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When I was a kid in rural Indiana we had a group of 4-5 guys who were fanatic collectors. This would be in the mid 60s. Between us we must have gathered up every old card in town, but that was pretty pitiful. We had between us quite a few well worn 57-60s Topps. But there were a few rarities. There was only ONE 52 Topps. It was Art Houtteman. Only a couple of 53 Topps., but one of them was Satchel Paige. I remember there were only a couple of 54 Topps and Ray Murray was one. A special card to own because it was Philadelphia A's. Anyway the point is we traded those cards back and forth so many times. It was like every day. One day I would own Paige and the next Houtteman and then maybe a 57 Campanella. Those cards must have been traded a thousand times. I still have a few of those, but I'd give anything to get back some of those worn out rags. Especially that Paige that would grade poor at best.