T206's thrown away back in the day?

[Bob Lemke]

This thread reminds me of this 1900s English postcard.

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[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Bob Lemke

This thread reminds me of this 1900s English postcard.

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It's the Sloate rookie!
[ancient Net54 joke]

[barrysloate]

So old I don't even get it.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

So old I don't even get it.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear: http://tinyurl.com/lw56vja

[bbcard1]

A couple of quick pieces of info to add to the conversation. Back in the 80s I met and old, old man who told me about how the boys would hang around the duckpin bowling alleys and often the men would throw their packs in the gutters and they would scramble for them. He had a nice little collection, though I have no idea what ever became of it...probably 500 cards, a couple of Cobbs but nothing really high grade or scarce that I recall.

Also a few year back a turn-of-the-century house in Lynchburg was being remodeled. They found a few dozen high grade cards where the empty packs with cards still inside had been sealed in a closed off area.

[wonkaticket]

I thought this was Barry's rookie card?

[peterb69]

In the early 70's when I was a youngster, an elderly woman at our church was selling her home and moving into a nursing home. Her husband had died awhile before, but she still had his baseball cards when he was a kid. I calculate being a "kid" would have been around 1910.

She knew I collected cards and asked me if I wanted his collection. Without even looking at them I said, thanks, but I only collect modern day players.

Oh how I wish I didn't say anything and took them. They ended up in the trash.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I thought this was Barry's rookie card?

Nice. Did you show this to Judy, Barry?