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Posted By: Dan Bretta

When I was a kid I collected modern cards, but I didn't just collect, I hoarded them. It wasn't until my dad convinced me that I was wasting my money on the new stuff that I had a change of heart. My dad gave me three Old Judge cards that he had found in an old scrapbook album that he acquired at an auction. One of them was Dan Brouthers and when I looked him up in the price guide I noticed the HoF notation next to his name and it picqued my curiosity to learn more about him. I didn't really start to collect the cards at that point, but I started getting into stratomatic games with friends using the oldtime players which led to more research. I joined SABR and the rest is history.

I kick myself now for wasting so much money on 1986 Donruss cards when I could have been spending that money on T-206, Cracker Jacks, and Goudeys that a fellow at the flea market had a huge book full of. I remember looking through that book lots of times, but the $10-$20 pricetag on those cards just seemed outrageous to me.