Share a great hobby story

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I posted on this thread and came back to see if there were any other good stories since. I had to find it down on page 3, after all the complaining about scandals, trimming, etc. This is the problem with these forms now, all of them. It's all about controversy and drama. That is what the majority seem to want now. Interesting (at least to me) threads like this wither and die quickly, while investigatory threads about altered cards run for dozens and dozens of pages.

I don't have high hopes this will spark the thread, but giving it a shot.

Curt, we need guys like you more than ever right now, to balance the hobby boat, so to speak. So, please keep punchin' your threads out for the good, 'CAUSE THERE STILL IS A LOT OF GOOD. --- Brian Powell

[byrone]

Share a great hobby story?

I don't have a great hobby story

I have so many

And that's a good thing.

[Jobu]

Here is one I posted in the thread about the earliest HOFer that people had met. My first National, and I think worth the read:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showpos...7&postcount=72

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by Jobu

Here is one I posted in the thread about the earliest HOFer that people had met. My first National, and I think worth the read:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showpos...7&postcount=72

Thanks! That story made me laugh! Mike

[Rich Blackburn]

My story from September 29, 2015

I started buying cards before I can remember, my father took me to my first card show in Willow Grove in 1976, I was thirteen. We have continued to collect since.

In 1980 , we purchased the 1st Beckett Football price guide. Upon going through the guide I saw a 1956 Parkhurst Football set and card number 33 was Calvin Jones. I was born and raised in Steubenville, Ohio, and Calvin was a star, the road to the stadium is Calvin Jones Way. He was on the 7th issue of Sports Illustrated, the first Afro-American, and in 1955 won the Outland Trophy for the University of Iowa. For various reasons he chose to play Football in Canada.

Following a successful rookie season, Calvin played in the East-West All Star game in Vancouver. He died in a tragic plane crash after playing in the Canadian Shrine Game, December 9 1956. He was headed home to try and attend the 1957 Rose Bowl game his friends were playing in for the Iowa Hawkeyes. His plane crashed in the side of Mt. Slesse. Calvin's number 62 is the only other jersey retired by the University of Iowa besides that of Nile Kinnick's number 24.

Today in the mail, after 35 years of searching, I let my father open the package, he didn't know what was in it other than I told him a surprise. It was my white whale, a 1956 Parkhurst Football Card Calvin Jones. It brought a smile to my fathers 85 year old face. This evening he took the card to the Booster's Club Meeting.

There are a total of three graded by PSA, and now WE have one. Collecting never gets old!

[Leon]

I agree. There is far more good in the hobby than bad. Negative press always gets more coverage than positive press. I have tons of stories but they are best told with beers in hands. (double fisting beers)

I like reading all of them above. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by brian1961

Curt, we need guys like you more than ever right now, to balance the hobby boat, so to speak. So, please keep punchin' your threads out for the good, 'CAUSE THERE STILL IS A LOT OF GOOD. --- Brian Powell

[Exhibitman]

Oh, as far as my father's recollection about Cousin Ray fighting HOFer Barney Ross:



He did!

[Throttlesteer]

When I was in college, I worked for my favorite, local sports card and memorabilia store. Most of my collection was modern (junk wax era), with the exception of a couple cards my neighbor had given me (a 1969 Mantle and Drysdale). My boss was very knowledgeable about vintage cards and used to show me all of the different HOFers in the lots he bought. Once day, I was checking out one of his most recent purchases and saw this bright orange caramel Cy Young card. It immediately caught my eye and I knew I had to have it. Being a college student, I could hardly feed myself. My boss knew I liked the card and wanted me to have it. So, he put it aside and let me make small payments towards it until I could pay it off (I believe it was $250 or so). That E101 Young ended up starting me down the path of building the E101 set and going all-in on pre-war.

I ended up having to sell my E101s for family reasons, but still really appreciate what that Young meant. It's come up for auction a couple of times (I believe a board member currently has it), but I was never able to get it back. It's an SGC 3 and significantly off-center. But, I still love it.

[Jobu]

I was discussing old photos and how I am always a bit sad that there are so many unidentified photos out there because I think of how happy many of them would make people today if they could be returned to living relatives. I know if someone wrote to me with a photo of someone in my family from 100+ years ago I would be pretty thrilled.

That reminded me of the Lancelotti family (post 20) and this thread, so I thought I would bump it to see if anyone else has any other good hobby stories to share.