

Downside: A's. Upside: smiling, and his name is Vinny. Also, apparently he signs as "NZyme." The biggest 2009 T206 mystery is, why would a nice retro set with on-card autos also include sticker autos? Why why why?:

But if I were wise, wouldn't I only have spent time browsing the originals?: Including relative bargains:

These are my eternity-injuring thoughts about T206. What are yours?