Childhood Collection
goodtricks
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Greetings from 25,000 feet. I'm on a plane heading back to the Midwest for the remainder of the week. One of my stops will be at my parents house where my childhood collection is (at least I hope it still is).
I've only been back into the hobby for a couple months now, and have been dying to see what I have from the old days..... I collected during the early 90's as a kid, primarily baseball and basketball. To say I'm excited is an understatement. If some are worthy I'll post some scans later.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? The old shoe box in a closet at your mom's house.... What did you discover?
I've only been back into the hobby for a couple months now, and have been dying to see what I have from the old days..... I collected during the early 90's as a kid, primarily baseball and basketball. To say I'm excited is an understatement. If some are worthy I'll post some scans later.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? The old shoe box in a closet at your mom's house.... What did you discover?
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As a kid I purchased baseball cards and simply looked at them, read the backs and left them just lying around until they would be thrown into the trash. In I believe 1959 I decided to save them in a shoebox. I had about two thirds the set placed in numerical order and the shoebox was in the dresser in the living room. In the early 90s I went back to see if they were still there. Nope. Gone. My mom said she did not throw them out and had no idea where they might be. If anyone here knows where they are I would like them back.
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When I started collecting as a kid (mid/late 80s), my Dad told me he used to have shoe boxes full of "the cards with the color TVs on them" (1955 Bowman). We wend to his parent's house to look for them in the attic, but couldn't find them. Probably just as well, because he used to flip them with his friends and they were likely all banged up anyway. I would still love to have them anyway, just as a keepsake.
<< <i>If you collected in the early 90s, your mom might have done you a favor if she threw them away. Mostly worthless cardboard. Trust me, I know from my own experience.
When I started collecting as a kid (mid/late 80s), my Dad told me he used to have shoe boxes full of "the cards with the color TVs on them" (1955 Bowman). We wend to his parent's house to look for them in the attic, but couldn't find them. Probably just as well, because he used to flip them with his friends and they were likely all banged up anyway. I would still love to have them anyway, just as a keepsake. >>
My dad collected as well when he was a kid and in the time period that could have netted him a few '52 Mantles. Unfortunately those cards are long gone. I would have loved to have them as well just for the memories. Oh well!