I started in buying packs in '62. Two of my favorite cards I ended up with in trades, mainly because no one else wanted them for obvious reasons, were:
I started collecting in 1973, between me and my friend Mike we must have opened up 500 packs that summer. It seemed like after awhile we kept getting the same cards over and over.
I stopped spending my money and we were trading with each other. I liked Pete Rose and he liked Jack Billingham. When school started Mike bought some more packs. I remember how excited he was when he opened them up and got cards that niether of us had.
For awhile he held all the cards so to speak and I had to trade him 2 cards for 1 so I could get these "New" cards.
I still have every 1973 card that I opened or traded for that summer (and fall) Some of the cards still have Mikes name wrote on the back. He used to do that so we wouldn't get them mixed up.
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<< <i>Nothing fancy, but it was my favorite! I keep a raw one in my collection to this day (never have gotten around to buying a PSA 10 though... one day I'm sure).
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I'm just a coin guy checking in to see how many posts it would take until I found my favorite card growing up. Thanks for the chuckle.
I don't have one in photobucket,don't know how to borrow someone else's either,but I can tell ya its a 1984 Howie Long! Man when I was 9yrs old,ripping thru 84 boxes was the norm on saturdays. We would get on our bikes,head to flea-market buy at least 1-2 boxes each saturday, head home and rip!Those were the days,man.I traded 90% of Marino,Elways for Long.I had to have Erick Dickerson 2nd. most.
J.R.
This reminds me of a great trade I made in 87-or 88 9 Jordan 86 fleers for 9 84 Erick Dickerson rc's.
This one was the cool card to have when I was a kid, especially in the Bay Area. Vida was the sensation of 1971 when he won the MVP and Cy Young. He even appeared on "Laugh-In". He looks like he's giving the peace sign, which was big during the last years of the Vietnam war.
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I stopped spending my money and we were trading with each other. I liked Pete Rose and he liked Jack Billingham. When school started Mike bought some more packs. I remember how excited he was when he opened them up and got cards that niether of us had.
For awhile he held all the cards so to speak and I had to trade him 2 cards for 1 so I could get these "New" cards.
I still have every 1973 card that I opened or traded for that summer (and fall) Some of the cards still have Mikes name wrote on the back. He used to do that so we wouldn't get them mixed up.
My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
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I'm 41 and started buying packs in 75 as a kid....Although I remember my late father buying us packs in 73.
Here are some of my favorites from my childhood....And these are my originals.
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<< <i>Nothing fancy, but it was my favorite! I keep a raw one in my collection to this day (never have gotten around to buying a PSA 10 though... one day I'm sure).
I'm just a coin guy checking in to see how many posts it would take until I found my favorite card growing up. Thanks for the chuckle.
until my father converted me...sure wish he could be here to see them now with me...
but, Pops was the one that got me hooked...literally...
(cool thread)...
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I don't have one in photobucket,don't know how to borrow
someone else's either,but I can tell ya its a 1984 Howie Long!
Man when I was 9yrs old,ripping thru 84 boxes was the norm on saturdays.
We would get on our bikes,head to flea-market buy at least 1-2 boxes each saturday,
head home and rip!Those were the days,man.I traded 90% of Marino,Elways for
Long.I had to have Erick Dickerson 2nd. most.
J.R.
This reminds me of a great trade I made in 87-or 88
9 Jordan 86 fleers for 9 84 Erick Dickerson rc's.
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1972 Football-9's high#'s
1965 Football-8's
1958 Topps FB-7-8