Where did you buy your first Pre-War Card ? Which card ?

[Mark]

As a kid back in 1970, a couple of dealers would run adds in the back of the Sporting News offering vintage cards. I sent for a price list, and it came back to me listing mostly t206's. The lists were sorted by team names and gave only the player's name and a price. I think the most expensive was a Cobb for about $3.50. I ended up getting about about 10 t-206's for $25. I know that the Matty portrait was among them. Maybe I got my first Cobb then, too. I also recall that when they arrived they came with a wide assortment of backs. I bought a good number of cards that way. It wasn't until I went to a card show in Detroit a year later that I found out that there were multiple t206 cards of some of the players. I also was very disappointed to learn there that the Wagner and Plank cards are rare.