Great write up. Thanks for sharing your stories.
Circa 1998-99 I finally embraced grading. I was focusing on Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Clemente and I only wanted PSA 8’s. Then in 2000 my buddy and I went to a Tri-Star show in San Francisco. Didn’t have any specific card I was chasing. Then I ran across Ric Changie (hopefully I’m spelling that correct) and there it was in all its glory sitting in his display case. A 1933 Goudey Gehrig PSA 8. I had to have it. The problem, $10k. My understanding and supportive wife would laugh, then kill me. lol. I ended up trading all my post war PSA 8’s and $2k for that glorious Gehrig. That was my gateway card to Pre-war. However, I soon realized that I could not continue to go after PSA8’s. Too expensive. So I sold the Gehrig and went down the mid-grade route.
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