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Posted By: jay behrens

The Golden Era has to be 1979-89. 1979 saw the advent of the Beckett price guide letting the average person know that those cards in attic were worth some money. It was also the first big boom in the hobby. Shows and shops were popping up all over the country and anyone with a Price Club membership could be a dealer with a huge modern inventory in the mid to late 80s.

Then there was the fact that most of the major dealers of the day were also the legendary collectors we talk about today.

We'll never a see a time like that again where the hobby was growing and the innocence, awe and wonder was still there. None of that is there today.

Jay

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.