The 1st sport card, you remember seeing?

[gemmint77]

I was 10 and our small south Texas town had just opened its first hobby shop. I remember walking in with my younger brother and seeing all the Mid 80's Topps and Donruss cards. My eyes were drawn to the 68 Ryan Rookie for $50.00 bucks!!

[hoot-owl]

And the back of a 1962 Post Alpha-bets box. Still some of my favorite sets. 1st year I bought packs at the Main Street NewsRoom--1965. Couldn't believe the "pink" borders on the Yankees and Pirates.

[autograf]

1974 Topps wax pack..........

Also remember the Hostess cards fondly. Lots of hoho's and king don's rolling back in those days.............

[irv]

Originally Posted by MartyFromCANADA

Definitely O-Pee-Chee Hockey, either 83' or 84'. No exact card.

Some of these guys have great memories!!

I am going to say likely the same, Marty, but in all honesty, it could have been the Esso Gas station cards/stickers/book as that is the clearest in my memory.

[mark evans]

Must have been '58 Topps. The Mantle card sticks in my mind, as well as the All-Star cards. At some point back in those days, I also encountered a '57 Mantle which is my favorite card and one of the first I collected when I got back into the hobby as an adult.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by autograf

1974 Topps wax pack..........

Also remember the Hostess cards fondly. Lots of hoho's and king don's rolling back in those days.............

Those Hostess cards were big with me. That and the Drake's and Kellogg's. Good eatin and a card. Heaven.

Tom C

[Mike (18colt)]

1980 Topps Football Ray Guy is the first I recall.

First "older" cards were a 56 Whitey Ford, 52 (?) Sid Gordon & Wes Westrum Red Man Tobacco, and a 67 Bill White, all found at my grandparents house in 1983.

[Touch'EmAll]

The "older" kids at the bus stop had 1972 Topps (probably September '72), I just turned 7 yrs. old, looked very interesting. Next year, 1973, was first year I actually got some packs.

I remember the Toy City down the street had the 3-part cellos. Would go down on the weekend with my bike and spend time going thru the whole box on the counter looking for major stars to be showing front or back.

Also the Hostess - going to the store with my folks, would always go look at the Twinkles/HoHo's/Cupcakes and try and find a Nolan Ryan - then try and talk my mom into buying it, or if I had allowance money.

As an adult, my first big time purchase was a T206 Cobb bat on CSA 5 - way back many years ago. Eventually I sent it in to PSA for crossover, min. grade PSA 5 - and it made it! Still have that card today. However, beware, crossovers last 5-10 years have not been good.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

The first two I vividly remember: 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly rookie and the 1986 Donruss Jose Canseco rookie (can't exactly remember which I saw first?).

You guys have been talking about the Hostess cards. I remember those, and I also remember the Kellogg's cards on the side panels of the cereal boxes.