Show A Card You've Owned For 30+ Years

ullmandds · #1 05-16-2019, 06:30 PM

Cant compete with ted...you have an amazing collection.

ullmandds · #2 05-16-2019, 06:53 PM

Ive had bob here since the early 80�s...i think i paid $35 from a mail order catalog.

bnorth · #3 05-16-2019, 07:14 PM

Found these the on the top of a pile. These are just a few of the 100's of 60-66 baseball and non-sport cards I got in 74 or 75. The best of the lot was a couple hundred 66 Topps cards that looked like they just come out of a pack. I still have around 100 of those original cards. I received the lot from my cousin before he passed away very young. They sat in a drawer untouched for around a dozen years before I started collecting.

I have 1000's of 30+ year old 1980s cards i purchases back in the day.

irv · #4 05-16-2019, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tedzan

Irv

Perfect arrangement, thanks for posting it.

My question to you is how did that scratch get on your card ?

The history of my Mantle card starts from the last 1952 TOPPS waxpack which I opened in the Fall of 1952. I remember that it was the last pack since I told my buddies
that I would stop collecting BB cards upon getting the Mantle card. In 1960 when I enlisted in the Air Force, my Mom and Aunt cleaned out my room and transferred my
Sportscard collection, Stamp collection, Lionel trains, Baseball bats and gloves, etc. to our attic.

There my goodies stayed until my teenage Daughters (avid BB fans) convinced me to recover my cards (circa 1977). I found a real "treasure chest".....1000's of BB, FB,
and Non-sports cards in stacks in a huge box. The Mantle card was mid-way in large stack of 1952 cards, and most likely got scratched in the process of transporting (or
during the storage) of the cards.

Incidentally, here are the other TOPPS cards in that same pack as the Mantle card......

Ted, I wish I had an answer for you but even after asking my father about these cards numerous times, the information is pretty thin as he says he doesn't honestly remember much about them.

I have 2 of the cards you posted but I am missing Chapman and Jeffcoat.
My Uncle, like I have stated before, claimed some of the collection as being his.
There were 2 boxes and I received the 1st one which was much larger than the 2nd and held the Mantle card. The 2nd box I vividly remember seeing a Mathews and Ashburn card but I draw a blank on the rest. I believe most were a mix of highs and low numbers?
My father, who didn't want to create a scene or a family rift, gave the second box to my uncle even though he honestly didn't think they were his.

My uncle would have been 2 yrs old when these cards came out so it would have been highly unlikely they were his but my father caved nonetheless, unfortunately.

Despite me telling my uncle that if he ever decided to sell them to let me know, sold them years ago (likely shortly after receiving them?) to a pawn shop.

I think about those cards often, especially the Mathews card, but it serves me no purpose so I eventually move on.

tedzan · #5 05-16-2019, 07:47 PM

Hey guys

I really do appreciate your compliments. But, believe me, I am not trying to win any "contest".

Sincerely, I'm a guy who enjoys sharing my experiences in this fantastic hobby with all of you.

I am probably the oldest dude on this forum...and all together between my younger days and
my grown-up days collecting sportscards�.2019 marks the 49th year.

TED Z

T206 Reference
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ramram · #6 05-16-2019, 08:11 PM

So Ted, although most of us collect prewar, I�m guessing you are likely our only actual prewar collector (meaning born pre war)?

Rob M

ullmandds · #7 05-16-2019, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ramram

So Ted, although most of us collect prewar, I�m guessing you are likely our only actual prewar collector (meaning born pre war)?

Rob M

franks pretty old too!!!

clydepepper · #8 05-16-2019, 08:20 PM

Well, if it's true that you're as young as you feel, then the converse should also be accurate...and with my joints and another thunderstorms coming in right now, I confirm that I'm as old as I feel...and older than a few wars my own self.

The only cards I've been able to hold onto even close to thirty years are the 1992 Little League cards of my two nephews.

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tedzan · #9 05-16-2019, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramram

So Ted, although most of us collect prewar, I�m guessing you are likely our only actual prewar collector (meaning born pre war)?

Rob M

WWII actually started September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. So, you are correct, Rob M.

I was born November 5, 1938.

TED Z

T206 Reference
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atx840 · #10 05-16-2019, 09:38 PM

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

irv · #11 05-16-2019, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by atx840

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

Where abouts in southern Ontario, ATX?

My father was born and raised in the Tweed/Actinolite area of southern Ontario and in and around that area is where is got his 52 Topps cards.

JohnP0621 · #12 05-17-2019, 07:19 AM

[QUOTE=atx840;1878420]Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

That is a beauty !

brian1961 · #13 05-27-2019, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by atx840

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

Thanks for sharing your card and your beautiful story, Chris. To PSA it looked like a 3, but with those off-the-chart colors and extra crisp picture registry, you and I would call it a 12, which means priceless!!!!

--- Brian Powell

Baseballcrazy62 · #14 05-27-2019, 08:41 PM

Highest graded white back in the registry. Picked it up in 1975.F638784B-36D4-434F-93E0-BA5B26CD4800.jpg

dabigyankeeman · #15 05-27-2019, 04:42 PM

Had this since 1979, the first card in my collection, given to me by a friend. This started it all for me. I will never upgrade this card, it has such meaning to me as the start of my collection!!!

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