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This is a great post. During the halcyon days of early 1987, while basking in the glory of the New York Mets, I eagerly shoveled snow around the neighborhood to afford the following:

1) $8 for the 1985 Topps Dwight Gooden rookie card.
2) $8 for the 1984 Topps Darryl Strawberry rookie card.
3) $15 for a badly off-centered, 1979 Ozzie Smith rookie card.

I bought those cards at the Union Market in Union, NJ, which was an awesome place -- in the same way that the Cantina in Star Wars was an awesome place.