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john/z28jdI had my family over for thanksgiving dinner and i showed them some cards including old judges and t206 cards which got mild reactions.They wanted to see Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle cards
This past year i skipped right over the old card for something everyone was interested in.I have all 5 team sets that my cousins husband was in while he played in the minor leagues.He was at the dinner,so everyone got a kick out of seeing his cards especially the one where his teammates had the card maker put in his bio that he liked singing and dancing.Definitely the highlight of the day.
Just proves you have to cater to your audience.As for girls they always pretend to like Walter Johnson t206 cards till they actually see them.Heres a conversation thats happened before all too many times:
me-Wanna come to my house and see my Polar Bear Johnson?
random girl- you have a polar bear johnson? wow i guess i could come in?
me- (taking walter johnson card out) heres what youve been waiting to see
random girl- thats it? its so small tho 
me-its a tobacco card,produced between 1909 and 1911 tobacco companies used pictures of popular players of the day to help sales for their product by including the cards into each pack.Polar Bear cards actually came in a pouch and were rolled by the customer so the cards were in contact with the tobacco and are much harder to find in high grade.......wait come back,you said you wanted to see my Neal Ball cards,i have NY and Cleveland!!!
Dejected i walk back in the house and i sulk because she said she had a Mint condition Donie Bush i couldve traded for