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Ted ZanidakisYou are correct, there were very few adv. selling rare backs back then. But, as you well know, the
serious T206 collectors were hunting for them.....especially the BROAD LEAF, DRUM, LENOX, Red HINDU
and UZIT backs.
I recall passing up on 2 DRUM's ($100 each) in 1985, because I already had a DRUM.....dumb....dumb !
Art, it was a really a different world back then, we didn't know which way to go. There were so many
options in collecting. I had completed my original Bowman sets and '52 Topps set, and simultaneously,
working on T206, 1933 & '34 Goudey, Dia. Star and Play Ball sets.
Furthermore, Barry Sloate got me started on the N162 set with a nice deal on the 42 non-BB cards.
As the song says...."Those Were The Days". Care to share some of your stories from the '70s or early '80s ?
TED Z