It's the memories for me . . .
Baseball cards helped my acquire tons of memories with my father. Back in the 80s, before the Internet, most Saturday mornings he would go get the newspaper and we would look through the classifieds in search of card shows. It would usually be an interesting road trip! I do have most of the card sets we collected still in my PC (1966 Topps, 1972 Topps).
Also, I can still remember most of the card shops I frequented back in the 1980s. There was one card shop on Roseland Ave in Caldwell that me and my friends spent hours every week at, just hanging and talking baseball with whoever was there. I remember everybody who worked there and most conversations had, and I still have the Munson rookie card I bought there. Today, I can't remember my family members birthdays haha.
I remember that kind of stuff way more than the trades and other items I've acquired thru collecting.
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