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Originally Posted by LarsenMN
70's early 80's card shop? Did such a thing exist? We used to have Shinder's cards, comics and magazine shops here in Minnesota. The last one closed in downtown St. Paul over a decade ago. It was a perfect place for dad's. Kids would look at cards and the dad's would be looking at Penthouse's and Playboys in the ADULT ONLY section. Sadly, I was just a kid.  |
A guy named Phil Bolsta ran a one man card shop in St. Cloud late 70's. I think mostly he was just liquidating his own stuff, which was extensive. When I moved to Phoenix in '81, Bob Wilke already had The Shoe Box up and running for awhile. I have great memories of each place.
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