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MorrellMan

I'm gone 5 days and come back to everybody talking about boredom and lawsuits....How about a thread with the very first card set we collected? Mine was 1957 Topps Isolation Booth. Brilliant colors with a question on the front, more info on the back and a piece of "magic" red cellophane to place over the back and get the answer. Too cool! BTW, the answer to the most expensive car was the Pegaso, Spanish car, $27,000. Twenty-seven thousand. Dollars.

AlanAllen

Cool . Mine was pretty boring, 1980 Topps Football. So, what are the answers to those questions? And where can I get one of those $27,000 cars?

Joe

peterredshoes

I started collecting young enough to not be completion-driven, but the first set I had any practical experience with was 1987 Topps. My grandmother worked at Woolworth's and apparently 1987 wasn't too late in time for kids to still be cracking wax in the store and ripping off the gum, so she brought me some cards that she cleaned off the shelf. Christmas followed that up with one of those pre-packaged baseball card collector kits that come with some random cards and an album, and I believe that the kit contained what I now acknowledge as my first Alan Trammell card. Despite its now rounded corners, I've now deemed it worthy of its own 1/4" screwdown in honor of being first. Sometimes a card's value isn't tied to its scarcity or condition...

Peter G.

MorrellMan

"So, what are the answers to those questions?"

Longest title fight: 42 rounds, 1906, Joe Gans vs Battling Nelson.
Most expensive car: already got that, costs twice what a good used Pinto goes for (oxymoron?)
Hottest place on earth: 136.4 degrees in Libya, 1922
Most precious gem: the emerald
Thinnest man: Hopkin Hopkins, 17 pounds, died at age 17 in 1754.

1420sports

1980 Topps baseball ... I remember Rhoden being a tough card to pull.

Virtualizard

<< <i>1980 Topps baseball ... I remember Rhoden being a tough card to pull. >>




Neal,

1979 Topps Baseball was the first one that I really collected - I have about 100-200 cards from the '76, '77, and '78 Topps Baseball that my father bought for me, but '79 was the first year that I was really into it and wanted to collect the whole set. I'm going to have to do some digging, but your comment on Rhoden reminded me of my '79 Rhoden. The '79 Topps Rhoden pictured him as a Dodger. He became a member of my Pirates in '79 and I crossed out "Dodgers" on the card and wrote in "Pirates"! I haven't seen this card in years. I'll see if I can find it and put up a scan.

JEB.

Mantlefan

Yes, I remember that Isolation Booth set. I always liked it. My first set was Davy Crockett!

1956 Davy Crockett

WinPitcher

1965 topps was the first near set for me