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Posted By: <b>Rob NYC</b><p>Mine was a T206 Willetts (VG, raw). Scan not available.<br />What was your very first prewar card?<br />

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Walter Johnson T206 "hands at chest".

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>1985, 9 years old, dad bought me a t206 Red Ames portrait (poor condition). I was in awe.

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>1910 Obak Erickson I won off a local bidboard for $2 around 1980. I still have it.<br /><br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>First prewar was a T206 Bergen. Still have it around here somewhere.<br /><br />Joshua

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Posted By: <b>jeff drum</b><p>1939 Playball Gehringer won in a Kevin Savage auction in 1988.

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Posted By: <b>Pete Z.</b><p>pre-WWI:T206 Bradley w/ bat<br />pre-WWII:'33 Goudey Lazzeri

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>On the weekend of January 14 and January 15, 1995 I bought a National Game John McGraw at a Parsippany, NJ baseball card show on Saturday and a T206 Jimmy Collins at a Mahwah, NJ baseball card show on Sunday.<br /><br />It's been all downhill for my wallet from there.

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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>it was either a t206 matty white cap i bought at a show for $2...it's f-g or a t205 criger vg-ex from a card store for $5.<br /><br />petre in mn

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Posted By: <b>Troy</b><p>My first card was in 2002, it was a Topps T206 Big Bill Dineen. I payed approx 35 for it on ebay. I have to give credit to Topps for turning me onto the Pre War stuff, thus they lost all of my money. I bet they did not figure on that!!

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Posted By: <b>Andrew Parks</b><p>T205 Arthur Devlin off Ebay for $35. I got it graded and it came back a 70. Can you believe that one?<br /><br />My second?<br /><br />A T205 Eddie Cicotte that was described as Ex. No scan on the ebay auction. I paid $60 and won it. It came back a 50!

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Posted By: <b>Jeff P</b><p>t206 Cobb Red Portrait, bought right after graduating college in 1999 - no longer have it, but still one of my favorite "mainstream" cards of all time. Always liked it more than the more valuable Green Portrait for some reason.

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>I was a kid and just started going to card shows. Sometime in the 80s. The first tobacco card I ever laid eyes on, and I bought it on the spot.<br /><br />It had a Polar Bear back....<br />I switched my interest to T206s and started buying anything with Polar Bear backs.<br /><br />Many dealers would see me at card shows and recognize me and say 'here comes the Polar Bear Kid'... they would get the cards out without me even asking the question... and I would buy in any condition (commons were like $2-$3 in low condition back then)<br /><br />I had one of those "The Monster" checklist books that I would carry around (still have it).<br /><br />I think I was about 14 or 15 years old at the time.

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Posted By: <b>David Vargha</b><p>1939 Play Ball Durocher and Ted Williams. I sold them for something like $14 each back in 1979.<br><br>DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: <b>Andy</b><p>My first was a t206 Jack Hannifan. I grew up in Jersey so I was very happy to have a tobacco card of a player from a Jersey City club. I sill have it and will never get rid of it.

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Mohler</b><p>My first card was a t206 Bresnahan with bat that I won on ebay about a year ago. I have enjoyed learning about vintage cards in the last year!<br /><br />Jeff

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>1933 Goudey Rabbit Maranville

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Posted By: <b>Jerry Rucker</b><p>T206 Rucker Portrait, My name sake

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I think it was a 33 Goudey Bill Terry portrait in fair condition.

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>Mine was also a t206 Walter Johnson hands at chest.

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Posted By: <b>Bill K</b><p>2001 - T206 Matty McIntyre w/ Polar Bear reverse. Still have it!<br /><br />Bill<br><br>My personal collection - <a href="http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f176/fkm_bky/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f176/fkm_bky/</a>

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Posted By: <b>andy becker</b><p>1935 national chicle #9 knute rockne. <br />that card will never leave my collection.<br /><br />first baseball card was diamond star, picked up a few at the same time....

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Posted By: <b>Griffins</b><p>Same week about '74, so not sure what came first-<br /><br />-'39 Playballs of Dimaggio ($10) and Greenberg ($1), both with sample backs, from Goodie Goldfadden at Adco. Abuse was free, despite having a reservation we had to wait 45 minutes outside the store in the rain.<br /><br />- T206 Bergen from Card Collectors Co. via mail order. When it came I was thrilled to find out it was a Uzit back. $1. plus shipping.

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Posted By: <b>Brett</b><p>Still have and will never sell it !<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1148060339.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>drc</b><p>My first was a 1933 Goudey Jack Quinn from the Larry Frisch mail order catalog, and the 2nd was a T206 Harry Pattee from my dad. I still own both.

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Posted By: <b>Michelle Wise</b><p>My first pre-war card was a 1915 CJ Amos Strunk. When I first started getting into prewar cards, I went to a show in Atlanta and someone stole the binder of cards that I had with me, with the Strunk card inside. It took me a while to get back into prewar cards after that, and I still dont have another Amos Strunk.

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Posted By: <b>Rob NYC</b><p>Wow! Majority is T206s but still a diverse group!

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Posted By: <b>Nate</b><p>My first pre-WWII baseball card was a 1934 Goudey Carl Hubbell that I bought from Kit Young. I originally sought it because of Hubbell's amazing exploits in that year's all-star game. I still have it.

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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>A Dockman Bergen & w502 Hornsby from a four Base Hits catalog/auction. Well, that is after 2 OJs from an ad by the same seller.

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>T206 Wagner - Heinie, not Honus. I overpaid greatly - $7 for a vg card with a bite out of one corner, somewhere around 1982. I no longer have the card.

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>Bought it many years ago and had it graded about 4 years ago.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/2666/aefanson1lp.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>nbrazil</b><p>t206 cobb red portrait. that's how i started collecting t206's!

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Posted By: <b>Mike Pugeda</b><p>My first Pre-War card, purchased in 1994:<br /><br />E93 Ty Cobb (Glad I bought it sooner rather than later)

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Posted By: <b>Brad</b><p>T206 Cobb Red Portrait

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>T206 Lajoie throwing PSA 8 (OC)

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>T206 Cobb Red portrait in a cardshop in L.A. THe dealer wanted $70. I didn't have that much money, but was so blown away that I traded a good chunk of my collection for it. I was about 13 at the time.<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>My first 2 pre-war cards were gifts from my father, back in late 1986. He had a booth in an antique mall outside Seattle called Days Gone By. A guy there had some cards... he got me a T206 Titus (still love the stash) and a 1933 Goudey Pepper Martin. Don't remember what happened to the Titus, but still have the Martin.<br /><br />-Rhett

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>First two cards were:<br /><br />T206 Lobert trimmed<br />T206 Schlei Batting VG<br /><br />Still have the schlei. Still enjoy that Lobert portrait, but don't have one right now. I think Lobert's background color is unique for the set.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Don't remember for sure what the first pre-war card was I bought, but it's in this picture somewhere.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.attic2cash.net/cards/earlyts.jpg"><br /><br />I'm not even sure what the first card was I bought when I got back into the hobby, but I do know my e92 Nadja Rebel Oakes was one of the first<br /><br /><img src="http://www.attic2cash.net/cards/e92oakes.jpg"><br /><br />Jay<br /><br />I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: <b>Patrick McMenemy</b><p>The first pre-war card that I bought was a Dooin T201. Found it in an antique shop in Vermont. I had about 8 T201s at one time, however, I have sold them all off except for a nice Ira Thomas T201.<br /><br />Patrick

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Posted By: <b>Steve Dawson</b><p>My first pre-war card was actually three...<br /><br />T206 Brown (pitching, Chicago shirt), Bresnahan (batting) and Keeler (batting). Bought all three of them in VG condition for $10 back in 1979.<br /><br /><br />Steve

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Posted By: <b>John Harrell</b><p>My first prewar card was a 41 Play Ball, Pinkey Higgins, bought at a mall card show.

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Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1148087169.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Henry Eshelman</b><p>t206 Gabby Street Portrait<br />earlier this year, got it in a modern lot where the seller vaguely mentioned he thought he saw some tobbaco cards in there<br><br>Thanks, Henry Eshelman<br /><br />Website:www.freewebs.com/vintagebaseball

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Posted By: <b>Justin</b><p>My first pre-war card was a 1887 Allen & Ginter Young Bibby card. My first baseball pre-war card was a 1933 Goudey Benny Bengough.<br /><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/justinofloxley/youngbibby.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/justinofloxley/bennybengough.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Tim James</b><p>T-206 Rube Marquard portrait.

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Posted By: <b>Ricky Y</b><p>Ahh...the first time...I remember it and I still have the card...1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig #92 not in the of best shape, but it was affordable and I just had to have it...was and still is a huge thrill to reflect back on it.<br /><br />Ricky

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Posted By: <b>Brad Green</b><p><br />1934 Diamond Star Lefty Grove. I still have that card.<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>I traded my Topps minis for it--and some cash, at the '87 National<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/BT206cbo001.jpg"> <br />One of yours, now, I inmagine: SGC80.

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Posted By: <b>Al Crisafulli</b><p>Kevin, I grew up in Mahwah, NJ.<br /><br />My first prewar card was a T206 Rube Waddell portrait that I bought from Dollars and Sense in Ridgewood, NJ in 1980 or so. I was maybe 9 years old, and I fell in love with T206s and 1950-52 Bowmans. The owner of the store put a bunch of T206s and Bowmans in a shoebox and I'd go in there once a week with my $5 allowance and I could buy T206s for a dollar and Bowmans for .50. <br /><br />Thus my first 20 or 30 prewar cards were T206s, and I've had them for 25 years now.<br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>Tim James</b><p>Julie,I think you got a good deal on that one !

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Posted By: <b>David McDonald</b><p><a href="http://www.network54.com/Realm/Oana_Zeenut/PrinceOana_Zeenut.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/Oana_Zeenut/PrinceOana_Zeenut.jpg"></a> <br />My Dad grew up in the Mission in San Francisco not far from Seals Stadium and used to see them play in the late twenties and early thirties. His favorite player from those days was Henry Oana. My very last conversation with my Dad was about watching the Prince fire strikes from centerfield to home plate in those long ago days. I bought this Zeenut, my first vintage card, in tribute to my Dad after he passed away in 2001.

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Posted By: <b>bob</b><p>A T206 Abbaticchio( brown sleeves) from a catalog (Wholesale Cards) in about 1972 for 55 cents.

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>N172 Old Judge Dan Brouthers in 1986...along with two other N172's "commons". My dad found them in an old scrapbook and gave them to me.

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Posted By: <b>steve</b><p>my first tobacco card i bought was in 1989, it was a mecca doyle/meyers card, i still have it

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Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>T206 Joe McGinnity which I bought as a common at Sports Corner on one of my many trips there in the mid 1970's.<br /><br />Al -- I remember Greg's store in Ridgewood very well, he turned over so much $$$ and knew everything about cards old and new. The last I heard, his brother Danny still has a store in Northern New Jersey.<br /><br />I used to love to go to those Mahwah and Parsipanny shows. In fact, I set up in Parsip from 1982 through 1989.<br /><br />Regards<br />Rich<br /><br />P.S. I grew up in Saddle Brook<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Al Crisafulli</b><p>Rich:<br /><br />Greg was an AWESOME guy, especially for a young kid. I always wondered what happened to him. He really did have a shoebox of cards that he told me was "just for me" - he's the guy who got me into vintage cards, and I used to spend hours in his store, going through the shoebox. I did go there once in the very early 90s, and sure enough, after I jogged his memory a bit, he remembered me.<br /><br />He would sit and tell stories about old players, or various card types. The guy had so much character, I could have listened to him all day, which is saying a lot considering I was the type of kid that wasn't into sitting and listening to adults talk. I'd pull out a card of a player, and he'd say "That's Sal 'The Barber' Maglie" and then tell me a story about the guy.<br /><br />I still have a stack of beat-up old Bowmans and T206s that I bought from him as a little boy.<br /><br />One time he sold my friend a 1954 Hank Aaron for $5. It was kinda beat up, but not that bad considering the price.<br /><br />I always got the feeling that by letting us dig through such a great selection of vintage cards at such low prices, he was making a long-term investment. Either that or he really did care about the hobby, and wanted to do his part by getting young people into vintage material. Whichever, I probably have him to thank for this obsession of mine (don't know if that's good or bad)<img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Thanks for letting me dig up some old memories.<br /><br />-Al<br />

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>Picked it up at one of the old Labor Day shows in Anaheim for $12. Still have it.

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Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p> My first prewar purchase was in 1988?? A customer brought a box of t206s to a video store I used to own and asked me if I wanted to buy them. I had never seen one before, but they were so interesting I gave him $100.00 for them. There ended up being around 130 of them including Cobb, Johnson and a bunch of variations including a Willis portrait with grey background, A Dahlen No B, two Wagners No B's. Unfortunately, every single one had a pinhole in the top of the card.

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Posted By: <b>Mike Ernst</b><p>My first was a lot of 1100+ T-205 and T-206 from a farmer outside of Max, ND, in 1971. He had gotten them as a kid in NYC, and had been looking for someone who might have an interest in them. I'll never forget him dumping them onto his formica-topped kitchen table out of an old Corn Flakes box.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Koteles</b><p>1977 at the Troy Hilton, near Detroit. Picked up 85 T206's<br />and 3 Mayos. 88 bucks !

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Posted By: <b>craig</b><p>got 2 pre-war card same day and remember it well. at a garage sale at my neighbors when i was about 10. he had both a 1933 goudey benny bengough, just like above, and a 1938 goudey heads-up bob feller. since he liked me, i showed interest and both were unsold my wonderful old neighbor gave them to me. i still own both and even took the feller to his museum in van meter, he signed it. he also went on to let me know that the card is dead wrong. "if i'd ever thrown a baseball at my dads barn, he'd have skinned my hide." loved hearing him tell that story. for those who dont understand. it states next to his cartoony pic that he learned his control by throwing a baseball through a knothole in the side of his fathers barn.<br /><br />craig

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Posted By: <b>Joey</b><p>Bob,<br /><br />We have something in common. My first prewar card was the T206 Abbaticchio (brown sleeves)also. Got it in 1986/87 fir around five dollars. At that time I had no real interest in prewar cards. I just wanted to be able to say I had a tobacco card.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Not sure of my first pre-war card but I got started back into collecting (from when I was a younger kid) about 10 yrs ago. My wife and I went to a small mall near by and there was a card show of about 15-20 tables in the middle of it, for the weekend. I saw "Smilin' Dave" and the rest is history. Smilin' Dave is so named as he is a nice, portly, gentleman, probably mid to late '50's, and he's always smiling. He always tells a great story too. I saw a '54 Banks in poor minus condition on his table, in a binder....the thing looked like it had been in some kids pocket all summer long. Then he probably used it for his spokes. It was about $10. I thought to myself that that was really cool that you could buy this 50 yr old card of a great HOF'er for only 10 bucks. Dave's whole table (rather big) had many cards just like this one...a few better but mostly like this one. I learned a lot from Dave and still see him around ever so often. His whole table has the value of about 1 PSA 8 common nowadays. He sure has a lot of fun though. My 1st two notable pre-war cards (don't know if they were my very first) were a PSA 7 T205 Johnson I bought from my mentor and partner in crime, Scott B., and a nice E102 Cobby I bought from John Spencer. It was all down hill after those two cards.....I guess I should blame those 3 gentlemen for my addiction....

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p><P>1967. 49 T206s given to me by a hunting buddy of my fathers because he knew I had a passion for baseball and cardboard (included 2 Cobbs).</P><P>&nbsp;</P>

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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>My Mother-in-Law gave me a partial collection of T206 and a few others, so the first card was a set. Here's the first one I bought, on ebay for $40 in February 2004.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1148398919.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Years back I bought three 1933 Goudeys at a rock bottom price. Not knowing my arse from my elbow about prewars at the time, I had no idea they were trimmed (seriously so) and was as happy as a pig in the proverbial at my "bargain".

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Posted By: <b>Tim Caravella</b><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/tcdyess/huggins.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>bill</b><p>dan I got these at a troy hilton show also<br /><br />as I was walking out with just $15.00 left <br />saw a guy with a stack of cards 1939 playball<br />Joe Dimaggio, Hank Greenberg, Lefty Gomez,<br />Carl Hubbell, Red Ruffing, Lloyd Waner, and<br />a 1941 Chas Gehringer autographed and still had <br />$3.00 when I got home. Oh still have them..