What got you into vintage cards?

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Posted By: brian p

I have been collecting bb cards since I were a wee lad--my mom would bribe me into making a grocery run for misc. food items by saying I could buy a pack of cards. My first vintage cards were the ones my oldest brother collected in the late 50's to early 60's and passed on to me and my other brother. Living in family that not only liked to collect just about everything, but was also into antiques probably early on gave me an appreciation for old things. Coupled with a passion for the sport of baseball and its history, I was destined to collect the old stuff. My first baseball card show that I went to, in 1981, I purchased my first Pre-WW2 cards (at the first table inside the door): a T206 Matty dark cap, a T206 W. Johnson pitching, a T205 Breshnahan, a T205 Wheat (Broadleaf), and a E98 Cy Young, all for $11.00. That was all the collecting money I had brought. They are in about F-G condition (still got them all), and that set the tone for my future low grade collecting...

Brian