Why we love the hobby

[dclarkraiders]

My father delivered bread to stores for Holsum Bread. He would bring packs of cards home for my brother and myself starting in 1972. By far the most packs he brought home were 1975 Baseball Cello or Wax packs. Shown below are 75 Topps Brett and Yount which I pulled out of packs as a 12 year old. I would love to have kept some of the packs unopened but when you are 12 years old all you can think about is opening the packs to see which players you get and hoping for Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt, Boog Powell or Brooks Robinson,etc.

Great thread by the way. Thanks for starting it

[dclarkraiders]

Also, I pulled the card shown below out of a '73 Topps pack of my favorite Raider as a child.

Duane

[Piratedogcardshows]

I have a lot of memorable cards from my youth but this is the favorite. I pulled one of these in 1992 from a pack and had no idea what I had. A older kid in the neighborhood got it off me for some basketball cards I believe. Found out later it was among the first autograph inserts and have since added back a few examples. Cant even remember the kids name now

[orly57]

Originally Posted by dclarkraiders

My father delivered bread to stores for Holsum Bread. He would bring packs of cards home for my brother and myself starting in 1972. By far the most packs he brought home were 1975 Baseball Cello or Wax packs. Shown below are 75 Topps Brett and Yount which I pulled out of packs as a 12 year old. I would love to have kept some of the packs unopened but when you are 12 years old all you can think about is opening the packs to see which players you get and hoping for Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt, Boog Powell or Brooks Robinson,etc.

Great thread by the way. Thanks for starting it

As a kid who collected in the mid-to-late 80's, the Yount and Brett cards were "vintage" to me. I mean, they were older than ME! And again, with no ebay, they weren't easy to find. Those two cards along with the Rickey Henderson and Nolan Ryan rookies were my "vintage" dream cards.