How Did Everyone Get Started Collecting Vintage Cards

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Posted By: leon

I used to collect cards when I was a kid. I decided to get into coins so I sold my garbage bag full for $50.00.....that was a lot of money in '73.......I didn't get interested again until about 6 years ago when I kept seeing a very small (maybe 15-20 tables)show set up a local mall. I met "smiling Dave".....a gentleman that has/had cards that were vintage....maybe 40's and later.....I couldn't believe you could get a '54 Banks in pr-fr condition for about $15-$25......at this time I did not know about the condition-value ratio's......Please understand that almost all of what Dave had/has is in pr-vg at best, condition is only a "by-line"....so I started talking to him (while wife and kid were shopping) and eventually bought some stuff from him. That got me hooked. Then I went to a regional Tri-Star show and saw the REAL vintage stuff. I was even more hooked. The rest is history....best regards