Shortly after I started collected in 1970 at the age of nine, I came to the conclusion that older cards were more interesting than new cards. Over the next couple years, after my brother and I had acquired older cards from garage sales and older kids, we had an example of every Topps set back to 1953. I got a catalog from Larry Fritsch and ordered a 1952 Topps card of Johnny Mize for about a quarter (I still love the pose!). Finally, in 1974, I attended my first card show and picked up a sharp-cornered lot of T206s for a buck each (HOFers were $3). I also paid $2 for a '33 Goudey of Bing Miller ...
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