Test - post a card you have owned a longtime

[steve B]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

My first card and still a favorite.

Wow...That's one heck of a nice card.
Looks like you and I nicely bookend the entire price scale.
At least until Ted Z shows something he got from a 1 cent pack back in the day, which will totally bounce me from the cheap end spot.

Anyone buy a Wagner or something as their first card?

[steve B]

LOL, and Ted posted as I was typing...

[CuriousGeorge]

Originally Posted by steve B

Wow...That's one heck of a nice card.
Looks like you and I nicely bookend the entire price scale.
At least until Ted Z shows something he got from a 1 cent pack back in the day, which will totally bounce me from the cheap end spot.

Anyone buy a Wagner or something as their first card?

Your card has character and that's good enough for me!

[Bicem]

When I was in college my roommate showed me this card and explained what it was (my collecting experience had been limited to Garbage Pail Kids and 89 Score and Pro Set football cards as a kid), I was so fascinated and have been hooked ever since.

He actually gave it to me earlier this year when I was in Dallas for Leon's show, so have not had it long but it's the card that started it all for me.

[steve B]

2/3 of them are T206... Maybe it's time we admit they're a gateway card....

[Exhibitman]

Bought this from Mike Berkus at one of his Anaheim shows in the late 1970s. Slabbed many years later. They will have to pry it from my cold dead fingers.



This is my first old card:



I have had it for at least 45 years, through multiple moves, two major earthquakes, and everything else.

[Rhotchkiss]

Wow Jeff, that’s a hell of a card. I bet your roommate didn’t know how tough a combo that is

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Wow Jeff, that’s a hell of a card. I bet your roommate didn’t know how tough a combo that is

To be honest I didn't either until just now

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by steve B

2/3 of them are T206... Maybe it's time we admit they're a gateway card....

Would that make Net54 an enabler?

I know I got the T206 bug after I joined. Thankfully after about 100 or so of them I kicked the habit and sold them. Then like a junkie I had a small slip up but luckily it passed.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by steve B

Wow...That's one heck of a nice card.
Looks like you and I nicely bookend the entire price scale.
At least until Ted Z shows something he got from a 1 cent pack back in the day, which will totally bounce me from the cheap end spot.

Anyone buy a Wagner or something as their first card?

Originally Posted by steve B

LOL, and Ted posted as I was typing...

Hey Steve

Is this ESP....or just mere coincidence....or what

Whatever....here you go, I paid a penny for this card in the Spring of 1949.



TED Z

T206 Reference
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[CobbSpikedMe]

This was my first prewar card from 20 years ago and the beginning of my Jersey City collection. Still have it and plan to keep it forever.


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[ullmandds]

i've had other cards longer but I believe I picked this out of a bargain box in cincinnnatii c1995ish.

[trdcrdkid]

I paid $1.25 for this card in 1979.

[Kenny Cole]

I have quite a few I've owned 20+ years, but I'll go with this one.

[commishbob]

Pack pulled in 1959. This is the only card I still have from my youth. I was 7 and living on Long Island. A kid down the street had shown me their '58s but I never owned any back then. '59s were the first cards I owned. It's been through a lot but I cherish it.

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