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Paul SBobby Binder and I seem to have had the same experience at Goodwin Goldfadden's ADCO, although mine was a few years earlier. He'd have to buzz you into his musty dusty store with narrow aisles of sports books stacked floor to ceiling, and he had this cage/office in the back. I got my HOFer T206s, i.e. Cobb bat on /bat off/port, Johnsons, et al, for about $5.00 a pop -- there wasn't the small varying degrees of "grading" then -- a card either looked acceptable or beat. Speaking of which, I also still have about 40-50 E90-1s, which these grading days would be A's or 1's, for about $10.00 total. Costliest single purchase I made there was actually the Baseball Encyclopedia for $20.00.
Bobby, are/were your Play Ball 39s sample backs? The one's I got from him are, including Dimaggio and Williams. Don't remember the price but it wasn't so much that my allowance couldn't afford it!