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Around 1976 or 77 when I was 22 I started getting the SCD and realized that there were other collectors and you could actually buy these fabulous old cards. One day two of my buddies and I read about the big national convention that was happening in only couple of days. We just gassed up my old '66 Plymouth Fury that was three different colors and took off for Detroit (a 9 hour drive). I had about $200 which was a goodly sum for a kid in those days. I was so amazed at the stuff there, that I was almost paralyzed. What to buy? At the time I had two T206s in my collection. Doc White and Wilbur Goode. I wound up buying a stack of 100 lower grade T206s wrapped in a rubber band from a big collector who considered them junk. The price $25. A quarter apiece. Condition was mostly G-VG with a few in terrible shape and a few VG-EX. I wish I had a record of what was in that lot. There were a few HOFers and though you may not believe it there were three Uzits, three Carolina Brights, and a Drum! At that times the backs were unimportant and I traded one of the Uzits to one of my buddies for just another common I needed probably just a Piedmont. I know it was a NY Giant maybe Doc Crandall. Two of the Uzits were General Schlei. I still have the portrait. The batting version I sold on ebay for about $250 about 20 years ago. I still have the Carolina Brights (Cy Barger, Jack Warhop, and Nick Maddox)and the Drum (Ira Thomas). I have posted these before, but I am totally unable to figure out how to post pics anymore.