Just for fun.... How many still have their first card?

[hcv123]

The first cards I remember having were from 1972. I had a shoebox full of them. By 1975-76 I was much more into comic books and had started going to shows. I took my box of 1972's (pretty sure I had a Carew in there) to a comic book show and traded them for next to nothing. :-(

[Shoebox]

First pack of cards I ever received was a pack of 89 Donruss. I remember it had a Ryne Sandberg in it because I was a Cubs fan. I carried them in my pocket everywhere for the next week. Don't still have that card but still have a pristine example of the card in my avi that was pulled from a pack that first year as well.

[pawpawdiv9]

Yep, actually mine was a album/starter set from Sears at Xmas time. They were those TCMA all time cards of all the greatest players.

[Mountaineer1999]

These were great guys, thanks for sharing. There was nothing like opening up those fresh packs as a kid and hoping for a Stargell card.

[David W]

One of my first cards is the one with my User Name written on it.

In my circle of friends we all wrote our names or initials on the cards so we would not get them mixed up when we played with them.

[KingFisk]

Wow, what a great idea for a thread. I'm sure I still have this card somewhere buried in a box, but I remember this was the first card ever laying eyes on, after my mom bought me a pack of cards when I was 5...also in the pack was Dan Petry, Darrell Porter (an All-Star!!!), A's team card, and some others I don't remember...but here was number the opener....great memories..

[NateMack]

Picked up this beauty in about 1989. It was my first vintage card and one of the coolest ever because it was the card where Maris broke the record! I bought it for $4 I think at a card shop in Tucson, AZ called The Sportspage. I collected all the usual junk from the late 80's and early 90's, but this was my vintage card...

I can still remember finding the card in a stack of vintage and really being torn as to whether $4 bucks was going to set me back a ways...

ps: I dont know why my pics end up the wrong way, any help would be appreciated

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[NateMack]

Sorry double post

[steve B]

First pack was in 69, there was a drugstore that had penny candy and sometimes dad would let me go with him and pick out something. That time I saw the baseball card pack and asked what it was. Some gum and baseball cards?? What were those? So I bought a pack. We sat in the car and opened them, dad looked at them and said "hey this guy is pretty good". They went home and into the toybox for a while, I don't think I did much playing with them. Didn't buy any in 70, one pack in 71 for some reason, maybe to get the coin.

late 73 we moved to a new town and the kids I met were into sports. And collected cards. After getting a few, I remembered my old ones and searched the toybox for them. A couple of the 71s had survived, and the 71 coin. And one of the 69s, the one dad said was a "pretty good" player.

Reggie Jackson.

Still have it, haven't upgraded, not even as a second card. And yes, it's in "spent 4 years in a box with tinkertoys, hotwheels, and Tonka trucks and some other stuff " condition.

Steve B