Remember the good old days when............

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

When you could buy a box of cards and make money with the contents . And keep a few thing for yourself .

+1

When you could buy a lot of all 4 t206 cobbs in a lipset auction...sell 3 to make your money back and get a greeny for free!!!

[pokerplyr80]

When I used to ride my bike to the local gas station or grocery store and use my allowance money to buy a pack or two hoping to find a Ken Griffey Jr card.

[bnorth]

One of my favorite dealers back in the day sold baseball cards, guns, and fishing equipment. I was in my late teens to early twenties during the time he was a card dealer along with everything else. Living in a small rural community he had almost everything I needed back then.

[tedzan]

Hey Dustin and Pete

At an auction, after the BB card Show in Toms River, NJ in the Summer of 1982,
high bidder for VgEx T206 green Cobb and a red Cobb was $15 each.

At that same auction, a Rose rookie (Ex) went for $100.

Those were the days.


TED Z
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[53Browns]

When Upper Deck and their "tamper proof" packs werent around to kill the hobby for kids!

[JollyElm]

How about simply remembering when you actually found a baseball card shop (because there were so very few of them out there and ebay didn't yet exist), you walked through the door and took in that musty, cardboard-y aroma and you knew you were in heaven!!!!

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey Dustin and Pete

At an auction, after the BB card Show in Toms River, NJ in the Summer of 1982,
high bidder for VgEx T206 green Cobb and a red Cobb was $15 each.

At that same auction, a Rose rookie (Ex) went for $100.

Those were the days.


TED Z
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Ya... 1982 was the last year I put together a topps set... And I was much more enamored with Hall of Famer's from the 50s to present than the old-timers!

[mechanicalman]

When my net worth was determined by the direction in which black triangles were pointing.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey Dustin and Pete

At an auction, after the BB card Show in Toms River, NJ in the Summer of 1982,
high bidder for VgEx T206 green Cobb and a red Cobb was $15 each.

At that same auction, a Rose rookie (Ex) went for $100.

Those were the days.


TED Z
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That is ridiculous ! Wish I was collecting back then . Only if I had a more refined taste when I was one year old . Well it did take time . In the mid 90s someone was selling a 1955 topps sandy Koufax. It was 30 dollars and I passed !