...besides boredom from "working" at home.
What first drew you to collect stuff from baseball players none of us ever saw play a single game?
For me, it was the artistic quality of the older cards first and foremost, followed by an interest in baseball history - especially Detroit Tiger (and Wolverine) history. I see a card like the Goudey Charlie Gehringer and wonder why they can’t make cards like that today.
I have discovered an interest in learning about how and why a ball park (Bennett Park) was named after a catcher who’s not even in the hall of fame, and then I really have to have a Charlie Bennett card. I see a t206 Walter Johnson portrait card and think it should be hanging in an art museum somewhere.
What lured you in? Was it your dad’s collection? Did you see a chance to earn some money? Did you read a book about Babe Ruth? Were you at a show in the 90’s and saw your first tobacco card?
What hooked you? And what’s that first prewar card you had to have?
For a guy who used to go to Tiger Stadium, alias Bennett Park, it was this:
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