I often wonder.....

[mortimer brewster]

I collected football cards in the fall of 1971. When football season ended my friends and I took our cards to the school playground and threw them in the air and watched the smaller kids run after them. This was after several months of pitching them against the school wall and writing on them. None of us thought to save them.

[CTDean]

I started buying 1 cent packs in the 1950's and it was for the gum. I saved the Orioles and the rest were eaten up by my bike spokes. I bought unopened boxes of 1959 Topps 1 cent packs from a friend in school for $1 a box. Opened each 1 cent pack, threw the card away and sold the gum for a nickel. Didn't start collecting cards until I was 28 in 1974.

[Case12]

Originally Posted by CTDean

I started buying 1 cent packs in the 1950's and it was for the gum. I saved the Orioles and the rest were eaten up by my bike spokes. I bought unopened boxes of 1959 Topps 1 cent packs from a friend in school for $1 a box. Opened each 1 cent pack, threw the card away and sold the gum for a nickel. Didn't start collecting cards until I was 28 in 1974.

Ever get a stale piece of gum that broke and crumbled in your mouth? - yuck.

[Case12]

I started to take care of certain cards in 60's and 70's when the 3D versions came out. Those were awesome, and too cool to put on my bicycle. :-)