Test - post a card you have owned a longtime

[HRBAKER]

Purchased 7.3.2001

[steve B]

This is my first T206, and probably first prewar card. Bought either late 1977 or early 78. It's worse than it looks, the whole upper left corner is taped on as it was only hanging on by a little bit. But it's a Polar Bear, and was incredibly cheap...…….20 cents.

[kateighty]

Love the Polar Bears.

[Al C.risafulli]

First prewar card I ever bought, maybe 1979 or so, it's what sent me down this crazy road I'm on. I still have it. They say you can't take it with you? I'm taking this one with me.

-Al

ETA I guess Photobucket is watermarking all my images now because I don't pay a fee. Sorry about that.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Owned both of these for quite some time.

[CuriousGeorge]

My first card and still a favorite.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge

My first card and still a favorite.

Wow...That's one heck of a nice card.
Looks like you and I nicely bookend the entire price scale.
At least until Ted Z shows something he got from a 1 cent pack back in the day, which will totally bounce me from the cheap end spot.

Anyone buy a Wagner or something as their first card?

[tedzan]

If this is a longevity contest, I'm probably the winner

I pulled these cards out of BOND BREAD packages in the Summer/Fall of 1947. I have the complete set 0f 48 cards, so the 1st one may be any one
of these shown here (or any one of the other 42 cards in this set). It was 72 years ago, and I cannot remember which BB player was the first.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[timn1]

My equivalent “first “ cards are 1968 Topps, which I vividly remember opening packages of.... great memory!

Tm

Originally Posted by tedzan

If this is a longevity contest, I'm probably the winner

I pulled these cards out of BOND BREAD packages in the Summer/Fall of 1947. I have the complete set 0f 48 cards, so the 1st one may be any one
of these shown here (or any one of the other 42 cards in this set). It was 72 years ago, and I cannot remember which BB player was the first.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[leftygrove10]

This was my first vintage Lefty Grove card. I bought it about 32 years ago in 1987 from a dealer who advertised in the Sports Collectors Digest.

[sb1]

Bought this in a Festberg auction mid to late 1990's

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Originally Posted by steve B

This is my first T206, and probably first prewar card. Bought either late 1977 or early 78. It's worse than it looks, the whole upper left corner is taped on as it was only hanging on by a little bit. But it's a Polar Bear, and was incredibly cheap...…….20 cents.

Nice to see Old Eagle Eye here as I live in his hometown of Hannibal and visit his grave thru the year.

[Luke]

My mom bought both of these for me in 1991 or 1992 when I was about 10:

[JeremyW]

!984-85. This card actually brought me back to the collecting world.