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[Casey2296]

Love the sippy cup story. I have a few trinkets from when my daughter was a young'n that evoke the same memories.
Here's mine, the only card my Dad and I ever bought together. $225 bucks and that was $50 over budget which was a really big deal for our working class family. Priceless to me.

[jchcollins]

The '56 Mantle. As a kid probably 10 or 11 years old, I first saw a picture of it in one of the Surf books that had every Topps card pictured for a particular team. Then a few years later I came upon a lower grade one in a card shop and traded the dealer virtually my entire collection at the time to take it home. That one was traded in for an upgrade (to SGC 4) this past summer. Just a classic looking card of the best player in baseball at the time, and to me screams 1950's nostalgia.

[Cmvorce]

I love all these stories. The grape juice is classic.

[vansaad]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Love the sippy cup story. I have a few trinkets from when my daughter was a young'n that evoke the same memories.
Here's mine, the only card my Dad and I ever bought together. $225 bucks and that was $50 over budget which was a really big deal for our working class family. Priceless to me.

What a beautiful Mays! That is my ideal card condition for vintage. Incredible eye appeal.

[jchcollins]

It’s not much, but this is one of my very first vintage cards. This is from probably 1987 or 1988 in Cornelius, NC - and an antique mall in our small town had several boxes of older cards for sale, and others that were just on display. I later learned the cards were from the collection of former Milwaukee Braves catcher Paul Burris, who lived in the area. The “1954” stamp you see on the bottom of this card was put on there by him. I picked out a generous helping of cards that were for sale, which Mom allowed me to take home. The cards that I remember that were there but NOT for sale, included a 1954 Topps Ted Williams and a 1933 Goudey Gabby Harnett.

This one will be with me as long as I'm above ground, LOL.

[Cmvorce]

Everyone’s stories are so good. This is what I love about card collecting.

[Mark]

I grew up on a small farm not far from Pittsburgh, and I remember being very young and walking with my father to feed the animals. I distinctly remember asking him who the Pirates' best player was. He paused for a couple of seconds and said "probably Clemente." Not long after that, Clemente became my favorite player. About that time (before I could read), my mother cut this card from the back of a cereal box for me, and it's probably the one card that I'd most hate to lose.

[jpop43]

While primarily a vintage equipment and memorabilia guy, I certainly dabbled in cards as a kid and again more recently. Even as a kid I loved the 'old stuff' and was blessed to have parents who supported the habit.

I'm 43 years old now and still have the fondest memories of tuning into WPIX11 to catch the end of Cheers just before the Yankee broadcasts would start. As a kid I listened to Phil Rizzuto call the games and, somehow, he ended up becoming my favorite Yankee...even more so than the players on the field. So, I collected Rizzuto cards and have all them from the '41 Double Play to the '56 Topps. My favorite issue however was the 53' Bowman card that features Rizzuto and Billy Martin. I cherish this card as it was a gift from my Dad who I lost this past year.

Another card I picked up while antiquing with my Dad was this '48 Bowman Musial RC. I couldn't have been more than 12 years old when he bought for me at a local paper show.

Fast forward to now, and I've been putting time into completing a set of Mantle bubble gum cards...just the Bowman and Topps issues in very humble, collector grade condition. I've got all but two now with the rest of my life...and my life savings ...to add the last of them!

Lots of favorites...I'm glad that this thread got started...thanks OP.

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com