Post some of your original childhood cards you still have

bman90278 · January 28, 2009 12:01PM

I've been wanting to do a thread like this and I finally found a few cards worth showing off from my original childhood collection. This morning's post from another member got my butt in gear.

These cards were among my favorites when I was a kid, even though there are too many to list.
The Don Drysdale card was bought by my father when I was about a year old, so it's special and well traveled. The hostess cards were cut when I was probably 9, so excuse my cutting and please hold the comments. Some of you might be too young to appreciate the Bill Madlock card, but that guy was smoking hot when that card came out. Of course I had the real HR king, other than Ruth...A Garvey and some others. Can anyone tell I used to bring the Garvey card everywhere with me?

I'm going to do an entire card album with all of my original cards for my son. I'm proud to say that I saw most of these guys play in person.

Hope to see more cards posted from the other members.

Dboneesq · January 28, 2009 12:27PM

At least you have some of the cards from your childhood! I do not have any left from when I was a kid ... and I had a LOT!

recbball · January 28, 2009 12:42PM

I had some of my childhood cards graded. Nothing great but that's ok with me. The Ozzie Smith is from a group rip. The leafs I bought.

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digicat · January 28, 2009 12:59PM

I've got a few that I got graded once I started into my "adult era" collecting phase.

I got this in a pack in 1989, and got it signed by Jr himself at a show in early 1990.

I bought this at a card shop in either 1990 or 1991. I was 14 or 15 at the time. I took really good care of it too!

I got this at a card shop about 10 miles from my home back in 1990 or 1991. Crazy story. Bottom line, I spent $200 of hard earned chore money and was very happy to have this trophy in my collection. Probably not the best way to spend $200, but at the time, this was worth it.

It would probably be a PSA 9 OC if I hadn't put "no qualifiers" on my sub.

bbcemporium · January 28, 2009 1:12PM

Somebody with a steady hand cut that John Candelaria

jeffcbay · January 28, 2009 8:16PM

I bought this card back in 1987 (I was 11 years old) for $9.00. I submitted it to PSA 20 years later in April, 2007. Needless to say, I was ecstatic!

bman90278 · January 28, 2009 11:04PM

Wow, those graded childhood cards are awesome!

As a kid being born in 1968, I recall my dad buying me cards in 73 and I bought them all through the 70's and really didn't grasp how important it was to properly store the cards. Dang it...but I seriously enjoyed the cards and got lots of fun out of them. I do have most of my original cards in a 18gallon sterolite box. In 1976 or 77 I went to a garage sale and bought a bunch of HOF 60's cards, including a 66, a few 68's, 2 69 Mantles and they were Ex/Mt or close to that, not too mention an Ex/Mt Rose r/c to name a few...When I moved out of my house in the late 80s I needed the cash and sold most of my vintage HOF cards to a local card shop for what I believe, 10 cents on the dollar. I don't remember how much I got, but the total was close to a few hundred buck

itzagoner · January 28, 2009 11:08PM

+1 for Mad Dog.

bman90278 · January 28, 2009 11:14PM

A few more of my cards.

scotgreb · January 28, 2009 11:27PM

Pulled this from a pack at age 8 -- had it graded about two years ago

Scott

benderbroeth · January 29, 2009 3:02AM

<< I've been wanting to do a thread like this and I finally found a few cards worth showing off from my original childhood collection. This morning's post from another member got my butt in gear.

These cards were among my favorites when I was a kid, even though there are too many to list.
The Don Drysdale card was bought by my father when I was about a year old, so it's special and well traveled. The hostess cards were cut when I was probably 9, so excuse my cutting and please hold the comments. Some of you might be too young to appreciate the Bill Madlock card, but that guy was smoking hot when that card came out. Of course I had the real HR king, other than Ruth...A Garvey and some others. Can anyone tell I used to bring the Garvey card everywhere with me?

I'm going to do an entire card album with all of my original cards for my son. I'm proud to say that I saw most of these guys play in person.

Hope to see more cards posted from the other members.

>>

i think that ty cobb card has one of the best action shots i have ever seen i have 3 of that card it is one of my all time faves!!

bman90278 · January 29, 2009 3:08AM

<< Somebody with a steady hand cut that John Candelaria >>

LOL, remember that I was about 8 or 9 and was excited any time I could beat my older brother to those cards.

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Ladder7 · January 29, 2009 3:20AM

My box full of the "TV" ones disappeared long ago. At least mommy inadvertantly saved one of the good players.

bman90278 · January 29, 2009 11:26PM

Very nice cards guys.

Here are some of my favorite football cards when I was a kid. I was a Rams fan growing up, but how could any kid not like these players?

bman90278 · January 29, 2009 11:36PM

Here are a few more of my older football cards that my father bought for me as a kid.

The Merlin Olsen would be a favorite as he was a Rams great and then then during his years on Little House On The Prairie my father got Michael Landon to sponsor my little league team for many years. Hopefully one day my son will think that's cool.

billwaltonsbeard · January 29, 2009 11:56PM

Whoa! OJ Simpson played football??

nam812 · January 29, 2009 11:58PM

<< Whoa! OJ Simpson played football?? >>

That's not funny. Kids are really gonna say that one day.

bman90278 · January 30, 2009 12:02AM

<< 

<< Whoa! OJ Simpson played football?? >>

That's not funny. Kids are really gonna say that one day. >>

Yes they are and that's too bad....Well, OJ is now a scumbag so I guess that's OK.

I didn't see him play when he was on the Bills but I saw him play once when he was on the SF 49's and he was something to watch.

lsutigers1973 · January 30, 2009 12:15AM

I only have one. It is worthless now but priceless to me.

Lifelong Braves fan and this was the guy that was supposed to save the franchise. Went to a card show in 1990 with some friends about an hour from here when I was 15 just to get his auto. This card is still in the same penny sleeve and toploader that I put it in that day after the signing.

bman90278 · January 30, 2009 12:22AM

<< I only have one. It is worthless now but priceless to me.

Lifelong Braves fan and this was the guy that was supposed to save the franchise. Went to a card show in 1990 with some friends about an hour from here when I was 15 just to get his auto. This card is still in the same penny sleeve and toploader that I put it in that day after the signing.
>>

That's awesome Bill! Did you ever meet Dale Murphy back in the day? He was one of my favorites, except when he was hitting HR's against the Dodgers. lol

lsutigers1973 · January 30, 2009 12:25AM

<< That's awesome Bill! Did you ever meet Dale Murphy back in the day? He was one of my favorites, except when he was hitting HR's against the Dodgers >>

My all time favorite player. I have quite a few auto balls with Murphy on it. They all have other players but of course you can never go wrong with a nice Pete Falcone and Glenn Hubbard auto right next to Murphy. Dad used to take me to see the Astros and Braves for a 3 game set every summer when I was a kid.

SportsCardCollector · January 30, 2009 4:19AM

The first pack of cards I ever bought was a pack of 1964 Topps baseball. There was a drugstore around the corner from us and one day when I went in there for candy I saw the box of cards on the counter and decided to buy a pack for 5 cents. I could have had a Hershey bar for my nickel, but I decided to see what baseball cards were all about.

At the time, the Dodgers were the 1963 World Series champs, so I was a big fan of them and their star pitcher, Sandy Koufax. You can imagine how thrilled I was as a kid when I opened the pack and found these 5 cards:

Of course, the Koufax was on top so it has gum stains on it. I didn't care at the time because the gum was good.

I've always thought about getting these graded, but can't stand to let go of them to send them in. Anyone have any guesses on grades?

For some reason, that was the only pack I bought that year. But it got me hooked for hundreds of 5 cent trips to that same drug store over the years that followed. I always wonder what the druggist would have said if I had gone in and asked to buy a whole box (for the staggering amount of $1.20!). I'm sure he would have thought I was nuts.

Thanks for the thread, Brian, and giving me a chance to stroll down memory lane. It reminded me of why I'm in this hobby.

Ladder7 · January 30, 2009 7:02AM

When I was a yout, hockey reigned in Boston. One card survived. Thanks mommy

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bman90278 · January 30, 2009 7:28AM

SportsCardCollector, That's so cool that you still have those cards and to pull a Koufax from your first pack, that's awesome.

Ladder7, Congrats on getting your only card left slabbed. Very cool.

brian

GOODLIEU · January 30, 2009 9:24AM

I am a big time Basketball collector nowdays but I have always been a Yankees fan and as a kid the Yankee player cards I collected are long gone but about ten years ago when I was visiting my Mother in Queens she indicated that she was looking at some old photos in a album she had saved and saw a envelope with 6 of the Yankee team cards from 1962 to1967 that I had for whatever reason put in there. To be honest I cant recall when or why I put them there but I was glad to have them. I bought one of these 6 slot screwdown holders and put them in there and they are currently sitting on my desk in my den. They are not in bad shape at all probably would grade Psa 5's maybe 6 but I think Ill keep them as is to remind me of my long gone childhood.

HoofHearted · January 31, 2009 5:48AM

I was fortunate to have a closet to store some of my childhood stuff after I left home in southern MN for the service and college. Everytime I came home I'd take something else back with me. One thing I kept was about 3,000 1960s cards I bought, cut out and/or traded for as a kid. Here's a few:

This was a sentimental favorite because my cousin and I always threw this one in as a joke in every trade we made. This card goes for some big $$$ in high grade!

HoofHearted · January 31, 2009 6:07AM

And a couple others:

'65 Topps insert:

I used to stash my cards and memorabilia in cigar boxes I picked up at the local drug store I bought a lot of my cards from:

I got this '70 Kelloggs out of, well, a cereal box along with a John "Blue Moon" Odom card that also graded a PSA9. I still have the white envelopes they came in.

Fun memories!

SidePocket · January 31, 2009 6:08AM

Used to buy cards from the ice cream man. Bought a pack every day during the summer. Couldn't wait to hear that music he played, you could tell he was coming from about a block away. These are a few I kept and graded just because I got 'em from packs back in the day. I have 5 or 6 of the 64 Rose cards. I guess the good thing about getting old is the cards get old with you!

HoofHearted · January 31, 2009 6:18AM

One of the nicer-conditioned cards I have was this '62 Topps Babe Ruth I purchased from The Card Collectors Company in the mid-60s. It graded a PSA7.

TheHun · January 31, 2009 6:27AM

great stuff from everyone ... bring back all the shoebox memories.

thanks for this thread.

bman90278 · January 31, 2009 6:28AM

Wow guys, thanks for sharing your cards and all of them I feel are awesome and life long keepers. I especially love the ones that ended up getting slabbed!! I don't know what took me so long, but I'm now 40 and just barely putting all of my HOF, all stars and favorite cards in an album I bought early last year.

Keep em coming and I love the stories too.

brian

Indy78 · January 31, 2009 12:28PM

Two of my favorite running backs of all time. I pulled both from packs as a 10 year old in 1979. An older boy of around 13 got word that I had a Campbell RC, and he bugged me for days to trade it to him. He had a paper route I think, lots of cash to buy cards, and 100's of 79 football cards, but not the Campbell. I finally relented, and he was so happy, that he traded about 40 or 50 cards for it. I can still see him walking away, staring at the card with absolute joy. Later that day, I started to have a little trader's remorse; however, a few days after the trade, I went to the "Stop and Shop" and bought a couple of packs of cards and pulled the Campbell you see here. I was relieved. I sold a few hundred 79's, including the 40 or 50 that I received in the trade, about a year ago. However, these two, I will keep.

bman90278 · January 31, 2009 3:00PM

Indy78, great cards. I can remember all of my friends wanting those two cards.

brian

Stone193 · January 31, 2009 5:51PM

My mom found this card in 1993 and gave it to me - she said I had given it to my younger brother who obviously "loved" it more than I did?

The boomers didn't know from toploaders, penny sleeves or for the most part binders - cards got flipped and were carried in the ass pocket - held together with a rubber band - the Mick never stood a chance!

Is this a great hobby or what?

mike

bman90278 · February 1, 2009 2:59AM

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My mom found this card in 1993 and gave it to me - she said I had given it to my younger brother who obviously "loved" it more than I did?

The boomers didn't know from toploaders, penny sleeves or for the most part binders - cards got flipped and were carried in the ass pocket - held together with a rubber band - the Mick never stood a chance!

Is this a great hobby or what?

mike >>

That's a good one. Glad you finally got it back.

bman90278 · February 1, 2009 3:03AM

OK, I finally got the majority of my baseball HOF & Dodgers cards all sorted by year and put into my album, but I stumble into these two cards. As a 9 to 11 year old I can understand having Charlies Angels cards, but wtf would I have that Oldsmopile Regency card?????? I believe my favorite car back then had to be a Pontiac Trans Am because of Smokey and the Bandit. lol

2dueces · February 1, 2009 4:22AM

I cannot be completely sure if these two cards are from my original childhood collection. I'm almost positive this Namath is, but I have owned 3 or 4 over the years. The Sestak is the first Bill I pulled from a pack in 1966. The Funny Ring checklist is original and got kicked around because it wasn't a player and wasn't a card. I tossed or wore all the funny rings back then. 1963 Fleer and this set are very special to me and will always be my favorites.

cpettimd · February 1, 2009 4:43AM

the perry is an auth auto
nice brett rc- a little oc
ugly munson

bman90278 · February 2, 2009 11:19AM

Awesome cards everyone and thanks for sharing them...Ok I've been really getting organized and now I'm going through my NFL cards and here are some one I'd like to share.

I have stumbled into some Rookie cards and I'm going to send these in for TTM's very soon. Pat Haden was not a HOF'r but he was the QB for the Rams when I was a kid and that makes it special. I'm totally amazed I still had my Dorsett's and one Largent! My late father was a big time college fan and we followed Dorsett at the College level and I remember how excited I was when I got his cards!! And Too Tall Jones was the man...gotta get his sig too...I'm going to post some more later tonight or Tuesday. (Edit added Ed Jones was a favorite card, but not his RC)

If anyone reading this can pass along their addresses and TTM info that would be greatly appreciated.

slantycouch · February 2, 2009 11:42AM

That Brett rookie is awesome!

bman90278 · February 2, 2009 11:51AM

<< That Brett rookie is awesome! >>

Paging barvader!!!!

nam812 · February 2, 2009 12:17PM

<< That Brett rookie is awesome! >>

4/5 Brett, 1/5 Joe Lovitto.

Barfvader · February 2, 2009 12:28PM

<< 

<< That Brett rookie is awesome! >>

Paging barvader!!!! >>

Love it.

bman90278 · April 16, 2009 9:30AM

Any other cool cards you guys have from childhood??

Clemaz · April 16, 2009 12:03PM

+1 for Phil Garner sighting.

swankdaddy7 · April 17, 2009 1:18AM

I also collected 78 football first when I was a kid. Those were also some of my favorites. I would go to a local card store in the 80's and buy singles from the 70's like Bradshaw, Harris, Griese, and Simpson.

Post some of your original childhood cards you still have

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