What was your first vintage baseball card??

[packs]

My first pre-war was a T206 Miller Huggins Hands at Mouth. I remember I bought it at a Gloria Rothstein White Plains show in the late 90s. I was probably 12 or so. I'm pretty sure it was the show where Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams were signing for about a hundred bucks each. Still wish we got one but we thought that was crazy at the time.

Still have it. Would never sell.

[zljones]

My first vintage cards I obtained when I was 10 years old. I had:

1979 Topps Walter Payton
1975 Topps Hank Aaron card#1
1975 Topps Bucky Dent All Star Rookie
1969 Topps Reggie Smith
1969 Topps Johnny Bench A.S. card
1963 Topps Bobby Richardson reprint that I swore was real back then
1962 Topps Warren Sphann
1955 Bowman Don Larsen

I was very vintage card deprived I mainly just spent my time drooling over the black and white photos in Beckett Magazine or drooling at the local card shop. I still have the 75 Aaron, 75 Dent, 69 Bench but the rest were all stolen from me by other kids. My mom bought the Aaron, Bench, and Smith card for Christmas because she knew I wanted a 54 topps Hank Aaron but she could not afford it so she did the best she could, and because of that I charish those cards because of how special it was to me that she tried to make me happy. Too bad punks stole my 69 Reggie Smith that she bought for me!

[John V]

I had a shoebox full of my childhood cards from the 60s. So, the first card that I purchased "as vintage" was this Carey. $5 from local dealer. Still have it.

[jp1216]

My uncle gave me his 50s collection while I was in high school and working at a card shop (1989ish). I began chipping away at a beautiful '59 set.

First graded card was a '50 Bowman Otto Graham PSA 7. Early days of eBay. Before PayPal etc. I remember writing a check for $200 and sending it cross country. Praying the seller (with virtually zero feedback) would be trustworthy... 2 weeks later, the card arrived. The holder/slab was so neat/different....

First pre-war was a T206 Bradley w/ bat PSA 2 (later crossed to a SGC 3 ) Nice little white border card. Still part of my set.

[Jason Carota]

My first vintage card was a 1951 Bowman Monte Irvin. As the prewar genre pulled me in, I picked up a T206 Bates. Neither of those cards are in my collection anymore.

[bcbgcbrcb]

'59 Topps Bob Gibson RC

[scmavl]

My first vintage card was a '54 Topps Heinie Manush I got at a card show when I was 12 or so. I still have it.

I don't remember what my first pre-war card was. Maybe a '33 Goudey Arky Vaughn?

[Lee17]

My first vintage card was a '54 Al Kaline my father bought for me in the early '90s. I was only 10-12 at the time and liked it, but didn't love it. It's funny when you look back and I cherished an '89 Griffey over it at the time.

[Chris-Counts]

Shortly after I started collected in 1970 at the age of nine, I came to the conclusion that older cards were more interesting than new cards. Over the next couple years, after my brother and I had acquired older cards from garage sales and older kids, we had an example of every Topps set back to 1953. I got a catalog from Larry Fritsch and ordered a 1952 Topps card of Johnny Mize for about a quarter (I still love the pose!). Finally, in 1974, I attended my first card show and picked up a sharp-cornered lot of T206s for a buck each (HOFers were $3). I also paid $2 for a '33 Goudey of Bing Miller ...

[Cooper1927]

I bought my first vintage from my 8th Grade Science teacher. Best teacher ever, Ben Blazier...

[kkkkandp]

WG5 National Game near mint John McGraw purchased January 14, 1995 at the Parsippany (NJ) PAL baseball card show. Proudly, I am still the owner.

[MVSNYC]

my first T206 cards, acquired around 1992. still have them.

[t206blogcom]

I collected as a kid from 1987-1992, but always preferred older cards. My first vintage card was a 1954 Bowman Pee Wee Reese (still own it). I treasured it. After that, I got on an early 70s Harmen Killebrew and Lou Brock kick.

I bought my first T206 (Schafly - Piedmont) around this time as well. Rode my bike back to the mall a week later and picked up a T206 Bush - Piedmont.

I always gravitated towards the T206 cards, but I didn't buy another one and start seriously collecting T206 until 17 years later. Had to get through all that high school/college/career/marriage stuff before I could find the time, interest and money to extend the collection. Now I'm down to less than 25 T206 cards to go.

[Orions father]

Started collecting vintage in 2007 with this card. Maybe it was just the name I am a grown man that still collects baseball cards. Obviously I do not deny my inner child.

[2dueces]

2005 I bought a Pro 7 T206. Then I found this site and stopped that quickly. Buying Pro cards not T206's. Didn't pay much for it and still have it. Should cross to a PSA 7 someday.