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Savelli said he started collecting as a 10 year old kid in the 40s when he went on a family trip from Canada to New Haven, Conn., where he bought his first pack of baseball cards from a store.

Then he said that card collecting really took off in the early 70s when the first card convention was held in Detroit.

I recall attending my first card show at a Holiday Inn in around 1977. I saw a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth’ for sale by an older guy. I told the guy that I wanted to buy it. He answered me, “kid, you can’t afford it. It costs $100 !!!”

To me, a 10 year old kid back in 77’, $100 seemed like $10,000 today, and I’m sure most adults at the time thought it was crazy to pay $100 for a cardboard toy!

Ahh, to go back in time!

P.s. Something that cost $100 in 1977 would cost around $600 today when accounting for inflation only.