collecting a player....

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Looking through this thread earlier in the week motivated me to go by my parents house and look through the attic for apiece of my past so I could best explain(with a couple pictures) WHY I collect Christy Mathewson. When I was younger our family didn't have alot of money, looking back on it now I see that but at the time I did not realize it. My mother was the "home decorator" on a budget type. When I was 8 it was time to decorate my bedroom and we only had enough money to wallpaper 1 out of my 4 walls. My father was a baseball card and comic book show promoter throughout the state of Kentucky and we both loved baseball, therefore it was only fitting that "we" got to pick out my wallpaper. Below there are two pictures of my wallpaper(1 a 6 foot sheet, the other pic is a close up section). THere are several prominent "old ball players" represented. I was a pitcher when I was 8 and had dark hair just like Matty. Although I knew nothing else about him, that he was a pitcher and had dark hair, he istantly became my favorite player. I even tried to style my hair like him for a period of time. Ha Ha. Although I did not know much about him at the beginning, I have learned much about him since and enjoy learning about his days with the NY giants, Cin. Reds, etc.
The other pictures are of some cards I have picked up since I was 8. THe
t206 I bought RAW in Cincinnati when I was 10 and I had it graded a while back. The '14 CJ I bought at a CLeveland National several years ago. The
T205 was a gift from my dad, who NEVER gave me cards. I always had to buy them..good lesson I now appreciate. THat is why I collect Matty, all because of wallpaper.