What are your favorite card/hobby stores from your youth?

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02-27-2022, 08:31 AM

runbrett

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The Sports Collectors Store in Chicago was amazing. I went there lots of times in the mid-1970s after some friends found out about it. I spent most of my money in the $0.25 box of damaged cards. This box contained Mantles in poor condition.

Behind the counter, the east and west walls of the store were stacked floor to ceiling with boxes of cards that were perfectly organized. I have a vivid memory of asking for a 1963 Fleer Clemente. The guy pulled out a box that had at least 100 of them to choose from. I still have that card.

Many times I spent my bus money and then just walked/ran the seven miles home.
I don't remember my last visit there, but it was probably in 1981 or 1982. A great shop, run by many of the big names in the hobby.

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