My first vintage card and what I paid for it!

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11-09-2006, 03:24 PM

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My first vintage card and what I paid for it!

Posted By: Joe D.

Went to a small local show in the 80s looking at the shiny stuff...
and one dealer had one vintage card... the T205 McGraw w/ Polar Bear back (eventually graded SGC 40 - sold recently on eBay).
I plunked down $25 and grabbed the card.

I am sure I overpaid for the time.... but, I thought it was incredible... I never saw a card that small and that old.

Whenever I went to a show after that / I looked for these gems... and quickly found the T206s.
I purchased Polar Bear backs exclusively... and didn't care about the condition.

I remember going to dealers who would have stacks of T206s rubber-banded....
and there was a $3 per card pile / a $5 per card pile / $10 per card pile and then the hofers.

Had I not been so foolish in only wanting the Polar Bear backs....
I probably would have made my way to completing a few T206 sets (or close to that).

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