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

[Jay Wolt]

For me, it was 1981 after reading "The Glory Of Their Times" I picked up
a T206 Rube Marquard from Card Collecting Co in NYC through the mail.
I think it cost $10
I had some Play Balls & Goudey prior that I had got from trades w/ friends who
had some passed down from relatives.
So I believe the Marquard was the 1st one I bought.
Damn! Almost 30 years ago!

[alanu]

Late 80's traded for a beater 1933 Goudey yellow Ruth, wish I still had that card.... in Colorado Springs

[toppcat]

T206 Killian throwing, bought around 1982/83 at Marty Perry's shop in Hicksville, NY. Still have it.

[martin neal]

In the mid -eighties, I had a couple of video stores in town and in one of them, I had a glass case with some baseball items for sale (wax packs and singles). a customer brought in this old box with these really small cards in them. No idea what they were, but I recognized Cobb, Johnson and a few other HOFs. They were in pretty rough shape so I accepted his offer of the cards for a $100.00 bucks. There were quite a few cards that were missing the red ink like the card I use as my avatar and a Willis with a gray background. I wish I had kept all the "missing reds" as they might have provided some insight into the makeup of a full sheet.

[DaveH]

About 5 years ago I saw a 1921 Exhibit card of Ty Cobb and had to have it. Since then I've completed the set.

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[drc]

As a kid I ordered my first Pre-War card, a 1933 Goudey common, through the Larry Frisch catalog. Still have it.

[ecRich]

Around 1970-72 I got 1934 Goudey cards of Foxx and Dean ( $4 each) from the Wholesale Card Company catalog. I was thrilled that Gehrig was also on each card. I had also ordered the Ruth and Gehrig cards from the 1933-34 sets but they were out of those guys. I got the Ruth cards 2-5 years later for a much higher price of $25 each. I still have those first two cards and would not sell them for anything.

[tinkertoeverstochance]

I was 10, roanoke civic center show, spring 1996....picked up a t206 schmidt port in EX and a t206 wiltse pitching vg-ex for $10 per card.....still have both cards

[Dustanh1]

My first was a T206 George Hunter from the BST. Shortly thereafter I went to my local card shop and bought 2 raw Schulte T206's (that I still need to get graded). This was roughly 2 years ago, maybe a little longer. Before then I had been strictly modern. I sold the majority of my modern cards, and now I have 93 T206's including 2 Cobbs. Damn this is fun.

I remember my first National in Chicago in 1993. I was with my dad and we walked by countless tables full of vintage cards. I was looking for Ken Griffey Jr. singles. Griffey is still my favorite player, but how I wish I had paid attention to the pre-war cards then. Oh well.