Where did you buy your first Pre-War Card ? Which card ?

[deadballera]

Where did you buy your first vintage card ?

A card store ?
Card Show ?
eBay ?
A different online auction ?
From the BST from Net54 ?

Which card was it ?




For me, my first card was a 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig. After watching Pride of the Yankees, I was hooked and wanted to get one his cards. I bought the card from Teletrade about 15 years ago.

Share your story....

[prestigecollectibles]

I bought a 1935 Diamond Stars Jimmie Foxx #64 at a high school gym card show in the early 80s. I was about 13 years old. It had many creases and I paid $12. My mom couldn't believe I spent so much on a baseball card.

[triwak]

eBay, about 5 years ago. Hooked!

[slantycouch]

T206 Weimer at a mall card show when I was about 12. I had $18 to spend at the whole show and the guy gave it to me for $3. I was quite pleased. Still have it too.

[calvindog]

About 6 years ago on ebay....

[Epps]

About 4 years ago I got a 1919 W514 Jackson for around $100 on ebay. I have upgraded since then, but I will always keep that card.

[Chris Counts]

When I was 13 in 1974, I attended one of the early Southern California card shows in Anaheim. John Parks was a regular dealer at these shows and one of the nicest guys I've ever met in the hobby. He acquired a large scrapbook of T206s and soaked them off the pages. He sold me a Three Finger Brown, a Sherry Magee, a Nap Lajoie, an Addie Joss and a Hal Chase ... for a dollar each! By the way, I recall T206s generally sold for a dollar each at those early shows, while '33 Goudeys fetched $2-3 each ...

[Bill Stone]

About 5 years ago I purchased some T210 Series 6 cards from Bill Cornell. He was a great assist in getting me started.

[talkinbaseball]

I remember looking for and buying a T-206 Drum Back at the Nassau Collesium shows in the late 70's or early 80's.I consigned it to Mastro Auctions before there company became a mess.I thought it was time for someone else to enjoy it.
john guzze

[rc4157]

The first individual vintage card I purchased was this T-206 Bates from a show in Dayton, Ohio just a few years ago. I was advised by the Net54 Masters to never let it go and I plan to keep it.
RC

[Tim Fritz]

My mom would let me order cards in the mid-80s for Christmas and my birthday from one of the mail in catalogs. I can't remember which one I ordered the McGinnity and McGraw (portrait with cap) from in about 1985. And I also can't remember the price. I do remember that I also got a '59 Mantle and a '59 Mays with them.

Sold both T206s during college. Didn't buy another until ebay came along about 10 years ago.

[ethicsprof]

'round 1984 soon after getting married, i bought a T206 dark cap Matty for
'round 19 dollars at a show at a convention center---
and my wife loved the card.
we're celebrating our 25th anniv. this weekend with a tamed Monster as part of our joint marriage resume---and yes, she still loves the cards.

best,
barry

[Kawika]

Bought a '57 Topps Mays from a shop in West L.A. around 1982 for ten dollars. Thought I discovered gold and that I would never see another vintage card again. Little did I know. First pre-war card I ever bought was a '33 Goudey Dizzy Dean from Papa's Sportscards on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, California around 1987. Ol' Diz was a childhood favorite from Game of the Week broadcasts and again I thought I should jump on it because I figured I'd never seen one before and I'd probably never see one again. Paid waaay too much; Papa totally hosed me. Next vintage card I acquired was a '32 Zeenut Oana which I bought off eBay as a remembrance of my last conversation with my father the night before he passed away in 2001 when we talked about life and beauty and the San Francisco Seals. Still have all three cards; the rest is history down the slippery slope of vintage card addiction.

On another subject, the Dean card presents a cautionary tale. It has sat on a counter top for the past 15 years or so under ambient light and the colors have faded badly. Probably a good idea to store your cards with a bit more forethought. You may go now, grasshopper.

[wolfdogg]

I got a phone call from an uncle who had helped some friends clean out an old house. He found a small "foot locker" type box and opened it. He said that the box was full of old "stuff". In the bottom of the box there was an old baseball card. This was probably around 1983-early '84 (I was 12-13 yrs old). The card turned out to be a 1933 Goudey #206 Gus Suhr. Has back damage and some front damage from I guess bugs(????). I still have this card even though I have had 2 or 3 of the same card in better condition BUT I always keep this one......and probably always will.

[mikedenero]

I wish this wasn't the case, but I believe that my first prewar purchase was a '33 Goudey Danny McFayden PSA 3 on eBay about 7 years ago.

[HRBAKER]

First PWW1 was a T205 Eddie Collins won in a Richard Wolfers auction in 1993. First PWW2 was a 1939 Playball Gehringer from a Kevin Savage SCD as in 1991.

[brianp-beme]

My first Pre-WW2 cards came together in lumpy fashion. I was driven by my folks to a card show near LAX in 1981, and the first dealer inside (yes, I remember it was on the right side) had some beat up old cards in their case. I took them all for $11.00, pretty much all I had to spend. I ended up with:

T206 Mathewson Dark Cap
T206 Johnson pitching
E98 Cy Young
T205 Breshnahan
T205 Wheat (Broadleaf back)

All around Fair to F-G condition. These cards started me on the path to low-grade collecting bliss. I have never minded to swim amongst my fellow shark fodder in that mediocre stuff called water. I still have each card, and if I had to get rid of all my cards I have collected except one, I would hang onto the Matty.

Brian

[danmckee]

This one is easy! 1969 Holiday Inn Pikesville Maryland show. T206 Green Cobb for $2.00 It is still in my set today. Dan.