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[atx840]

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

[irv]

Originally Posted by atx840

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

Where abouts in southern Ontario, ATX?

My father was born and raised in the Tweed/Actinolite area of southern Ontario and in and around that area is where is got his 52 Topps cards.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by irv

Where abouts in southern Ontario, ATX?

My father was born and raised in the Tweed/Actinolite area of southern Ontario and in and around that area is where is got his 52 Topps cards.

A little town called Listowel. Actually not too far from Tweed.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Li...8gEwC3oECA0QBA

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by atx840

A little town called Listowel. Actually not too far from Tweed.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Li...8gEwC3oECA0QBA

Hey Chris,

Listowel is special to me due to it being the place Cyclone Taylor grew up and first learned to play hockey. Are there any kinds of shrines there to him? Is the home he was raised in known and does it still exist? If there's any traces left of his existence there... I'd love to visit.


Brent

[JohnP0621]

[QUOTE=atx840;1878420]Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.


That is a beauty !

[irv]

Originally Posted by atx840

A little town called Listowel. Actually not too far from Tweed.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Li...8gEwC3oECA0QBA

Further away than I thought it was but I guess it proves a lot of these high number cards were available in Canada also or maybe even mainly?

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by atx840

Father picked this out of a pack when he was 9, he grew up in southern Ontario and supposedly had access to a higher amount of high card packs. He gave it to me the day I was born.

Thanks for sharing your card and your beautiful story, Chris. To PSA it looked like a 3, but with those off-the-chart colors and extra crisp picture registry, you and I would call it a 12, which means priceless!!!! --- Brian Powell

[MVSNYC]

A Chris Browne sighting?

CB- shoot me a PM, long time, no speak...Hope you're well, my friend.

[gabrinus]

Bought this from Mr. Delong back in 1982 for $20...Jerry

[Baseballcrazy62]

Highest graded white back in the registry. Picked it up in 1975.F638784B-36D4-434F-93E0-BA5B26CD4800.jpg

[frohme]

While I may still have a few cards left from my childhood collecting days (75-78), they're likely well loved and packed away... somewhere. They've certainly never seen the light of a scanner, and probably never will. Grover Cleveland was picked up in London in 1980 on a high school trip, if I remember correctly. He's been hanging out all this time, waiting patiently ...

My longest-held T206 and T207 clock in at 29 and 28 years respectively.

Great stories and cards, everyone!

--
Mike