In 1985, I dug out my old baseball cards and began collecting again. I remember going to a card show where someone had a Rose rookie card for $600. The table next to it had a Ruth signed ball for $600. I remember thinking that you could buy a piece of cardboard for the same price as a baseball signed by Babe Ruth. At that moment, I stopped collecting cards and started collecting signed balls. Of course, I should have bought the Ruth ball but I didn't. In 1992, I finally bought a Ruth ball for $1800.
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