Card show in SF, or more likely just south of SF in San Mateo circa 1976. I was about 8. My dad collected old Cal and 49er football programs (he may still) and brought me along. I bought a beat up T206 Camnitz and a T206 Irv Young, which I was convinced was Cy Young until I found out a few years later that Cy never pitched for Minneapolis. Judging by the price I paid, and what others have said they paid for T206's in 1970's, I think I got taken --- what kinda weasel screws an 8 year old out of his barely deserved allowance money--- but I still remember the excitement I felt when I first saw tobacco cards. Opening new packs never quite matched that, even if I did buy 1975 and 1976 Topps by 36 pack box. I just sold the Young to a fellow NET54 a month or two back. He knew it wasn't Cy. Then again he had me mail it his company so he's probably more than 8.
Last edited by Anthony S.; 08-12-2009 at 12:33 PM.
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