Sometime in the early 1990s, after visiting with my mom, she stopped me as I started to leave. "Wait a minute," she said, "I'll be right back." I heard her go up the stairs to the attic, and, after a few minutes, she returned with a cardboard box and said, "Here, these are yours - they've been taking up space in my attic long enough." They were, of course, the sport cards from my youth!
My collecting days spanned the early 1960s - and there were probably two thousand cards in the box. I had totally forgotten about them - in fact, I thought they were just...gone. And, so, yes, I was one of the lucky ones whose mom didn't throw her son's cards out! What a thrill to go through them. Thanks mom!
At the time, I was the father of five children - all under the age of eleven. Needless to say, that was a very busy time for me. Too busy to indulge in a personal hobby. I knew from the media, of course, that cards had become a major collectible, but I just didn't have the time to get into it all. I did buy a price guide from the magazine rack from time to time over the years - and marveled at some of the prices. I also observed through the media how the card industry waxed and waned over the years - but I never jumped into the action.
Many years have passed, and much has happened in my life. The kids are successful adults now - with children of their own. My wife passed in 2010 - which was very hard. But the Lord brought a wonderful woman into my life - and we married several years ago. I'm now retired - and life is very good. And
now is a good time to
do something with my cards!
My childhood collection includes baseball and football cards - 1960 through 1963. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with the cards at this point. I'm thinking about completing the 1963 baseball set (my favorite), and selling and trading most of my other cards to accomplish this. A Google search brought me to Net54baseball.com, and I've been lurking and learning for several months. I've also bought a price guide. This forum is
informative and
entertaining - some of your posts are hilarious! I love dry humor.
Anyway, I've decided it's time to get my feet wet on the forum. I'm also going to
try to include some photos of my cards in this introductory post - we'll see if I'm successful
. I look forward to joining the fun and continuing my education here at Net54!
Marcos