What was your first pre-war purchase?

[mrreality68]

This may sound odd especially since I am a Ruth, Jackson collector primarily.

But my first pickups were Raw T206 and T205 Cards. At the time walked into a Great little Card store on Long Island and he had alot of T205 and T206 Cards that were on display and Raw. Many HOFers and at reasonable prices. So I picked up a few of each. Expanded to non HOFers and was working on each set but was to many players, add backs (prior to me appreciating Ad backs like my Joe Jackson Ad Backs), and so on.
I also picked up a Cap Anson because he was the first Truly Famous player to me (no knock on others) and I wanted a card from the 1800's.
Also even though prices were reasonable the more I bought the more my money was tied up. So when my dream card a 1909 Joe Jackson became available I did not have funds and realized how much I had tied up in the cards.

All since sold to support my Ruth and Jackson addictions