card saving inception dates?

[Section103]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Here's my 'card locker' from the '70s. Just pulled it out of the attic . Still filled with a '74 Topps set, sorted by team.

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I had that EXACT case. Then I went low-tech and used Nike shoe boxes for the inevitable overflow of cards.

[JTysver]

Originally Posted by Jantz

I still have my card lockers like the one Tom posted from when I was a kid.

Here was another card locker that was manufactured in 1968. As far as I know there are five different versions.

If that's the hard plastic kind, I'd been seeking one. I recall the first I saw one of those was in the mid 70s but it had some 1968 cards inside so it makes sense that it was from 1968.

[JTysver]

Moving on to the Cards in Spokes- I remember doing that in 1973. I think it went out of fashion as skateboards started replacing bikes.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by JTysver

Moving on to the Cards in Spokes- I remember doing that in 1973. I think it went out of fashion as skateboards started replacing bikes.

I do some work for a bike shop, a few years ago I rebuilt a bike for a customer who mentioned the card in the spokes as a happy memory.

So I picked up a few old fashioned clothespins, the spring kind (That's what we used, there's other ways too ) And put a card on for her. Plus supplied a handful of cards for when that one wore out or went missing.

Best thing I've ever done with slightly worn 80's commons.

Steve B

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