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02-17-2021, 01:09 PM
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1971 Topps Clemente was the card that started it all for me.
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02-17-2021, 01:47 PM
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Nope, none of the 1st cards. Had complete sets 1967 thru 1990 all sold years ago, collecting interests changed.
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02-18-2021, 04:53 AM
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I had baseball cards. Got into them pretty good in 1980. I think Burger King gave out cards in 78 or 79 , but they were Yankees and we were Mets fans. Drakes gave out some. For the life of me, I have no idea where my uncut Drakes sheet is. Probably from 81 or 82. I remember being disappointed it came in an uncut sheet. I remember being very disappointed it was bent. Mom was pretty good with my stuff, but that one is long gone.
My uncle gave me a ‘66 Koufax that I still have. My only Koufax to this date. Should have bought the 55 back in the day. The one that got me hooked on T206? A beat up old Irv Young. One of my favorite cards in the collection. Bought it for $8. Thought i was robbing the dealer that sold it to me...
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02-18-2021, 06:54 AM
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Funny thing is, the card that got me hooked was a 1980 Ricky Henderson rookie card. I paid ~$4 for it out of my own money in 1982 at the newly opened card shop in my town. I was 8/9 years old. I still have it and the condition is not superb, but that led to my life long collecting bug. I only wish I had developed a love of pre war much earlier.
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02-18-2021, 07:51 AM
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The design of the 1965 Topps and I still have them.
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02-18-2021, 08:35 AM
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A sharp '66 Koufax in a shop when I was probably 10 or 11. It was my first true vintage star card - I had some older ones at the time, but nobody on the level of Koufax. Years later, I realized it was terribly OC left to right. Probably would have topped out at a 6, but I had no clue as a kid. I've heard countless other stories of adult collectors now who didn't even realize their cards were OC as a kid - just further evidence that certain aspects of condition evaluation today are the result of collective bias.
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02-18-2021, 08:52 AM
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First card that got me into the hobby?
1991 Stadium Club Frank Thomas - I loved that shot, the way the bat is pointed towards the outfield in mid-swing First card that got me into vintage? 1953 Topps Satchel Paige
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