What was your first pre-war purchase?

jingram058 · #1 08-20-2022, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mutton Chop Yaz

Goudey Ruths could be had for $1,500, I tell ya.

How about $500 for Ruth AND Gehrig in 1988? My best friend and my sister both thought I was insane, and I thought it was rash (I also bought a 1934 OAL ball signed by Ruth, Gehrig and Cobb at the same time) as well. As I have said ever since, who could know?

campyfan39 · #2 08-20-2022, 03:24 PM

My first and only prewar card.
Wanted a card of one of the blacksox

MattyC · #3 08-20-2022, 03:54 PM

The very d304 Cobb pictured below was my first pre-war card purchase a decade ago. I didn't know anything about it or pre-war cards at the time, yet the image was just so pleasing to my eye that I bid on it and won. I had actually sold it to a friend yet was so attached to it he allowed me to get it back in a later trade. Tough card to find, and too pricey for me in higher grades, so this was always "the one" for me.

Aquarian Sports Cards · #4 08-20-2022, 06:33 PM

3 1933 Goudey's for $7.50 in 1987. Bing Miller, Randy Moore and someone else. I was always trying to get "the oldest card I've ever had" and that was my first foray into anything before the late 1950's.

Zach Wheat · #5 08-26-2022, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jingram058

How about $500 for Ruth AND Gehrig in 1988? My best friend and my sister both thought I was insane, and I thought it was rash (I also bought a 1934 OAL ball signed by Ruth, Gehrig and Cobb at the same time) as well. As I have said ever since, who could know?

Two events happened almost at the same time. First was, I bought a 1955 Koufax rookie and another rookie at the same time. I asked for a T206 Walter Johnson portait as a "throw in" and they agreed.

I don't even remember what the 2nd rookie card was but was captivated by the T206 Johnson portrait and never looked back 25+ years later.

Best throw in ever.

Cmvorce · #6 08-26-2022, 04:52 PM

Dark cap Matty. Still my favorite in the T206 set.

Hankphenom · #7 10-18-2022, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Two events happened almost at the same time. First was, I bought a 1955 Koufax rookie and another rookie at the same time. I asked for a T206 Walter Johnson portait as a "throw in" and they agreed. I don't even remember what the 2nd rookie card was but was captivated by the T206 Johnson portrait and never looked back 25+ years later. Best throw in ever.

Some throw in! Who would do that?

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