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Posted By: <b>will</b><p>Still recovering from a surprise 50th birthday party my wife of 26 years threw me 2 weeks ago. She used to teach adult ed, now looking for something else. I'm a health care consultant (Medicare/Medicaid) to nursing homes for the last 15 years. Born, raised and still in Baltimore suburbs. Three sons - lost my oldest almost 9 years ago at 16, middle one(21) a senior at U of MD and youngest(19) at community college. Semi-empty nested, but I'm sure they will be back. Sold off everything except the childhood (60's) stuff about 8 years ago. Collect everything Baltimore related, esp. 66 Orioles stuff. Been lurking/learning and occasionaly jabbing the last 2+ years. Bits and pieces of pre-war, but no focus (yet).<br />William List<br /><br />Martin - if so inclined, send me an e-mail. Either way, my best to you and your family.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Mike Campbell, You and I share practically the same bio. I too am a 52 year old mortgage banker, married to a wonderfull teacher for 28 years. I have 3 children, the youngest is a senior at the University of Alabama (but I always write War Eagle on his tuition checks). He will be attending graduate school seeking his MBA starting in the Spring, the middle is a first year 5th grade teacher. She graduated from Furman University. My oldest is an artiste, ie, National Merit Scholar/College dropout who followed Phish and String Cheese and moved to Boulder Colorado for 3 years and became a musician and recording engineer, most recently completing the 1 year guitar program at The Collective in New York City, on Daddy's dime. I, like my oldest son, am an artistic minded underachiever. I received my degree in English literature, spent a year in a creative writing MFA program and ended up in the unlikely field of banking. It is not my passion. I too misspent my youth in the rock and roll, surfing, marijuana counter culture. About as radical as I get these days is membership in the Democratic Party. As for collecting, I have always been a compulsive saver/sorter of almost anything. I collected 50s and 60s baseball cards as a youth, started saving complete Topps sets in albums in the early 80s and became a turn of the century card collector by inheritance in 1988 or 1989. <br />

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Oh, and JimB, did I meet you at Cochrane's wedding?

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Posted By: <b>Zach Rice</b><p>My name is Zach Rice and I live in Columbus, Ohio (Pickerington to be exact). I started collecting vintage baseball cards probably just under five years ago with the goal of getting all of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 Topps set. This led me into other things and soon I was a Hall of Fame collector. I am currently at well over half but have recently (past 6-9 months) started to shy away from Hall of Famers and concentrate more on sets and type card collecting on the way. I am currently 31 cards into the second series of the T210 set (84 cards in total) 14 cards into the T209-2 set (222 cards in total), and 6 cards into the 1913 Voskamp's set (20 cards in total). I love collecting cards from esoteric issues, most of the guys very few people have even heard of let alone think a card of them exists. I also enjoy collecting anything related to Earl Moore. He was born where in the town I live in (Pickerington) and later died in a neighboring town.<br /><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m84/mzm55cards/T210-2Woolums.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>BARRY S and JEFF L<br /><br />1st, if we are really going to get serious about this rendezvous....we should take it off<br /> this great Thread, and start a new Thread on this subject.<br /><br />OK, Peter Luger's is not a practical meeting place.....my suggestion for "plan B" is a very<br /> fine Greek Restaurant on 20th St.....PERIYALI.<br /><br />We have eaten there many times and have enjoyed the food and atmosphere. Also, it<br />is no where near as expensive as Luger's.<br />An early afternoon get together would be ideal, as it wont be too crowded and if we<br /> are a little "rowdy", the Greeks will not mind.<br /><br />It isn't a huge place, so an important factor is how many members are we expecting ?<br /><br />TED Z

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Ted- Sounds good to me and I'm always game for a little spanikopitas with tziziki (terrible spelling) on top, but not everyone may like Greek food. This is where planning may be difficult. Do you want to start a new thread and then everyone can give food ideas and their schedules?

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Posted By: <b>Eric Brehm</b><p>I'm Eric Brehm, aged 49, married with three teenage children, living in a suburb of Boulder, Colorado. I worked for 20 years as a government consultant and research statistician in the computer engineering field and am now semi-retired.<br /><br />I re-entered the hobby this year after a 20 year hiatus, and have been working mostly on the 1933 Goudey set, and more recently have taken an interest in T206 as well. I collect cards for enjoyment but also view them as an investment of sorts; I certainly do hope they will hold their value in the coming years.<br /><br />T206 is particularly impressive to me. I realize that some veteran collectors might harbor a bump in their cranium about the excessive amount of attention that is paid to this particular set, often to the exclusion of all else. But it is what it is. It is to baseball card collecting what Mount Everest is to mountain climbing: it is there, it is big, it is beautiful, it is mysterious, it is the king of its domain, and it is very, very challenging. I can't imagine I would ever be able to collect the whole set but it is fun to work on it anyhow -- the journey in this case being perhaps more important than arriving at the summit.<br /><br />After 20 years away, I am amazed by how much the hobby has grown, pleased to see the emergence of professional authentication and grading services (not a perfect system, but it certainly makes it easier to buy and sell with confidence), and virtually stunned by the incredible growth in value that has occurred for quality material. I have made some new friends who have been helpful to me, particularly cmoking who has been very generous with his knowledge of the Goudey issues. And I am happy to see that Barry Sloate is still active and doing well -- I always thought among all the hobby people I dealt with years ago that he was about the most honest and decent.<br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Thank you kindly Eric, and somewhere in the deepest recesses of my memory I recall buying a really sharp T206 red Cobb from you when you got out of the hobby in the 1980's. Am I correct?

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Posted By: <b>andrew white</b><p>I am a longtime lurker and have only posted a few times but read this board several times a day to pass the time at the ole' workplace<br /><br />I am 42 and am married with 2 kids and live in Delavan, Wisconsin. My daughter is in the air force working with the NSA in D.C. and my son is a college sophmore. I currently work for a large HR firm that administers benefits for many companies probably including the one you all work for! After high school I decided to forget about college and instead took a job with the Chicago Cubs and worked in the front office for 7 years!! I have memories I will never forget but somehow think I should have gone to school now that I am older.<br /><br />I have collected since I was 8 years old and my 1st memories are of buying 1973 Topps baseball for a nickle a pack on clearance at the Ben Franklin!. My friends in school all knew I collected and many gave me cards from their attics....52 Topps, Playballs etc. I stated doing card shows in my area in 1981 before they were popular and people could not believe I would pay them for the shopping bags full of cards they had sitting in their attic. I had almost complete runs of Topps sets from 1955 to the present as well as many pre war and post war cards. I have since sold that collection....bought back a good part of it and sold it off once again. (kids get expensive) I have owned a card shop and closed it!! I am now trying to decide where I am going to go from here.<br /><br />I just wanted to thank everyone here for this board. You have all given me insight as to the hobby that i did not have previously. Most if not all of you are a breath of fresh air in this hobby world. Someday when I grow up I want to be just like you all!! Even Jay!

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Andrew- very sincere sentiments, but don't grow up just like me!!

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>BARRY<br /><br />Sorry guy, but 1st, I'm just too far away from NYC to try to organize a get-together in the city,<br /> sometime in Nov. And 2nd, even if I wanted to, as you know it would be impossible for me to do<br /> so for a while.<br /><br />TED Z

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Anybody want to email me with an idea about the best way to do this? I think Manhattan may be a little better geographically than Brooklyn, but who wants to join in, when is everybody free, and what is the best type of restaurant that would work for all? I happen to love sushi, but no way we are going to get everyone to a sushi restaurant. Anybody with ideas please get off an email to me. Hopefully it won't get too complicated.

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Posted By: <b>Eric Brehm</b><p>Barry -- yes, you remember correctly. When I was ready to sell the last few cards I had in my collection (I was buying a house in Colorado at the time, and just starting a family) I called on you. I knew I would get a fair price. While I was collecting (1984-1986) I remember buying cards from you at Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and some of the other major shows that were the showcase hobby events of those times. Look forward to more business in the future.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Eric

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Posted By: <b>Mark Evans</b><p>Barry--<br /><br />What is your e-mail address? I tried to send you a message re dinner but it wouldn't go through. Mark

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>bsloate@att.net

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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>Ted Z.: if it is simply a geographical thing, I could hook up with you however, for a city run. Plus Id like to meet some of the fellows and Greek is fine, so long as we don't have to sit facing away from the table.

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Posted By: <b>greg</b><p>Hello Everyone,<br />Greg Theberge from Rhode Island here. 45 year old Periodontist, happily married for the past 14 years to my beautiful wife Karen, and proud dad to our daughter, Kaitlyn, who was born in Korea. Avid, rabid, BoSox fan (as is my wife) who made a deal with the devil two years ago and still can't believe we saw our team go all the way that year. Theoretically I'm supposed to be happy with that one win for the rest of my life....<br /> <br />I primarily collect pre-1920 memorabilia from the Red Sox when it can be found for a reasonable (??) price (although we do have a base from game two of the '04 Series as a momento of times spent that year).<br />Although I tend to have a preference for larger items that display well such as programs, pennants and pins of all sorts, I tend to pick up cards every now and then when they are affordable. I greatly enjoy reading the posts on this forum and wish I had more knowledge on the hobby so I could contribute more. <br /><br />Became interested in pre-war basebell as an offshoot to a hobby that I have shared with my dad for the past thirty years - collecting pre-prohibition (i.e. 1920, the year that booze became illegal and the Babe went to NY - to a brewer no less) brewery memorabilia from the state of Rhode Island (some of which is baseball and Red Sox related). Most of our collection is composed of one of a kind examples. Other hobbies include researching and reenacting the American Revolution, a hobby that I've slowed down in since becoming old and lazy.<br />Thanks! Great thread. <br />Greg<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1162599683.JPG"> <br />My crew at the Boston Rolling Rally Parade

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Posted By: <b>George</b><p>My contract does not allow me to divulge my age. However, I did see the Brooklyn Dodgers play in Ebbets Field and I did see the New York Giants play in the Polo Grounds. And I do remember Red Barber broadcasting the Dodgers games and Mel Allen doing the Yankees, when PeeWee Reese and Phil Rizzuto were the shortstops. (Reese was better.)<br /><br />Like Ted Zanidakis, I am a Senior Electronic Engineer, although, unlike Ted, I am not retired. In recent years I have designed circuits for satellites and space probes, including the Mars rovers and the Huygens probe, which went to Saturn. I have a few patents, and others pending, including some related to lithium ion batteries.<br /><br />I am an avid baseball fan, and a member of SABR. I have played baseball forever, although my skills are now fading. My teams have played in tournaments in Cooperstown for many years, and I am very proud to have hit nine home runs in Doubleday Field in these games.<br /><br />I collected baseball cards as a kid. I still have all of them, and they are the nucleus of my collection. I discovered T206 cards when I was in the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, and went to Philadelphia on a weekend pass. For some reason (was it fate?), I wandered into an antique store, found a shoebox full of T206's, and bought about 100 of them, mostly HOFers, for forty dollars. I was certain I was grossly overcharged, but figured I was entitled to the extravagance. Not until many years later did I discover what the cards were, that other people collected them, and that they were somewhat valuable.<br /><br />My favorite cards today are my T206 Eddie Plank, which is ungraded but might be a 5 or 6 if it were graded, and my 1951 Bowman PeeWee Reese, which was my first card. If the Reese were graded it would be a 0 (if that grade exists). I now have almost every card from 1950-1962, and almost complete sets of T205 and T206. I also collect other T and N cards, including baseball and non-sports.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Holstein</b><p>My name is Paul Holstein. I am 40 years old, am married to Robyn, who is mildly supportive of my addiction and I have two children - Paulie (2 years 5 months) and Casey (she is 11 months old).<br /><br />I have collected cards on and off since I was 9 years old. However, Leon is personally responsible for my interest in vintage cards. About five years ago, I found Leon's website on the internet and called him up to purchase a card. He was incredibly helpful, spoke to me on the telephone for a long time, and directed me to some great resources. He told me about this board and the rest is history.<br /><br />I have been an attorney for about 16 years and am currently general counsel for a federal agency. <br /><br />I collect mostly Ed Reulbach cards (I have most except for a Helmar Stamp, Plow Boy Tobacco, T215, Rose Company Postcard, and a Piedmont Art stamp), Chicago Cub postcards, and deadball era postcards.<br /><br />I have done deals with many of the board members, but I only post a couple times a month. I hope I can meet some of you in the future.<br /><br />Paul

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Posted By: <b>bruce Dorskind</b><p><br /><br />I began collecting rare cards in pristine condition in 1977.<br /><br />I was quite fortunate that two years after I began collecting to<br />meet Sir Edward Wharton Tigar. Sir Edward was the foremost<br />card researcher who ever lived. He authored five books on<br />card collecting, and his own collection included over 20,000<br />top condition tobacco cards.<br /><br />We first met while we were indepdently conducting research<br />in the private Print Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br />I then visited his flat in London on several occassions.<br /><br />His collection and vast knowledge served as a plaform for my<br />collecting strategy. Only focus on the best quality material<br />in top condition. Thus our first $500+ purchases included<br />a Four Base Hit (now graded PSA 6) and Just So Chewing Tobacco.<br /><br />We acquired these treasures from a young ambitious high<br />school senior named Rob Lifson. They still reside in our collection.<br /><br />I live alone in Manhattan on the Upper East side on the east river<br />Business interests include a small M&A consulting and advisory<br />firm and directorships of two private equity funds.<br /><br />Have been attempting to interest several fellow members of<br />the Wharton Hedge Fund Group (they manage over $10 billion)<br />to take a major position in rare baseball cards.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br /><br />Bruce Dorskind<br />America's Toughest Want List

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Posted By: <b>Ricky Y</b><p>46 years young...single and residing is SF Bay area...work for a university auxiliary that focuses on helping to obtain research grants and contracts for faculty. Born in a US Naval base in Japan and moved to US as a child and immediately hooked on baseball cards. As a teen bought cards from a Sporting News Ad and subscribed to Trader Speaks and SCD. Went away from the hobby for awhile..but within the last few years rekindled my interest. Current focus is on collecting pre war baseball cards by type and exhibit cards of hall of famers...joining this board has been a blast so far! I've acquired some great cards from some members in the brief time I've been here. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Ricky

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Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p>I'm Martin Neal, 52, father of 5, 3 girls and two boys. I was born near Greensboro, North Carolina, did prep school in Greenwich, Ct. and I required 8 years to finish college. Partied and played rugby the whole time. At eighteen, I hitchhiked across the country to join the United Farm Workers union, picketed Safeways and picked asparagus in the Imperial valley (Calexeco,Ca). I can't believe my parents would let me go. Too young to really understand the danger. Worked as a commercial fisherman, scalloping, shrimping, beach seining and long net hauling. Spent a while working in Yuganik bay, Kodiak island. I lived in St. Thomas for a couple of years before getting married. I have owned a few video stores and currently am a realtor and build houses. I coach an excel league basketball team. I played full court twice a week until a couple of years ago (knees).<br />I can't seem to focus on anything except vintage baseball cards. I was lucky to acquire about 125 t206s back in the eightees and really got serious in 2002. I am slowly trying to put together both the t206 (minus the big 4) and the t205 set. In a weak moment last year, I sold most of my Cobbs and pretty nice Matty portrait to a board member. I do want to say that I am grateful to the board for providing a great source of information and I am planning to attend a National one of these years mainly so I can meet some of you guys and gals.

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Posted By: <b>Larrie Dean</b><p>Hello All:<br /><br />My nane is Larrie, I am 64 and I acquired my first cards in the early 1950s...no my crystal ball was not very clear and I did not save my Mantle Rookies.<br /><br />I am happily married to a wonderful lady who tolerates my "card habit"<br />so long as I sell enough to pay for my habit! We have five children...ages 27 to 32 and 4 grandchildren. My career was in higher education...first international education, and then, health-related education. I was an Associate Dean of a School of Allied Health and a Professor of Health Administration. Sports card collecting was my thearpy...my mental health activity. Other hobbies include stamp collecting and collecting of Lions Multiple District pins...I have been a member of Lions International for 32 years. Although my first 30 years were spent in Northern New York Virginia has been home for the past 33 years. We love to travel (45 states and 20 plus countries so far).<br /><br />My card collecting interest was initally high quality pre-1973(everything)! Over the years I have obtained hundreds of "in-person" autographs...I enjoy meeting the players, and no, I have not paid for their autographs. About a decade ago I developed an interest in the T206s and now focus on Pre-WWII cards.<br />

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Posted By: <b>DSGreen</b><p>My name is David and I am 30 years old. I live on the SC/GA border with my wonderful wife and three children (son recently turned 6, daughter just turned 1, and the third is due in April). I am a behavioral psychologist who works primarily with individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities. I've been collecting since I was a kid but became serious about pre-war cards while in graduate school. I am a huge Braves fan and my collecting, at this time, centers around that. My current collecting goal is to obtain a type card from every year that the Braves organization fielded a team. It is in memory of my grandfather (the reason I love this game), who passed away last year.<br /><br />I am currently working on a website for this portion of my collection but it isn't complete just yet. You can take a look at it here:<br /><a href="http://home.gforcecable.com/graffiticloud" target="_blank">Forever A Brave Collection</a>

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>This is a fascinating thread, you're all so interesting. Thought I'd chime in.<br /><br />I'm Al. I'm 37 years old, married with three kids (11 year old son, 8 year old daughter, 6 year old son). For fun I coach youth basketball and baseball, go to NJ Nets games, watch the Yankees, and hang with my family.<br /><br />Baseball has always been very important in my family; I started collecting cards in 1977, buying packs and trying to complete sets. In 1979 or so, I started collecting what we called "oldies" - the kids in my neighborhood and I started looking for the oldest cards we could find. I fell in love with 1951 Bowmans and T206s at that time, my first T206 purchase was the attached Waddell, bought for a dollar. I would buy the vintage cards and then sit with my grandfather and he would tell me stories about the players. My grandfather was a baseball fanatic who coached in Hudson County, NJ in the 40s and 50s (probably early 60s, too). From what I'm told, he would choose the kids who were least skilled for his team, then win the league championship with them every year.<br /><br />Anyway, I collected pretty intensely until about 1985, then I discovered girls and music and whatnot. I got married right after college in 1991, and in the middle of a recession with no job, I sold most of my cards so that we could eat. I promised myself that someday I'd be in a financial position that I could start collecting them again.<br /><br />In the early 90s, I ran my own punk rock record label while I worked in marketing in the wireless industry during the day. Gradually I became more interested in marketing, and as my career grew I slowly re-entered the hobby. A couple of years ago I started buying cards on eBay, and as an outgrowth of that I discovered the hobby message boards, which helped take a solitary hobby and make it more of a social thing for me. Today I work for a small ad agency in New Jersey (and am lucky enough to have several awesome clients who are part of the hobby), and collect HOFers, 1938 Goudeys, W502s, T205s, and now Henry Johnson backs. I've also got a website where you can see some of my collection, and where I keep a hobby blog: www.swingbattaswing.com<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1162821655.JPG"> <br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>Rob NYC</b><p><i>stands up</i><br />Hi. My name is Rob. I'm 38. I live in New York City and I am still happy. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> I work as a data center resource manager over in New Jersey. I've been doing prewar cards for almost over a year now. What first started out as a hobby became an addiction. <br /><i>sits down</i><br /><i>stands back up</i><br />Thank you.<br /><i>bows</i><br /><i>sits down</i><br />

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Mohler</b><p>As you can see from my creative log in, my name is Jeff Mohler. I live in Lancaster, PA (home of the e93 set). I am one of the many lawyers on the board, specializing primarily in real estate law.<br /><br />Like many here, I collected cards in my pre-teen years back in the 1970's and early 80's. I rediscovered cards about a year and a half ago when Joseph, my oldest child, got into baseball. My first pre-war card was an SGC 30 T206 Bresnahan w/bat.<br /><br />So far, one of my biggest thrills was attending a local estate auction about a year ago where "three baseball cards" were advertised. They turned out to be three blank backed Pinkerton postcards. I posted my find on the board, but I think some of the members were a little suspicious of a newbie who picked up something like that.<br /><br />I have been married for eleven years to my wife Rachel and have three wonderful children, Joseph (8), Emma (6) and Abigail(2).<br /><br />I hope to be at the Reading/Philly show and meet some of you there. Other than Keith O'Leary, I haven't met anyone else on the board yet.<br /><br />Jeff

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Dear Guys,<br /><br />I'm a newbie and I'm impressed by the amount of hobby information I can glean from the postings.<br /><br />I'm 50 and a trial attorney in the SF Bay Area and my proudest achievement in life is finishing my 1957 Topps set. At least I have my priorities straight in life. Laugh out loud. My wife doesn't quite share my priorities but sometimes you just have to be in the hobby to understand.<br /><br />I only have one 1933 Goudey card, Ott holding a bat. But my plans are to after the entire set. Thanks guys, for all the great information you provide me on the hobby.<br /><br />Peter

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Guys,<br /><br />I've been the last post on this thread for a while. I can't believe that there is only about a hundred or so people that frequent this forum.<br /><br />That means the rest of you guys want to fly under the radar. If you guys insist that's fine with me, but I for one would like some biographical information on the rest of you.<br /><br />It's been interesting so far, so I doubt if you other guys would disappoint. So far, it seems like I haven't come across any women collectors on this forum. Is it true that only guys are crazy enough to collect prewar.<br /><br />Peter<br />

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>A little bio and a picture! I'm a sprite 31 years of age, have been married for 3 1/2 years and have a beautiful baby girl named Elena (5 months). I have collected in one fashion or another for 23 of those 31 years. My collection really has no direction, and I like it as such. I'm a writer for Huggins and Scott auctions and I lovr it. It combines three of my passions; baseball cards, research, and writing. I also am a music fan (indie, punk, shoegaze, noise-pop, darkwave, and 1960's doo wop). Politically, I tend to be more of a "conservative liberatarian", although I voted Democrat and Green party during the mid-terms. I am a 1999 graduate of Towson University in Towson, Maryland, with a major in Mass Communications. I completed one year of post-graduate education. I love the Baltimore Orioles and Arkansas Razorbacks. I also enjoy art, Jan Van Eyck is a favorite of mine. Additionally, I'm also an active Mormon (Latter-day Saint) and have found much peace and knowledge in those teachings. I served as a missionary in Texas for two years (from whence this picture is derived). I also love slow-pitch softball, baseball and flag football. Here is a picture of me as a missionary in the beautiful West Texas Panhandle town of Dumas (pop. 12,000, 60 miles North of Amarillo).<br /><br /><img src="http://www.tfwm.org/imagethumb.php?w=500&h=600&s=photo/1609/scan0033.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>James,<br /><br />Great picture, I especially like the water tower (I guess) in the background with Dumas Demons. Let me take another guess, you probably thought about being a minister at one time. For some reason this forum attracts a lot of ministers and lawyers. Hmmmmmmmmmm...is there a psychiatrist out there that can give an educated guess as to why that might be true.<br /><br />Peter

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Posted By: <b>Jimi</b><p>I'm a 28 year old collector out of Apple Valley in Ohio. I am a 4th grade language arts teacher to 70 wonderful kids in Mount Vernon, OH. My wife teaches 8th grade language arts in the same district. My daughter just turned 2 years old over the weekend, and my wife is expecting another daughter in April. I'm also a percussion instructor during the marching band season, track coach in the spring, softball player in the summer, and oh yeah, I collect cards!<br /><br />My collection is constantly changing. Unlike many of you, I can't seem to ever stay collecting the same thing. I collect anything from N162s, N28s, to all the Topps cards from 1952 - 2006 including variations, sets for my daughter, and tobacco cards. I met several of you like Leon, Bill Cornell, Bob Marquette (tbob), Brett Hardeman, and many more at the Chicago convention last year. Brett and his papa were kind enough to ask me to be a featured collector in their OLD CARDBOARD magazine in their 6th issue, so if you want to read up on me, I'm in there on p. 10. My good buddy, Bryan Long, also an N54 member keeps me itching for more vintage. It's very cool to have an old childhood friend to talk about our new cards with!<br /><br />Cool posting!<br /><br />Jimi

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Jimi,<br /><br />Your collecting Topps from 1952-2006 as well as pre-war. That just about covers everything. How do you keep up with all the new issues...and where does all the money come from...you must have a printing press at home. Laugh out loud. As long as you love the hobby...that's all that matters.<br /><br />Peter

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Posted By: <b>Jimi</b><p>Well, the problem is, I can't ever decide what I want the most. I start collecting prewar, but miss the ease of getting a Topps card for a set, until I realize that I can't get the SP or high #....then I'm back to prewar. I only collect the regular Topps issues, plus the variations and sometimes Topps Traded or other Topps issue from any given year. I certainly do not keep up with UV stuff other than looking up the newest regular Topps issue.<br><br>Jimi