The cards I had as a child that were firsts. The T205 Livingston that was my first tobacco card, the 7 T220 Silvers that were my first boxing cards, the 1955 Bowman Gern Nagler that was my first 50’s card, the 1968 Topps Lamar Lundy that was my first old card, the 1997 Topps Dan Marino that was in the first pack of sports card I ever had, the Fleer/Skybox animated Batman and Toy Story cards that were my first cards of any kind when I was 3-4. The 1971 Topps football set I put together as a teen and was my first completed set.
The cards that bring me the most joy have nothing to do with money, and that realization is why I don’t play in the realm of expensive investor cards. I buy the stuff I wanted as a kid, who didn’t care about creases or bragging rights but about old sets I thought were cool.
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