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Old 10-25-2006, 04:20 PM
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Default The answer to who originated sports collectibles - sorta OT

Posted By: jackgoodman

Chris, I lived about 8 blocks from his store so was a frequent visitor. He would routinely take a stack of cards, fan them out and then holding the ends in one hand, would ruffle them like you would a deck of playing cards. Even as a teen, I would cringe.

He once offered me a large brown box that was sitting on a shelf in the store that he said was full of 1957 Topps. He said I could probably make 4 or 5 complete sets from the contents. Only wanted about $50 - a small fortune to me at the time. I passed.

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