What Brought You To Collect Vintage?

[Exhibitman]

A book.

I was baseball crazy around 5th grade and I got a book at a school book fair about the great pitchers, including Johnson, Mathewson and Hubbell among others. I had been collecting postwar Topps cards every year and when I read those stories I decided to get cards from the old timers. First it was the 1972 Kellogg's ATG 3-D cards from Danish-Go-Rounds [don't ask], then the 1973 Topps alltime leaders cards, then The Complete Book of Baseball Cards by Steve Clark, and finally the 1976 Topps Alltime Allstars. I got my first "real" prewar card a year later, a T206 Johnson I have to this day.

[drc]

I started collecting stuff when I was a kid, everything from coins to baseball cards to political stuff to newspapers, and was always interested in vintage stuff. Even in non collecting eras I liked Glenn Miller and Model-A cars (in books, I didn't own one) and Laurel and Hardy films. So even when I was 7, the old had appeal to me. It only made sense that old baseball cards and memorabilia would be of interest.

[ullmandds]

"I was baseball crazy around 5th grade and I got a book at a school book fair about the great pitchers, including Johnson, Mathewson and Hubbell among others. I had been collecting postwar Topps cards every year and when I read those stories I decided to get cards from the old timers. First it was the 1972 Kellogg's ATG 3-D cards from Danish-Go-Rounds [don't ask], then the 1973 Topps alltime leaders cards, then The Complete Book of Baseball Cards by Steve Clark, and finally the 1976 Topps Alltime Allstars. I got my first "real" prewar card a year later, a T206 Johnson I have to this day."

Great point that had slipped my mind!!!! I had those 72' kellogs 3d all time greats too...and I remember being so intrigued by the 73' all time leader cards...AND the 76' sporting life greats cards which I'm sure helped direct me to vintage!!!
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[ethicsprof]

A good friend gave me the baseball cards from her great aunt's estate in
1982. I received some T206s,T210s,T205s, and T203s. After that it was all about vintage.
all the best,
barry

[kmac32]

Great great uncle played center field for the Yankees, found his E121 card and decided to collect a 1921 world series subset all E121 series 120 and series 80

[bigtrain]

Collected cards when I was a kid in the 60's but when I went off to college, my brother sold them pay for a paint job on his Firebird. About 1985 or so, I had a client who owed me quite a bit of money. He said he as going to pay me as soon as he sold his baseball cards and memorabilia. I didn't trust the guy so I told him to bring the stuff to me and I would sell it. Turned out to be some nice T206s, Goudeys and 1920's exhibits. I held on to most of that collection and was hooked.

[rainier2004]

I just started working backwards with eras. Always collected 50's, then got older with more disposable income and the older eras started becoming available. I then found net54 and now I owe some $$$$$$$$$!

[alanu]

Collected as a kid in the late 60's early 70's, got back into it in the early 90's when I found my 1972 Topps baseball set. Traded it for mostly Roberto Clemente cards, then started doing shows and bought my first real vintage card, a '33 yellow Ruth.

[goudey1933]

I was 16 years old when I sold a run of Topps sets in 1980 at a card show in Lancaster Pa .Turned the cash around and bought T 206's.Sold and bought on and off since.
scott