[jingram058]

So far, my album of tobacco cards means the most to me. Many of these I have had for a long time. Big Jim Mutrie was very difficult to find. All of these cards could be had for a fraction of their cost/value as recently as 25 or so years ago. But they don't really go well on display with Goudeys and Play Balls from the 1930s, and certainly not with 1950s/60s Topps and Bowman cards. I have always thought these historic little cards as domething totally apart. Then I remembered a cigarette picture-card album I had. I dug through boxes and bookcases and finally found it. What better place to keep these little cards, as opposed to small sleeves? Yes, this modest little album of cards means more to me than anything in my collection. Not that I don't love my other cards and memorabilia...