What Would 8 Year Old You Think About Your Collection Today?

[jthorst75]

I'd be wondering where all my Joe Charboneau rookies went

[D. Bergin]

"Why are all those unopened boxes just sitting in your closet"

"What's a slab?"

"Did your uncles buy you all these cards at the corner store, or did you win them playing knockdowns and covers on the playground?"

[conor912]

Love this question, as it’s one of the things that crosses my mind often. I collect as an extension (and homage to) my childhood. That’s one of the main reasons I don’t do slabs. As mentioned, while eight year old me’s brain would certainly explode if he saw my collection today, he’d also remind me that I could buy a lot of other really cool things with that money…and that packs are meant for opening!!

[brianp-beme]

Little me would be thinking "Neat cards, but I bet older me wishes he had a time machine so that he could go back and, with his bigger, adult size allowance, buy more wax packs from the corner drugstore counter, because then older me can find the missing cards I still need."

Brian

[rats60]

8 year old me would be amazed at all the prewar cards that I have and my Roberto Clemente collection. However, he would wonder what happened to all of his 50s and 60s Topps cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

He would appreciate that the 1965 Topps have endured and have never been supplanted as the most loved set.

[Beercan collector]

I was eight years old in 1974 and a football nut,
Didn’t start collecting baseball until 1978 ,
- i’d be wondering “ where the hell is my 1974 Harold Jackson ?! “