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Bill K@selGreat tangent topic...
First pack purchased was 1981 Topps. I was 8 years old and distinctly remember sitting at the kitchen table organizing all of them by team which were properly then secured by a rubber band and stacked neatly in a shoe box. We'd use a pen and fill in the little box to note we had that player then my brother and I would go down the block and trade with our neighbors. I'll always remember the George Brett All-Star card. I LOVED that card for some reason.
There was nothing like carefully opening the pack and finding an all-star, or in-action, or record breaker card in those early 80's packs. Beats the pants off all the shiny crap in today's market where each pack runs you $3.00 mininum.
My wife implored me to save some of the vintage cards I had acquired when I decided to sell a majority of them off over the last few months. I did, and I'm glad I did. Not only will they continue to fuel my fire for vintage cards going forward, but they'll become my son's some day (I hope).
Bill