OK, I'll bite. Not sure if I qualify (there's that doubt going again) as a lurker with just over 1000 posts. However, one of the reasons I don't post on a lot of threads in the pre-war section is
because I don't have a single pre-war baseball card. Being a Canadian, I have pre-war hockey and pre-was non-sports, and lots of post war hockey and CFL football going back to 1952. As a set collector, I always have a need somewhere in the hockey realm.
I subscribed to SCD in the late 80's and on through the 90's, until it essentially stopped publishing, so I've followed the baseball hobby. With a young family at the time, I simply didn't have the ability to spend a few hundred bucks on a T206 red or green Cobb. Now I look at them and want to jump in.
I have a few baseball, some of the old 60's OPC that I collected (and kept) as a kid. I've picked up a few 52 Topps... no Mantle, but a Mathews, Mays, Reese. Constantly looking at the high numbers, and some of the more desirable low numbers.
However, TBH I am a little embarrassed on this board to say "Hey, I'm now retired and ready to get a red Cobby or Matty portrait to my collection." after seeing the quality of others. I've also developed a real affinity for N28's and N162's, and would love to add a decent HOFer like Anson. Those cards and colors are simply beautiful.
While I have a nice collection of hockey and other things that, with price increases, is now well into six figures, I am a little shy on the pre-war baseball stuff.
That's why I lurk in this section way more than I post.
OK, I said it. I feel better now...
