Show Your Oldest Card....

[rainier2004]

Had this for nearly 29 years...

[ALR-bishop]

[39special]

My dad bought me this card in '79.Carl signed it for me in his driveway in the same year.When I stopped collecting 25+ years ago,it is the only card I didn't sell.Every time I look at it,it reminds me of my dad,and being a kid.
Somedays I wish I still was a kid!!

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by 39special

My dad bought me this card in '79.Carl signed it for me in his driveway in the same year.When I stopped collecting 25+ years ago,it is the only card I didn't sell.Every time I look at it,it reminds me of my dad,and being a kid.
Somedays I wish I still was a kid!!

Nice card and story.

Tried to quit and have sold off half my collection but I'm finding it very hard to completely stop collecting.

I'm guessing that card will remain with you until your last days. It would with me also.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by auggiedoggy

Nice card and story.

Tried to quit and have sold off half my collection but I'm finding it very hard to completely stop collecting.

I'm guessing that card will remain with you until your last days. It would with me also.

If it were mine it would be with me for literally eternity. Hopefully it will be with 39Special that long too...

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by Leon

If it were mine it would be with me for literally eternity. Hopefully it will be with 39Special that long too...

Leon,

You're right. If I had a card with that kind of sentimental value it literally would stay with me for eternity.

[packs]

Here's my oldest card. I bought this Matty at a Gloria Rothstein show when I was about 10 or 11 in White Plains. I was there with my dad and I'm pretty sure it was the show where Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams were signing. Joe got mad at something and Ted got sick, so both were only there for about half as long as they were supposed to be. I remember they were charging $150 each for anything and me and my dad thought that was crazy. My dad and I stood in the autograph room and watched them sign for a little while.

I bought this card for $100 raw and then years later it received a 3. But it's a 10 to me.

[39special]

Originally Posted by auggiedoggy

Nice card and story.

Tried to quit and have sold off half my collection but I'm finding it very hard to completely stop collecting.

I'm guessing that card will remain with you until your last days. It would with me also.

I already told my wife to make sure I'm buried with it!!