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Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

Great topic. I remember my first cards were 1973 Topps. I became obsessed buying those three pack racks from our local grocery store. I would spend all of my allowance every week on those cards. The problem was that after many months of purchasing cards, I never got any cards numbered higher than #264. Therefore I thought I had the entire set. I had no idea that the cards came in series. I must have had 5-10 cards of each low series player but never saw any of the high numbers. I guess my store never ordered any of these series. About five years later I discovered a card store and purchased a 1967 Yaz card which started a brief period of purchasing older cards. I got a Cobb red background in great condition for $10 which is the only card I still have from my youth. When ebay came around, my first purchase was a 1973 Topps set which I still look at from time to time to see the low number series that I remembered and the high numbers that I never saw.