What was the first baseball card you ever purchased?

[pcoz]

First prewar card.......

[ullmandds]

damn Pete...B-BANG!!!!

[darwinbulldog]

I don't think I ever heard of a baseball card until my older sister found one in a library book in 1986 and let me have it. In retrospect that was very nice of her since it was a Ruth card (modern), and she was the big Ruth fan in the family. Anyway I decided I wanted more baseball cards so I got my dad to bring me to a card show a couple of weeks later at the Metairie Holiday Inn. I bought a 1986 Fleer Baseball's Best card of local favorite and promising rookie Will Clark and a 1972 Kellogg's Ty Cobb then a pack of 1986 Donruss.

First prewar card wasn't until about 16 years later, a '33 Goudey Maranville.

[Ronnie73]

I started actual collecting in 1984 and went to my first show in late 1985. The first card I purchased at the show was a 1981 Topps Dave Winfield for 50 cents. I thought it was so cool to see Dave in a different jersey other than Yankees. I still have that card. I had all the 1984 and 1985 cards from opening packs at the time so that's why I went with the 1981 Topps.

[SikSyko]

First cards would of been some mid 70's O-Pee-Chee packs (can't remember the year) and the first single card was this one.

[RichR]

My first card was bought at a card show in a mall card show in the mid 80s. It was a 59 Mickey Mantle AS. I still have it.

[teetwoohsix]

First T206, and still have it:

Sincerely, Clayton

[Paul S]

The first pre war card I ever purchased, in the sixties. All I had known up to that point was Ruth. Then I found out about Cobb. Then it blew my mind I could actually own one. Just sold it in the recent B&L auction.

[bbsports]

I started with 1964 Topps baseball in 5 cent packs & then bought a box for $1.25. My first auction by mail was a T206 Cobb red portrait for $5.00 from The Traders' Speaks magazine & a 1952 Topps Mantle for $36.00 in a SCD phone auction both in the early 70's.

[ATP]

First card I purchased from a dealer was a 1986 Fleer Jose Canseco rookie, for $10. I couldn't afford the Donruss one, at that time in 1987 they were going for $20. I remember the first week I had it, I took it out of the case and was admiring it. Laid it down on the ground in my room for a minute, and our cat (she was hefty) walked right over the top of it. Left a small crease and a couple light puncture marks from two claws...thankfully it was on the Eric Plunk half. Back in those days it still would have been considered near mint to my friends and I. Still have the card around somewhere.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by pcoz

First prewar card.......

Wow!

I'm guessing your first car was a

[abothebear]

The first pack I remember buying myself was '85 Topps. I remember walking home with my friends from the Five and Dime and opening the packs hoping for the olympic team cards.

The first singles I bought were probably Alan Trammel cards at a mall show.

[Bigdaddy]

My first packs were 1977 Topps baseball.

There was an antique mall in the next town over and a lady there had several boxes of cards that you could either buy (couple of cents each) or you could trade her two for one. Mostly I traded with her. The first individual card I remember buying from her was a 1966 Willie Mays. She had bought a small collection and did not put those in the 2-for-1 box. I think the card was $5 or $6 and I talked my mom and dad into giving it to me for Easter instead of candy. I remember there was also a Mantle and Koufax, but I passed on those to get the Mays.

[billyb]

Does buying the 1961 post cerial for the cards count. I could look at the back of the boxes before I made my purchase, yes I made the purchase. I was 13 at the time and my paper route money went for post cerial. I was looking for the Mantle, Kaline, or any other Tiger.

[AMBST95]

The first packs I remember actively ripping were 88 Topps. I would have been 8 years old at the time.

The first single cards I remember buying were Ripken singles and Donruss Diamond Kings at the Eastern Market in York, PA. The first large purchase I remember making was for an 82 Topps Ripken at a mall show.

My first prewar card I bought was in 2011 when I purchased a T206 Jack Dunn.

[Koufax32fan]

My dad took me to a card shop and I bought a 1966 Sandy Koufax for $6, and then bought a 100 card lot of 1968 commons for another $6. Still have them all. I think that was 1982.

[Orioles1954]

First Card: 1978 Kellogg's Lyman Bostock. I was 6 years old and I was wondering what all the "stuff" was on it....so I picked it off!

First Packs: 1983 Topps Football from a corner drug store in San Jose, California in 1983. I bought them for the sole purpose of scooping mud.

First single card purchase: 1972 Topps Hank Aaron for $10 at Dixie's Card Shop in Williamsport, PA. I was only 8 years old in 1984 and for some reason I thought Hank Aaron was white. So I bought the card and kind of stared at it for a while.

[Jayworld]

From a dealer: 1979 Topps baseball complete set from Leon Rock in January of 1979; cost: $9.99 plus shipping. His price beat other dealers by at least $4, but I had to wait 2 months to get the cards. Also assorted cards from Richard Gelman's Card Collector's Company that year, such as different lots of 1960s-70s Topps, T206 cards (50 cents each)

From a show: 1933 Goudey Gus Mancuso, 1951 Bowman Bobby Thompson, 1951 Bowman Hank Arft, Dallas Baseball Card Show at the Twin 60s Hotel, 1979.