What was your first pre-war purchase?

[Mutton Chop Yaz]

Purchased on eBay in late 2016 when I hit my mid-30s and realized I could realistically collect cards that would have seemed impossible to obtain as a kid (I didn’t even see cards like this at the local card shops and flea markets I frequented in the 1990s), prompting a return to the hobby.

At $385, it was the most expensive card I’d purchased or owned up to that point. Of course, it seems like a relative bargain just a few years later. The 2015-2020 period will stand as a golden age for older millennials who returned to collecting during that stretch. Goudey Ruths could be had for $1,500, I tell ya.