Ever get surprised?

[Al C.risafulli]

Definitely.

The first time I bought a T201, it was a Chance/Evers that was raw. I couldn't believe how flimsy they were, and thought for sure that I had been duped into buying a fake.

The same thing happened the first time I bought a Cracker Jack - the stock was so thin, I couldn't believe it was an authentic card.

-Al

[paul]

I was very surprised when I purchased my first and only Cuban Cabanas card to find out that it is on real card stock. I thought it would be paper thin like most Cuban cards. I was also very surprised when I recently purchased my first and only Hage's Dairy card to find that it's about the size of a Play Ball. I thought it would be the size of a 1949 Bowman.

[sbfinley]

90% of what I buy is normally in SGC slabs. Now I kinda want to crack them, especially the Cuban issues, to see for myself. I won't do it of course, but it would be fun.

[Anthony S.]

1930 Baguer's Chocolates (sic?) from Cuba. I think the Standard Catalog gives you the dimensions, but nothing prepares you for squinting at one in person. I added a dime from Luckey Town for perspective.

[deadballera]

You beat me to it on the Bauguer Chocolates...

I was hoping that was a card that when you soak in water, that they would expand to something more of a normal size baseball card.


Colgan Squares are pretty small too

T3's pretty big upon seeing one in person.