This story wins! One of my favorite cards is a 1976 Dick Pole card. My two brothers and I were trapped in a mall, while my mom was trying on some outfit for some event. This was back in the day when you could still smoke in a mall, and sure enough, in the mall ashtray, was a 1976 Dick Pole. Well, you can hardly imagine the boost in morale, from three young boys in a women’s clothing section, to suddenly have a Dick Pole card thrust upon them. My mom never did understand why it was so funny. Still makes me laugh…
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Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli
In my neighborhood when I was a kid, we were all crazy about the 1981 Fleer set, because of all the errors. Before the internet, we would have to discover errors and variations ourselves, or wait for the card magazines to come out each month.
Graig Nettles was my favorite player when I was a kid, and when I read about the error card, I was dying to get one. But they were selling for all kinds of money, and I certainly couldn't afford it.
My father left when I was 9, and my mother worked three jobs to take care of my sister and I. For my birthday that year, she bought me the 1981 Fleer "C" Nettles error. She got it at the local card shop, and paid $17 for it. In 1981 in my house, $17 might as well have been $17,000.
I still have it, it's my favorite card. They say you can't take it with you, but I'm taking that one with me.
-Al
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