[Exhibitman]

Nope. I unloaded a lot of the high priced high grade postwar stuff so I could collect g-vg and have a shot at having many of the cards I coveted as a kid. I got the idea when I bought a couple of 1950s-1960s collections that were lower grade and found that I enjoyed the cards even more raw in albums than in the fancy plastic tombs.








I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea but it works for me. I think maybe because when I was a kid the cards from the 1950s and 1960s I saw were usually a bit dog-eared and well-loved, so I am nostalgic for that. This is the first "Silver Age" Topps card I ever got, so you see what I mean: