You Never Forget Your First.....

[Runscott]

Wow, yeah - thanks for posting. I can't even dream up a story that would come close to that one.

My earliest vintage collectable is a baseball I got signed at the Astrodome in 1972, by the Giants, then in 1973 by the Phillies. It was the first time I ever met major leaguers after collecting cards for years, so nothing Topp's that

[GoCubsGo32]

Whoa! Awesome story!

My cousin got me and my brother interested with baseball cards in 1992, when I was 6 years old. My brother and I were behaving well, so my mom purchased a pack of baseball cards for us to share. She also purchased our first Beckett that same day at KMart. When we got home, my brother and I divided the pack into two. We then took turns seeing who we got and looking at the prices of each card in the Beckett. Most of the cards were .05, .15 cents....then...my brother..struck oil for us......
this card was worth....$3.00 !! WE WERE RICH!


We had no idea who "Frank Thomas" was, so we thought if his card is worth $3.00...HE MUST BE GOOD! Frank Thomas became my brother's favorite player from that day forward.We still have that card to this day.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

The OP's glove and history are truly extraordinary and one of the best posts on this and the "Old Board"!! In comparison this rather pedestrian offering was retrieved from a can, in 1956 or so while making regular scrap hunts in my growing up Chicago neighborhood with my "tricked out" coaster wagon on garbage pick up day. Besides a radiator, there was a horse collar w/hames and this mitt. No pirates involved, just a nasty elderly competing junk man around the corner. My first baseball item besides cards.

[perezfan]

Hey Joe...

I need a George Sisler endorsed Mitt for my collection... Any chance that you'd trade that one for a nice Jimmie Foxx model?

Haha... couldn't resist! I think we all have a few "untouchable" pieces, but that story is indeed hard to beat.

FWIW, my first-ever piece of baseball memorabilia was the white version Giants Pennant below, given to me at age 5 (by my Dad). The very first of way too many pennants, and the root of subsequent obsessive compulsive disorder.

[vintagesportscollector]

Thanks for sharing the memories guys....keep 'em coming...

[Misha]

I used to play with my dad's old Red Barber game in the days before video games, so I guess it was the first item.