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Posted By: Ben

My earliest exposure to cards came as a 7-8 year old kid, from my favorite babysitter Alec. Living in Edmonton in the 80's, we were both huge fans of the Oilers. Whenever he was over, we usually tuned in to the game, and were lucky enough to watch several stanley cups handed out to Gretzky and co during their glory years. Anyways, Alec gave me these 81/82 OPC Glenn Anderson and Jari Kurri rookies, both whom were heroes to me at the time. I still have them stored away at my parents house and managed to scan them since I'm here for a few weeks now. Out of all the cards I have, they are probably the least valuable monetarily but I still love them.

I went on to collect all the Oilers rookies, and the tougher ones to get led me to ebay and a subsequent discovery of prewar basebal...and it went on from there. Unfortunately, I don't have the Gretzky and Messier rookies any more (no need to explain why). Alec is now married with two children, and our families remain close friends.