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04-09-2011, 05:29 PM
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Read it and weep
I've been sorting, indexing and browsing through some of my older hobby publications this week, and tonight I found this ad in the July 15, 1978, issue of Sports Collectors Digest:
Last edited by Rob D.; 04-09-2011 at 06:32 PM. 
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04-09-2011, 05:41 PM
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we can buy t206's for that price now.... however they aren't real =)
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04-09-2011, 06:22 PM
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early 80's I remember going through plastic page after page of VG/EX T206 cards for $3-$5 ea. at shows.... All kinds of back..... a ton of Hindu (both colors), EPDG, Cycle, Tolstoi, American Beauty, Sovereign, Old Mill, and even a few Lenox, Broadleaf, and Carolina Brights, mixed in...... but the ones I always grabbed was the Polar Bear's.
Wish I knew that someday Red Hindu, Lenox, etc. etc would be thought of as scarce and command a big premium.  I liked the Polar Bear's when I was a kid ....... dang! PS. My first T206 card was a Bob Unglaub, loved his name 
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04-09-2011, 06:26 PM
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There is no expiration date or "while supplies last" statement printed on that ad. I would send the money in. They HAVE to honor your purchase!
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04-09-2011, 07:21 PM
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the 5 for $3 deal would be $10 in today's dollars when accounting for inflation. I wasn't even born yet, but wow.
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04-09-2011, 07:56 PM
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Hop in everybody!
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04-09-2011, 10:11 PM
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Rob D
great ad. thanks for sharing.
it is hard to believe how much has changed since '78. i drove a gorgeous fiat X19 that year; now i drive a buick. all the best, barry
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04-10-2011, 09:37 AM
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Barry,
My neighbor has an X19 that he is restroing currently. In '79 I drove the British version of the wedge, the TR7 convertible. Jeff
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04-10-2011, 09:49 AM
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Old Prices
I love these old adds. I like to look at the ones in old comic books, where you could buy key books back in the 70's for less than $15, that now go for $1000's. Same with cards. I think 1st time I remember seeing HOFers for sale around $12-$14 range. I should have jumped on them, for a few hundred dollars, I would have had the monster tamed by now...
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04-10-2011, 11:46 PM
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jeff
both cars were fabulous.
i hope that you're not driving a buick now!! all the best, barry
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