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Originally Posted by Tony Gordon
My dad was born in 1937 as well but on the near North Side of Chicago where he could obtain just about anything he wanted. He collected cards. I suspect he had Bowmans, Exhibits and Leafs from the late 1940's. When I got into collecting in the mid-1970's, we went to my grandmother's house to look for his cards. Her basement was stacked with junk from her entire life, except for my dad's cards. She threw those out.
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Ouch! When my dad passed away in 1979, my Mom redecorated the house I grew up in. I don't remember her calling me to say "please come get your boxes of cards, scorecards, etc." although it's entirely possible she did, perhaps more than once. At some point, I went looking in my old room and elsewhere for my stuff, and it was all gone. I'm not sure I even asked her about it because I knew the answer already and didn't want to make her feel bad.