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Originally Posted by homerunhitter
Im one of those old farts that collected before technology took over and I’ll tell you, it was amazing! We collected for the pure love of the hobby, didn’t care about condition of cards or if we traded a Mickey Mantle for a Phi Niekro. We were just happy getting cards of our favorite trans or players. As mentioned above, interaction and having fun was everything. Nowadays the hobby is all about quick flips, getting one over on someone and graded cards. Old school collecting is the way!
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But how? I'd imagine it was more in the larger populated cities. My family all grew up farming, and living in very modest ways. My Dad was born in 1937, and they had 8 people living in a 4 room house with no running water. He passed away in 1996, and I did ask him questions, and in no way was a baseball card something he would have been able to have had. He told me sticks, and rocks are what they used to play baseball. I'm just trying to imagine the amount of cards that still exist, and it's amazing to me.