There are 3 distinct and separate periods to my card collecting:
As a kid, buying insane numbers of 5 cent Topps packs 1967-70. All complete sets those years. My mother almost daily gave me money to pedal my bike a couple of blocks to buy her a pack of smokes, and then keep the change to buy packs of baseball cards. The guys behind the counter gave no thought at all to selling smokes to me in those days. They somehow knew I wasn't smoking them.
In the Navy, 1981-2007. 1987-88 I was going through weather forecasting school with the Air Force at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Illinois. This is where I got my Ruth signed ball, and 1933 Goudey Ruth #144 and Gehrig cards. 1993-98 I was at Charleston and Key West. Vendor's Mall in Charleston and Coral Square Mall in Coral Springs. Vendor's Mall was an antique mall on Rivers Ave. in Charleston. There was one guy who rented space, a retired Navy Chief, who I bought MANY cards cheap from. Then, when he decided to retire completely, he gave me a paper sack of fantastic cards! The monthly card shows at Coral Square Mall, off of Univetsity in Coral Springs were FANTASTIC! I got many, many great cards. 1958 Mantle for $70 comes immediately to mind.
Got back in during Covid, and built my 1953 Bowman color and b/w full set *** with A LOT of help from great people on this forum, which is the best baseball card-related forum on the internet. Thanks, Leon! ***
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James Ingram
Successful net54 purchases from/trades with:
Tere1071 (twice), Bocabirdman (5 times), 8thEastVB, GoldenAge50s, IronHorse2130, Kris19 (twice), G1911, dacubfan, sflayank, Smanzari, bocca001, eliminator, ejstel, lampertb, rjackson44 (twice), Jason19th, Cmvorce, CobbSpikedMe, Harliduck, donmuth, HercDriver, Huck, theshleps, horzverti, ALBB, lrush
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