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[NYYFan63]

I came across the Net54baseball forum about two weeks ago. I was searching for any info on the now infamous war_eagle_vintage as I had learned there was potential fraud on the cards he was selling on eBay. I had purchased two Willie Mays cards (1958 & 1960) ungraded. What I learned from this site, i succesfully returned and was refunded for the two cards. I returned them as I am no expert on whether cards have been trimmed or not and did not want to be a victim of his fraud.

I got back into card collecting in July 2017 after having collected as a kid as well as in the late 80’s for a short period of time. I got back into the hobby after seeing on Twitter that a Mike Trout RC went for some $35,000+ in an auction. My neighbor is a card collector and I got to talking with him about it. I learned that you can buy baseball cards on eBay...what a concept....haha. It has been non-stop ever since. I started buying a lot of Aaron Judge cards as I am a Yankee fan, some Seaver, Ryan, Mays, etc. In talking with my neighbor, going to shows, buying and selling on eBay, etc, I learned very quickly that the vintage cards hold their value as well as tend to increase in value over time.

I also learned from this forum that many are collectors of the T206 cards. I purchased my first T206 card last week - 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Addie Joss Portrait 60 EX 5. I had never heard of him and saw that he was a HOF’r so I looked up his stats. He pitched only 9 years, started 260 games and completed 234 with an ERA < 2 and a WHIP < 1!!!!! Amazing! I am sure many of you know that already but I was just amazed at these stats.

I am looking forward to being more active on the board as well as B,S,T with you all as well.

Rob