What was your first pre-war purchase?

[campyfan39]

My first pre war card and the only one i currently have.
My favorite all time movie is Field of Dreams and i wanted badly to have one of the "Black Sox." Means even more now that my Dad has passed with plot of the movie etc.

[BabyRuth]

My first pre-war and first Ruth. This led to all the Ruths and Gehrigs. Then the Lajoie and eventually the rest of the set.

[Exhibitman]

Bought it around 1977 or 1978, unslabbed, in Anaheim CA from Mike Berkus. I was 12 or 13. Cost me twelve bucks, which was a big chunk of my cash on hand at that show. Had it slabbed 20 or so years later.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Bought it around 1977 or 1978, unslabbed, in Anaheim CA from Mike Berkus. I was 12 or 13. Cost me twelve bucks, which was a big chunk of my cash on hand at that show. Had it slabbed 20 or so years later.

Adam, I got my Walter Johnson (part of my first group of 5 prewar cards I purchased) about 3 or 4 years after you for either $2 or $3. Although yours is nicer, I am on here to time travel reprimand you for wasting your allowance.

Brian

[T20Brew]

I think I purchased this in the summer of either 1989 or 1990 as a 10 or 11 year old at the monthly Gonzaga show in Milwaukee. I wanted a T card and thought this was a good looking image.
Still have it and it’s still my only T205 I’ve ever owned.