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Originally Posted by Cmvorce
Like I do on a lot of Saturday mornings I was looking through my cards before anyone else woke up and I started to think about buying packs as a kid. I first got into cards as an 8 year old in 1987. My mom bought me a pack of Topps and I was off and running. From 1987 - 1991 I spent any money I had on packs of cards or inexpensive singles at mall card shows. In 1992 I bought a couple packs here and there. Took 1993 off completely, bought a box of 1994 Topps and then didn’t buy another pack of cards until 2007. So I had a solid 5 year run from 87-91. How long was your initial pack buying run?
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Like you, I started in 1987. I was 11, maybe a bit old to start, but my folks weren't sports fans. I actually got pneumonia that summer and was laid up for a few weeks.
I had a few friends who collected cards, and it seemed interesting, and so I had my mom grab a few packs of '87 Topps at the local corner store.
I went hot and heavy until 1994. A combination of the strike and going off to college curtailed my collecting. McGwire/Sosa in 1998 brought me back in.
That being said, last time I bought boxes of unopened the year they were released was likely around 2012-13. I might have bought a pack or two after that, but probably not any new packs/boxes in roughly the last decade.
It's fun to look back at the different "stages" of your collecting. I think I've gone through probably a half dozen iterations in the last 35 years (including that 4-year hiatus).
08-20-2022, 03:56 PM
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