Length of original card collecting run

[MikeGarcia]

... Guys ...read the rules : fifty posts without a scan of a prewar ??? Barbaric!

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I did not get this in 1934 ; an elderly neighbor's father did , though. Sadly they're all gone now but , left an estate of depression era items for people like us. People did throw much away during the Great Depression.

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[ejharrington]

My run was from 1978-1987. I still say 1983 Topps is the nicest set ever made.

[IndyDave]

My childhood collection started in 1966. Topps baseball and Philly Gum football. My grandfather got my brother and I started.

I probably stopped buying packs somewhere in the early 1990's and bought the complete sets for awhile.

[Harliduck]

I'm jealous of those that mention buying packs in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s...can't even imagine...

For me it was 1978 to 1985...then in 1986 I only bought the complete sets (turned 16...as mentioned earlier...cars, girls, cars, girls...lol) then started right back up in 1987 and by the end of 1990 I was burned out and living on my own...like most here, got back into it 15 years later... Haven't looked back, although only the last couple years have I bought new packs to hand collate sets...not as fun as when I was a kid, but fun none the less...