What was your first pre-war purchase?

[bbcard1]

I bought a random T206 from Card Collectors Company, which turned out to be a Snodgrass batting. That was the mid 1970s. Still have it.

[Tyruscobb]

A T-206 Red portrait Ty Cobb Polar Bear back. $250.00 seemed like a great deal at the time. I made this purchase around 2002.

[Tyruscobb]

A T-206 Red portrait Ty Cobb Polar Bear back. $250.00 seemed like a great deal at the time. I made this purchase around 2002.

[brianp-beme]

These five from one dealer at a show some decades ago, back when you could get such cards for some spare lawn mowing money (and I didn't charge that much). Having begun in a more collector friendly era, I can't imagine starting up now, but I applaud anyone that goes into vintage thinking of the long haul, and not just the possibility of a quick turnaround.

Still have them all.

Brian

[commishbob]

This Matty Dark Cap. I bought it in the late 70s, maybe early 80s thru an ad in one of the hobby publications. At the time I had plans to build a Hall of Fame collection using playing era cards whenever possible but even then, with prices laughably low compared with those today, it proved to be an impossible task once we began a family.

I still have it although I'm considering letting it go after all these years.

[Eric72]

I was at the Philly Show in December of 2011. While I didn't set out to purchase a Pre-War card, this one caught my eye. I still have it.

Since that fateful day, I've picked up more than 100 additional T206 cards. It's a fun addiction hobby. I can stop any time I want...honest.

[Casey2296]

The first pre-war i picked up when I was 21, always gravitated towards pre-war after the seed was planted in my head as a 10 year old kid looking at the Kellogg's all-time greats 3D set, couldn't help thinking "who are these guys?!?"
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[Rhotchkiss]

I have been collecting on and off for over 40 years, so I do not remember my first pre-war acquisition. I do recall that my first T206, which may have also been my first pre-war card as well, was a Bresnahan with bat (raw of course bc this was in the early-mid 1980's).

It was pretty beat up, but I remember thinking it was so cool because it was so old- almost as old as my grandparents, and they were old!