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Originally Posted by irv
There are many on here who have a wealth of information that makes me envious but not many (that I am aware of?) can actually say they remember purchasing these cards when they were young.
That in itself trumps others who are only going by what is written and what they heard from some other collectors who likely weren't around then or didn't collect back then.
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that was kind of my point in referencing the baseball card shows from the 1970s. there were a lot of people in those rooms who collected cards in the 1940s and 50s.
i'm not saying ted is incorrect on this one. just that it's ridiculous to think that professional graders are the ones who started calling them 1948 Leafs. everybody 40 years ago called them that. if ted remembers buying cards in the 1940s, i'm sure he remembers that fact from the mid 1970s.
and i'll stick with my premise about not taking everything someone says as the gospel, whether it's ted or whoever.