Man I couldn't wait to get these back in the day...

Jantz · #1 10-12-2016, 10:41 PM

I don't remember those ads because I wasn't collecting 30 years ago, but I do remember Teletrade on the phone.

Still cool to look back and see what prices were then.

trdcrdkid · #2 10-12-2016, 11:02 PM

Ah, Sports Collectors' Store. I have fond memories of going there in the late 70s and early 80s when it was still on the southwest side of Chicago, even though I was a kid and didn't have much money to spend, maybe $20 or $30 on a typical visit. I was not an active collector in 1985, when this ad came out, but when I got back into the hobby in the summer of 1991, this place was one of the first card shops I visited. When I started subscribing to SCD a year or two later, their ads almost always had great stuff that I coveted.

Huysmans · #3 10-13-2016, 04:53 AM

I too had an SCD subscription in the mid-to-late 1980s....
and I couldn't wait for that issue every week!
I think they came on Thursdays or Fridays.... But I can't remember for sure.
Great memories!

Leon · #4 10-15-2016, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jantz

I don't remember those ads because I wasn't collecting 30 years ago, but I do remember Teletrade on the phone.

Still cool to look back and see what prices were then.

When I was doing the HOF Rookie thing I had gotten my Rose rookie from Teletrade. You could find some neat stuff in those auctions....

BeanTown · #5 10-15-2016, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jantz

I don't remember those ads because I wasn't collecting 30 years ago, but I do remember Teletrade on the phone.

Still cool to look back and see what prices were then.

I think I built half a CJ set from Teletrade. The trick was to get connected on their bidding phone system which only had so many lines available. Then just bid away with minutes left as it would not allow you to do max bids.

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