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[CobbSpikedMe]

Welcome back to the hobby John and welcome aboard here at N54. You'll find a wealth of knowledge here. But be careful, if you venture to the prewar side you may get hooked on that as well.

Best of luck to you with your collecting adventure.

AndyH

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[ALR-bishop]

Welcome, John

[Paul S]

Howdy, John -- and thanks for sharing your story

[Harliduck]

Thanks for the welcome!

I have been looking at the pre-war stuff and you aren't kidding. Wow. That is what is really cool about collecting now verses 20 years ago, the internet has made these cards accessible to buy, or even just to see. All I had when I was a kid was some old books, and when I got a beat up 59 Jim Perry when I was around 10, I thought I had something out of King Tuts grave and was the hero of the neighborhood...now I can scroll around and find Old Judge cards...just crazy. I've seen cards here in the last few days that quite frankly belong in museums, just awesome. The knowledge and the collections the folks here have are simply unbelievable.

As for the downpayment on the house...my first house as a 19 year old in 1989 was $69K. Sold all three of those cards for just under $2k at the time. This was long before grading, but they seemed pristine at the time, easily 7's I would guess. I would say it was a good investment because I sold that house 3 years later for $122K, which means the sold money did better than the cards. I have no idea what those three would sell for if they were all 7s today? I can tell you hangman, I would have traded anyone of those 3 cards for that 66 Mantle back then, HAHA...well, maybe not...

[novakjr]

Welcome aboard John...

Great story, and I like the 59 Jim Perry/Tut's Grave comment...I think we all had that 1 card in our youth.. As embarrassing as it sounds, for me it was a 66 Jim Lefebvre.

And while we're all posting pics of our dogs...