When I was a kid, my then brother-in-law gave me his baseball card collection.

Russ

True story. This was in 1968 when I was 12 years old. It was about 800 cards from the 1950's and 1960's, and he only collected rookies. Many duplicates in the group, including three 1952 Topps Mickey Mantles that, as near as I can remember, were in pretty good shape. Truth is, I didn't give a rat's patoot about cards, so I just tucked them away. In December 1974, I went in the Army and put most of my stuff in storage.

In the summer of 1975, the storage place burned to the ground while I was stationed in Germany.

It occurs to me that if I still had that collection today, I might not have to work as much.

Russ, NCNE

originalisbest

Boy, that had to SUCK Russ. Sorry to hear of losing not one but 3 '52 Topps Micks.

perkdog

Thats what you call a "Bad hit"

julen23

really?

i thought a bad hit was when you exhaled versus inhaled and blew dirty bong h2o everywhere?

interesting.

sorry 4 your loss also, great story however.

julen

Russ

<< <i>Boy, that had to SUCK Russ. Sorry to hear of losing not one but 3 '52 Topps Micks. >>



I actually didn't realize how much it sucked at the time since I really wasn't in to cards. I was more pissed about my Nehru Jacket and my bell bottoms.

Russ, NCNE

originalisbest

Understood, heck, I'd be PO'd at losing things of value to no one but myself. Still, if no one got hurt or injured, that's something.

pandrews

<< <i>really?

i thought a bad hit was when you exhaled versus inhaled and blew dirty bong h2o everywhere?
>>



word.. julen has experience.

this is usually the result of some idiot coughing while trying to take a bong hit, a bowl full of burning and ashy weed usually goes flying also..

Jdurg

Well, things could always be worse.................. ummmmm............. oh wait, no. I can't think of anything at this moment that could be worse than losing all your possessions to a fire and then finding out years later that they were worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars.

Ironmanfan

I didn't think the "rookie collecting phenomenon" hit the hobby until the early 1980's and your brother-in-law collected nothing but rookies prior to 1968? Wow.....a true visonary

itzagoner

<< <i>

<< <i>really?

i thought a bad hit was when you exhaled versus inhaled and blew dirty bong h2o everywhere?
>>



word.. julen has experience.

this is usually the result of some idiot coughing while trying to take a bong hit, a bowl full of burning and ashy weed usually goes flying also.. >>



party foul

WinPitcher

didn't think the "rookie collecting phenomenon" hit the hobby until the early 1980's


That does not mean that people did not collect rookies before that. I remm calling cards rookies back in the mid 60's. granted I had no idea if they were the first card for someone (I usually gave that name to the trophy cards).

Not surprising to me that someone else collected only rookies back then. many did.

steve

PasadenaMudSlide

Julen digs the noble weed?

Stone193

My entire stamp collection burned up in a garage fire while I was in the Army.

Who knows - there might have been a rare British Guiana in there?

colebear

<< <i>really?

i thought a bad hit was when you exhaled versus inhaled and blew dirty bong h2o everywhere?

julen >>