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05-22-2015, 03:02 PM
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Too many times to count.
As for many, the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle seemed like it only existed in a dream. The first one I ever held or saw in person was one bought as an adult. It gave me chills and thrills that the card continues to give me to this day. I stare at it for long periods, and it does what I imagine Xanax is intended to do. The Babe Ruth Rookie and Lou Gehrig Rookie do the same for me, but less for any magic lingering from childhood, as I didn't learn of them until many years later; rather, they mesmerize because of their significance to the sport, their age, their subject images, the near 100-year journeys through time that such a card must have taken to wind up in my hand-- depicting the game's best players, the cards must have been handled and beloved by all hands they passed through before mine. I hold the 1933 Goudey Ruths and the 1933 & 1934 Gehrig in nearly the same regard, and enjoy them in hand almost as much. A child of the 80's, 1984 Mattinglys, Goodens, and Strawberrys will always send me in a trance back to days when smashing homers and scorching line drives in schoolyards or streets or little league fields was all I cared about, alongside baseball and cards-- as opposed to all the annoyances and malaise of adult life. I enjoy images of these cards and others several times a day. As the old saying goes: they soothe the savage beast. Last edited by MattyC; 05-22-2015 at 03:06 PM. 
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05-22-2015, 03:02 PM
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1975 topps baseball partial set I bought in 1988 when I was 6. The color!
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05-22-2015, 03:46 PM
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For me it was my first Broad Leaf 460....Simply beautiful!
Lee
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05-22-2015, 04:06 PM
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Yep. When I first held the Chance ghost I spent the evening in a state of awe mixed with giddiness. Then proceeded to loupe like I've never louped before.
Oh and then there are these which still get me:  
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05-22-2015, 07:44 PM
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 . As for cards and which ones mesmerize I own/have owned. There are a lot of them. I guess one of them from the Luckey Collection I, and destined for a new home, is the D381 Wagner (and original photo). Such a great portrait and the card has it's coupon too. Then, in the newest collection, I only have the few Zeenuts with crazy poses, some generic rppc's and this new acquisition, E90-1. When I first saw it I tried to quickly, visually find something wrong with it. I couldn't. Then I looked very closely....still can't. It's almost like it's 50/60 Top to bottom and almost 50/50 side to side. To my OCD self, and knowing how this card usually comes, it's almost distracting. (scans not to size)... and yes, Peter, slow day!! It's a chat board...I am chatting....
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Leon Luckey www.luckeycards.com Last edited by Leon; 05-23-2015 at 09:12 AM.
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05-22-2015, 04:07 PM
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and yes, if by mesmerized you mean having a card hold your every thought, constantly, I have been mesmerized by a few cards (most of them Leon's).
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Ed Collecting PCL, Southern Association, and type cards. http://hangingjudgesports.com
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05-22-2015, 04:09 PM
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Chris, that strip proof is one that "mesmerizes" me for sure. I think about it often. I always think where there's one, there has got to be two.
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Ed Collecting PCL, Southern Association, and type cards. http://hangingjudgesports.com
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05-22-2015, 04:26 PM
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Ed et al.,
The BL 460 took me 5 years to obtain....it was a journey. I had at least half a dozen slip through my fingers before I finally nailed one down. Patience and a lot of luck! Best, Lee Last edited by tinkertoeverstochance; 05-22-2015 at 04:29 PM.
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05-22-2015, 04:50 PM
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Slow day?
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Four phrases I nave coined that sum up today's hobby: No consequences. Stuff trumps all. The flip is the commoodity. Animal Farm grading.
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05-22-2015, 05:01 PM
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No, but when I first saw a '57 Mantle as a young kid, it made a lasting impression. A perfect card, in my view, and an early acquisition once I got back into cards as an adult.
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05-22-2015, 07:17 PM
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In 1993, I was shown what I still feel sure was an authentic T206 Wagner.
Doggonit! I just know I could have outrun that guy! But, then, I was far too light-headed from the site of it to make any sudden movements. I will never, ever forget that moment! But, Hey - it's just cardboard, right??
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. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente Last edited by clydepepper; 05-22-2015 at 07:17 PM.
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05-25-2015, 08:33 AM
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Yes, although i am a Yankee fan, the 1957 Dodgers Sluggers card is so insane looking, so great, I can look at that card forever.
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Its so great to love all the New York teams in all sports, particularly the YANKEES. Last edited by dabigyankeeman; 05-25-2015 at 08:44 AM.
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05-25-2015, 11:24 AM
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1903 New York Giants Benjamin Falk PC
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/cir...lot106976.aspx Back in 2006... When Joe D. started a thread that ended up with this PC being his find... I was pretty much in Awe... I was born in Astoria, NY & I'm an avid MaTTy Nat'l team Collector. I also like ta keep my "Must have Cards" within reach! Maybe some day the Timing will be RiGHT!? 
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