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Steve M.I have no clue who was first nor do I even have any recollection of the circumstances. I do rememeber how I really got into T206 when this old time collector in Virginia sent me his T206 album containing over 700 cards and asked me what I had for trade. Ended up trading him my 53 Bowman color set.
Those were the good old days before slabbing, before the internet, when we were in it for the fun of collecting. Hopefully most of us still are.
My first significant "purchase" was when I bought all four Cobbs from Lew. $2,672 which at the time was a lot of money. Eventually had them graded with the Green, Red and Bat off all grding as PSA 5's. The Bat On got a 2 which was the nicest 2 you'll ever see. Just ask the Board member who purchased it last year. 