In 1972 I bought most of my cards in Rak Paks at a store called Coronet in Westbury (Long Island). They has a nickel vendor in the vestibule as well, right as you exited. Gil Hodges died that spring and was THE hot card in the neighborhood. I couldn't find one at all for weeks and weeks and then one day, for the first and only time ever, I stuck a nickel in the vendor, and out came 5 cards with a Gil Hodges just sitting there on top. Kismet.
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