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Originally Posted by Tao_Moko
Didn't own, but did work at and sometimes solely ran one as a kid in OH. The late eighties were solid and specifically up to the 1989 Upperdeck release (Griffey brought a lot of folks to the hobby). We sold prewar to modern and the shop was diversified to include vinyl, regional indigenous artifacts, comics and some odd ball antique items. It was still a time when shoe boxes of cards walked into the shop. Was not a surprise to have large amounts of 1950's come in, and occasionally back to prewar cards. The celebrity of the Wagner had everyone going through attics and basements, especially in a poor coal mining town. Probably the best walk in discovery was a box of late fifties football containing pristine Brown RC's. However, my personal favorite was multiple 1939 Play Ball sets that contained more than a dozen combined William's and DiMaggio's. Of which two ended up in my personal collection. I'd say the flood of production began to negatively impact the shop by the early '90's. Same for the regional shows.
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Eric, that would've been my dream job ages 9-16. Did you get paid in cash or a combo of cash and cards?
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