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

[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 ?! “

[ullmandds]

I was approximately 6-7 years old when I attended a sports card gathering at the nearby library. At that time my collection consisted of a grouping of 1970 Topps cards wrapped in rubber band, sorted by team. There was a girl there with a 1976 Topps Babe Ruth, all star card… which come to think she probably just pulled out of a pack. I offered her my whole grouping of cards for it, but she said no. my younger self would be proud of my babe ruth collection today.

[raulus]

First thought - where did I get the dough to buy all this?

Logical conclusion - must’ve had a long career in the bigs and plowed all my career earnings into cardboard.

[Mark17]

I'd look at my Twins GU jersey collection and say, "Wow! But can't you get a Pascual?"

[judsonhamlin]

Whose mom gave you all those cards?

[nat]

Eight year old me wouldn't believe it. Pre-war cards were this weird rumor. The local card shop didn't have any of them. No one I knew had ever even seen one. When I was about eight I decided to collect one card of every hall of famer, but at the time that meant trading with the kid down the street, because he got a Carl Yastrzemski card from his older brother. Hunting down anything more than a few years old was nearly impossible.

I got my first pre-war card two or three years later. My dad is into coins, and we went to see a guy he knew who had a store. In amongst all the coins there was a small stack of Goudeys. As I remember it there was a lancing beam of sunlight shining down on them, and a chorus of angels intoning "gloria in excelsis deo"; but I might be misremembering. Lord, I mowed a lot of lawns to afford the Joe Cronin that I bought that day.

[butchie_t]

My 8 year old self would mock me today with the comment; "betcha wish you had not thrown out all those cards when you were 13 years old, huh?"

I was wise beyond my years at 13, knowing I was too old to collect and dumped all I had up to that point. Mind you covering the 60's mainly and up to 72. Then at an even wiser old age of 14 I started over with collecting. Ahhhhhh, to be young again, just not so damed dumb.

Cheers,

B.T.

[Seven]

My eight year old self would love my collection but probably wonder why we stopped collecting Bernie Williams.

He would also be wondering why we live in a basement.

[Johnny T]

Funny this question came up...just yesterday, instead of looking for cards to buy, I decided to take some time and revies and appreciate what I already have. I left my office at home thinking how lucky I am to have what I have.

I was always into old cards, even as an 8 year old. I'm certain my 8 year old self would be in awe of what I have, just like my 56 year old self!!!