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Posted By: Jimmy Piccuito

Name: Jimmy Piccuito
Location: grew up in the Boston area
I work for the military on Cape Cod - Cartographer/GIS
Email: piccuitoj@msn.com
eBay ID: jbsportsauctions33
URL: www.jbsportsauctions.com
Forum: Net54 recent member boxingbaseballgolf33
Collecting Interests: Pre-war Boxing, Baseball and Golf cards(T206, Goudey,
Candy and other tobacco issues) sports memorabilia- Red Sox, Patriots,
Bruins and Celtics items - I also collect antique books and vintage sporting
goods.
started collecting when I was 6 years old, my Dad would buy me sets on
Holidays and Birthdays.
When I was about 14 years old, I started to help local dealers at shows and
flea markets.
While I was in college I started collecting early baseball items that I
would find at local shows in Maine. I started buying and selling on eBay in
1997 while I was at school, a year later I was doing more on eBay. My
collection was growing as well
When I graduated, there was not too much time to collect, but I always found
time to go and buy some T206 cards and Goudeys at local shows and from
dealers in my area. This trend lasted for a few years, in 2000 I got married
and sold most of what I had, but started thinking, I can still do this on
eBay - on my honeymoon I purchased the Barry Halper Auction Books. I
continued to gain knowledge about the hobby and pre-war related items and
started to collect and sell different issues like candy cards, strip cards
and issues I never had before. The past few years I started buying gloves,
bats, programs, photos and other memorabilia. I created my website so I
would have a place to keep track of what I had. In the near future it will
be a great place to expand my business from eBay to the website so people
can find information about me and get to know what I sell and collect. I
still go and help dealers at local shows, and have some space for my own
items.

the above info was sent to oldcardboard.com for the magazine

Take Care

Jimmy