My Collecting Journey

[Eric72]

Quick note:

This is not meant to be a linear thread. I'll hop around a bit, flash back to childhood experiences, fast forward to modern day, etc. For this post, I'm taking a trip through the decades and landing back in the 1980s.

I don't have much left from those days. I churned through cards rather quickly in my youth; I often built a collection, sold or traded it off, and then started again. As a young adult, I set up at local card shows and used my collection as inventory. Cards went through my hands quickly; however, I was trading at a "profit" since I was on "the right side of the table."

Despite this, I did manage to keep at least one card all these years. I never displayed it in a showcase, wouldn't bring it to a show, and didn't have it with me when trading with friends.

So, what is this card? I'll place an image of it in the next post. You might be surprised. While quite a few people have cards from their youth, I seriously doubt many of you have one of these...