Collection Reflection

[Harford20]

First Pack of Cards: 1975 Topps
First Set Completed by Hand: 1987 Topps (nearly finished the 1981 Fleer set from packs in 1981, but actually didn't finish it until 1989)
First T206: Nap Lajoie, Throwing. Still have it. PSA5
First Card To Pay >$100 For: T206 Cy Young Portrait. Paid $150 at a show in Silver Spring in 1991. Still have that card too, PSA2
First Card To Pay >$1000 For: 1954 Wilson Franks Ted Williams

Dave

[vansaad]

First Pack of Cards: 1987 Topps or 1987 Donruss

First Set Completed by Hand: 1987 Topps

First T206: group of commons, with Larry Doyle portrait being my favorite

First Card To Pay >$100 For: T206 Mordecai Brown (Tolstoi)

First Card To Pay >$1000 For: T206 Christy Mathewson dark cap

[iwantitiwinit]

first pack: 1967 Topps Baseball
first set completed: 1948 Bowman baseball
first T206: Hannifan
first card > $100: 1954 Topps Jackie Robinson -raw
first card >$1000: T206 Red Cobb in PSA 5 thru REA in 2010 I think I paid $1800 for it.

[Tere1071]

First Pack of Cards: 1969 Topps Baseball

First Set Completed by Hand: 1974 Topps

First T-206: Never

First Card to Pay <100: 1951 Topps Current All-Star Yogi Berra (1979)

First Card to Pay <1,000: 1953 Bowman Color PSA 4 Mickey Mantle #59 (2020)

Memorable Trade(s): 1983- I traded an autographed Babe Ruth baseball and a Star Sticker Salesman sample flipbook for a 1968 3D Roberto Clemente. I got the worse end of the trade but I had to have that Clemente as he was, and still is, one of my heroes.

1983 again: I traded a new satin Dodgers Jacket for a circa 1951 home St. Louis Browns jersey. It came from a gentleman who received it as a gift from one of his customers on his paper route as a boy. He made the offer and with the permission of the store owner, I bought the Dodgers jacket at the retail price and completed the trade. I got the better end of that one.

[hcv123]

First pack: 1973 Topps from Jackie's coffee shop or the ice cream man
First set completed by hand: 1978 Topps - Billy Almon was the last card
First T206: Some commons I don't remember that I sold in the 90's
First card to pay >$100: Just don't remember ($48 felt like $1,000,000 back around 1980 for my first Clemente rookie)
First card to pay >$1000: again I don't remember, but I'll go with $800 for a 1967 Venezuelan Clemente (currently 1 of 2 highest graded PSA 5's) in the 90's.
Most memorable trade: TRading a shoebox full of 1972 (including Carew) and 1973 cards including 72 high numbers for a comic book I do not remember back in the 80's at a comic book show.

[rugbymarine]

First pack: 1993 Topps. A few packs a week on the way home from school with my old man.
First set completed by hand: 1993 Topps
First T206: Mathewson Portrait



First card to pay >$100: 1966 Palmer RC PSA 8
First card to pay >$1000: Haven't yet, but with how the hobby is going, I probably will soon.

[John1941]

First pack of cards: 2012 Topps Yankees Team set. Or if you're technical, 2016 Topps.
First set completed by hand: None yet. I'm working on 1959 Topps.
First T206: Beat-up Jack Quinn RC I payed $12.25 for in 2019.
First card to pay >$100 for: The most I've payed for a card is $60 for a SGC 1.5 1933 Goudey Waite Hoyt.
Most memorable trade: I don't trade much, and if so, only for low dollar cards.

[peterb69]

First Pack of Cards: 1969 Topps Baseball

First Set Completed by Hand: 1974 Topps

First T-206: McGraw glove on hip

First Card to Pay < 100: would be a T205

First Card to Pay < 1000: T205 Mathewson Cycle

Most Memorable Trade: Recieved: 1975 George Brett. Sent: 1970 Clemente in 1976