I collected Topps football and baseball from the store in 1986. I was a kid, and no one was interested in football. Well, except this one older kid who took pity on me, and was willing to take the crappy football cards off my hands in trade for a "nice" stack of really old baseball cards. Yes, they were commons, but look how old! One was from 1974!
I traded about 500 86 Topps football for a stack of maybe 15 70's baseball cards, the best player was a 75 Dusty Baker. Condition wise, we are talking maybe half would achieve a grade above "A". There were 3 Jerry Rice rooks in the football cards, along with a ton of other good stuff.
I still have those beat to heck baseball cards. I despise them, but keep them as a reminder.
As a postscript, since the market collapsed, the value of those football cards has dropped from several hundred dollars to maybe $50, so much of the sting is gone. Nevertheless...
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