With prewar cards I don't want "mint"

[Leon]

I like them all, but can mostly afford more entry level type cards re: average condition.
IF only they could talk. This prolific "Alfred" written on the back of the type-2 was done many, many years ago.
As shown before, these E100s were used as the plate specimens in Lew's encyclopedia, 40 yrs ago. Our cards have so much history.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Leon

I like them all, but can mostly afford more entry level type cards re: average condition.
IF only they could talk. This prolific "Alfred" written on the back of the type-2 was done many, many years ago.
As shown before, these E100s were used as the plate specimens in Lew's encyclopedia, 40 yrs ago. Our cards have so much history.

Awesome that one of the cards spells out San Francisco, and t'other'n just "Frisco".

While I'm originally from far northern California, as a Californian refugee now, I take a rather sick delight in using "Frisco" whenever possible simply because I know how much the local denizens detest it.

[packs]

I’m a collector and I prefer cards that came from collectors in “collector” grade. It’s cool to buy an 1887 Old Judge and think about how someone just like your child self set this card aside and now all these years later it’s found it’s way to you. I’m not sure I would feel that way if I had a PSA 9.