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Posted By: Tom Hines

While in Private school back in the early '80s there was a lot of work being done on the school building. The school had been around since the '40s and needed a ton of work. The workers removed an old window A/C unit and left part of the old window sill exposed. My buddy and I had a field day poking around and looking "inside" the wall (much more fun than class). As I fished around the old wood and concrete I pulled out some old playing cards and bottle caps that appeared to have been shoved down there a long time before (probably some other kid having as much fun in class as I was having). Mixed in with the playing cards was a '55 Bowman Shantz Brothers card. This thing was a gem. Must have been Poor - - - -. Complete with gum stuck to it and 2 of the corners ripped off. But let me tell you. It was like unearthing King Tut's tomb for me. I quickly sold or traded every last '84 topps and Fleer I had and ran down to the local card shop and bought a '33 Goudey Red Lucas, a '34 Jim Bottomley and a T206 Bob Bescher all for $14 + tax (that was when the local card shop actually carried old baseball cards). My transformation (or obsessive, compulsive, completely manical quest) into old cardboard took place. Damn that window sill!

Tom