What was your first pre-war purchase?

[CurtisFlood]

1915 Cracker Jack Cobb.

[3-2-count]

Red Cobb portrait, T206

[Seven]

T206 Eddie Collins. Thought, and still think he's extremely undervalued considering how good of a ballplayer he was.

[Brian Van Horn]

In 1978, I purchased a 1933 Goudey #238 Hugh Critz for $20.00. The next week I purchased a 1934 Goudey Lefty Grove for $20.00. Both cards are still in my collection.

[Chuck9788]

It was a 1909 T206 Buck Herzog with pair loss on the back. The card still makes me smile.

[frohme]

First pre-war purchase, 30+ years ago, at a regional show (St Louis). 8 years before joining eBay. Its the only pre-war Pirate I held onto.

[Bliggity]

Great thread. I started getting back into cards around spring 2014. Bought a nice '54 Bowman Mantle that summer, which was by far the most I'd ever spent on a card. I had a little familiarity with vintage, but knew almost nothing about prewar. It seemed like a steep learning curve. Then I went to the Raleigh show in December 2014 and saw this T205 Mathewson in a dealer's case. It was love at first sight. I slept on it that night, and went back and bought it the next day for $325. It was in a SGC 30/2 holder at the time, and I cracked it and sent it to PSA where it (rightly) upgraded. Still have it front and center in my display case.