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

[BobbyVCP]

Summer of 1973, during the week I used to work for my dad and got paid $50.00 every Friday. Saturday morning would take the bus and go to ADCO owned by Goody Goldfaden. My first time there I bought Cobb green port ($4), Johnson pitch ($4), Speaker ($3), Cy Young glove ($4), Lajoie port ($3), Brown port ($3), Chance port ($3), Evers port ($3), Tinker port ($3), Walsh ($3), 39 PB Dimaggio ($3), Diamond stars, Cochrane ($2), Hornsby ($2), Lazzeri ($2), Greenberg ($2)

Most of the cards where in VG-EX condition, Goody did not care much about condition and used to thumb the cards like a deck of cards.

I would go every Saturday for the rest of the summer...and the next few after that.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

Summer of 1973, during the week I used to work for my dad and got paid $50.00 every Friday.

Darn good money back in 1973!

[packs]

First pre-war was in 1996 or so. My dad and I went to a show in White Plains and I saw T206's for the first time. I was 10 at the time and couldn't believe there were actually cards of Ty Cobb. I decided to stop collecting 60's HOfers and decided these were the cards for me. I bought a T206 Miller Huggins hands at mouth for I think $40 or so. Still have it and would never think of selling.

[sox1903wschamp]

This T206 started it for me. It was found in my Wife's Grandmother's personal belongings back in the early 80's. There were also a few BF2 Felts and B18 Blankets. Enough to get me hooked. Still have the card.

[sreader3]

T206 Rhodes purchased from The Baseball Card Shoppe in Claremont, CA circa 1981 for $3.00. Graded PSA 4 23 years later.

Oh how I wish I had splurged on the EX-MT Red Cobb he had for $75.