The Card That Got You Hooked

[chris6net]

It definitely started in 1972 for me. Probably the Tom Seaver card or the Mets team.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by chris6net

It definitely started in 1972 for me. Probably the Tom Seaver card or the Mets team.

The '72 Seaver is one of my favorites. I love those spring training shots with players in the background. In that one you have a stoic looking Seaver in his blue satin warmup jacket. Great stuff!

[t206blogcom]

First T206 that I bought when I was around 14-15 yrs old. Got me hooked on T206, although I didn't go after the set until I was an adult.

[MR RAREBACK]

Ty cobb

[Qiot]

I've never been a Mets fan, but the 1985 Dwight Gooden was such a hot card at the time, I spent months of trading to finally get one off a elementary school friend of mine and for the longest time considered it my holy grail until I ordered a 1972 Willie Mays from the back of a Beckett Catalogue for $12 at the age of 9.

That remained my favorite for years to come.

[EddiesDryGoods]

Me too!

Playing baseball as a little kid got me into cards way back in 1972. The card that got me hooked on collecting vintage was a 1961 Jim Gilliam card I got in a trade. After holding that card I was hooked on vintage even as a youngster. The majority of my vintage collection I acquired before I was an adult.

[tsp06]

Like a couple of others have said, mine was the 1986 Topps set. I don't think any of the particular cards were the key to getting me hooked though. During that summer I was 11 and spent a lot of time with my grandparents. My grandmother was helping me by buying packs and trying to complete the sticker album. On the sticker backs there was an offer to send in 100 or so backs and $10-15 for a complete 1986 set. Grandma wrote out the check and helped me package up the backs. Seems like it took forever but when that complete set arrived I could not believe it. I still have the set and have even sent off and received some of them as TTM autos. The set is in a binder like a prized possession to this day with autographs sprinkled throughout.

[biggies]

'57 Aaron

[UKCardGuy]

Of all things...it was 1978 Topps Bob Watson.

As an 8 yr old given his first baseball cards, I remember the realization the he was the Astros player in the Bad News Bears ("Let the kids play").

[rats60]

I first bought cards in 1965, but it was really 1967 when I started collecting seriously. I had all the cards from the first 6 series, but kept buying hoping for 7th series cards. Instead I kept getting 6th series cards and ended up with multiples of every 6th series card. This was my favorite card being an All Star and World Series hero from my favorite team. I got this autographed at a Willow Grove show.