Collecting in the Early 1970s

[ALR-bishop]

I bought cards in packs through 1962. Starting in 1963 I started ordering full series of cards from the Card Collectors Company. I loved packs but getting those thick packages full of cards throughout the summer was neat too

[ALR-bishop]

Great item Todd. Was it a send away for item

[Zach Wheat]

I used to love these comic booklets when the '70 Topps came out. I used to collect them all but somehow never managed to complete the set of 24....

[pokerplyr80]

I started collecting in 1989 at the age of 9 so these are a little before my time but they're great to look at. I wish I could send my dad or grandfather a message back through time and tell them to pick me up a couple of those $250 Honus Wagners.

[steve B]

And here I thought the plastic pages that came in a binder showing all the team logos in 74 were the first...........

I'd love to find a few of the loose leaf pages shown in that catalog.

Yes, I'm that one oddball that sort of collects the collecting accessories.

Steve B

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I bought cards in packs through 1962. Starting in 1963 I started ordering full series of cards from the Card Collectors Company. I loved packs but getting those thick packages full of cards throughout the summer was neat too

[ls7plus]

Ah, the seventies! The only time period when I could have afforded a T206 Wagner, but alas, I ceased collecting as a kid in 1969, and didn't get back to it until about 1990. As John Greanleaf Whittier once said:

"Of all the sad words of tongue and of pen, the saddest are these--it might have been."

I guess my newly acquired 1909 Max Stein Wagner (try and find another one of these!) will just have to do!

Highest regards and best wishes in your collecting,

Larry