Six years. My sister gave me a 1986 Big League Chew Babe Ruth she found between the pages of a library book. My dad took me to a Holiday Inn card show the next month (April '86), and I spent all the money I had (about $4) on a modern Ty Cobb card, a Will Clark, and a pack of '86 Donruss. From there it was my principle hobby until the last time I went to a show at that same Holiday Inn and spent all the money I had (about $30) on the new "Stadium Club Dome" set in 1991. I was pretty much out after that, but I bought one pack of 1992 Fleer Ultra when that came out.
I tried half-heartedly setting up an eBay account in '98 or '99 and unfortunately didn't follow through with that until 2002. Once I was on there I was back into the hobby within a few minutes and into pre-war within a few weeks.
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