How did you get started Collecting

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Posted By: Glenn

Found a Ruth card in a library book. No idea what book it was, but I've still got the card. 1986 Big League Chew, but still -- Ruth! Dad took me to my first card show at the Holiday Inn a few weeks later. I purchased a 1972 Kellogg's 3D Ty Cobb, a 1986 Fleer League Leaders card of local boy and rookie sensation Will Clark, and one wax pack of 1986 Donruss -- the highlight of which for me was the Pirates' Johnny Ray because he had the highest career batting average. I left the hobby in 1992 when I was no longer able to keep up with the number of different sets being produced and returned in 2002 when my budding interest in ebay and a gift of Astros tickets from my then-girlfriend (now wife) reminded me of how much I enjoyed those first six years.