Tell your stories Of dealings with legends of the hobby

[BobbyVCP]

Starting in 1973 I took the bus every Saturday during the summers to Goody's place on Santa Monica Blvd near Fairfax with my $50 I earned from working for my dad. Like a previous poster said it was wall to wall stuff. You would knock on the door he would let you in. I would tell him a few players I would want like Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, etc and he would go in the back and a few minutes later come back with stacks of cards usually in rubber bands for you to go through and choose. The mentioned names where all $6 each and lower tier HOF's all $4. I only collected HOF players at the time so would usually end up leaving the store with about 10-15 cards each time. The most expensive card I ever bought from him was a T206 Plank for $50. Ruth cards where in the $25-35 range and Gehrig a little lower. I only had interest in Pre-war cards at the time and he had mostly T206, Goudey and Playball. As well for some reason it seemed that every one of his 39 PB's had the sample stamped backs.