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[minibbcards]

Since this is supposed to be the forum for new member introductions, i thought i would toss mine out there. I have been an intermittent collector since about 1970 and went through different phases over the last 50+ years. In the early 70s it was bugging my mom at the checkout of the local grocery store to buy me a pack or two of baseball cards to collect and trade with friends. I had about 25 copies of 1971 Topps of some guy named Reggie Jackson who i used to stick in the spokes of my purple Huffy bike with a banana seat so that it would make cool sounds. The most elusive card back then was a Brooks Robinson card that i just couldn't find anyone to trade me. Fast forward to about 1988 after college and 5 years as an officer in the Navy and i had my first real job and extra money to get a subscription to the weekly Sports Collectors Digest and fell into the trap of the Junk Wax craze, but managed to finally complete the 1971 set and replace that beat up Jackson card with something better, though those black edges are tough to keep sharp. By 1992 i was married and collecting went on the back burner again and i eventually sold the 71 set when we needed some vacation money. In 2015 I got back into things in earnest and have been active on both TCDB and COMC trading/selling/buying cards to complete various projects like 1957 and 1961 complete sets which i eventually sold, collecting the new A&G minis (thus the minibbcards handle on TCDB and here), collecting various of the buybacks sets and the occasional T and E cards. My love of minis has always gravitated me to the early cards, but the T206 set while amazing was intimidating and the completist in me knew i would never afford the higher end cards, the T205 set is equally beautiful, but the gold border chipping drove the OCD in me crazy (similar to the 1971 black border chipping above). So I have slowly started the T207 set, small enough to be achievable, but with the short print backs, challenging enough to keep me occupied for years to complete. And the blurb bios on the backs of the cards are entertaining and informative. So those reasons have brought me to Net54, which i always knew about but didn't think I would be in the league of all the advanced collectors here, but am enjoying the forums and hoping to venture into the B/S/T world soon. Sorry for the long winded post, out for now.

[mrreality68]

welcome aboard
and the board is for any member that is a collector and willing to share things and have fun
all different type and levels of collectors here

Would love to see some pictures of some of your favorite cards that you have

[stutor]

Welcome to the board. I think your t207 project will be a fun, challenging, and rewarding mission! I’m not as versed on that particular set, but I know there are lots of fun, tough back advertisements as well as short prints to keep you busy. Half the fun (or more) is hunting for harder backs, discovering set nuances, and learning about the players. Please keep us posted on your progress and add pics whenever possible 😀 Happy collecting

Sonny

[Jewish-collector]

Welcome to the forum. See you at the National next month. beer chug.gifbeer chug.gifbeer chug.gif

[StraightRaceCards]

This is a great community of amazing collectors full of knowledge.

Please reach out if you need anything!

Best of luck with the T207's... I don't know much about that set but that's a cool project.

[Leon]

Welcome to the forum. More than a few of us have stories of collecting in the earlier days of the hobby 1960s-1970s. And then we have some guys that go back to collecting in the 1950s and late 1940s as kids. This page is for primarily pre-war but don't miss the other sections for later cards and memorabilia..Happy hunting and reach out if you ever need anything forum related.

[Casey2296]

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Welcome to the forum and best of luck on your T207 journey, sound fun!

Every thread needs a card, sorry I don't have any T207s.
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[imdaman1964]

I can relate to your time frame and issues regarding jobs and family taking priority.

Some things are worth the wait however they become ever more costly!

Good luck with the journey...

Wayne