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06-25-2023, 09:29 AM
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I had a baseball card calendar at seven years old and was immediately drawn to the older cards on it. That same year I went to the Hall of Fame and read the yearbook cover-to-cover on the ride home, then went to Old Timer's Game at Yankee Stadium on tickets I picked out for my birthday.
So eight-year-old me wouldn't be surprised that I had so many pre-war cards. He wanted a Ewing/Mascot Old Judge for a year at that point, so he'd be happy to find out I've had one for about 20 years. Didn't waste much time getting one of those. He didn't know a Williamson/Mascot existed, so that would have been a nice surprise to show him.
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06-25-2023, 11:23 AM
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"Why are all those unopened boxes just sitting in your closet"
"What's a slab?" "Did your uncles buy you all these cards at the corner store, or did you win them playing knockdowns and covers on the playground?"
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06-25-2023, 11:51 AM
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Love this question, as it’s one of the things that crosses my mind often. I collect as an extension (and homage to) my childhood. That’s one of the main reasons I don’t do slabs. As mentioned, while eight year old me’s brain would certainly explode if he saw my collection today, he’d also remind me that I could buy a lot of other really cool things with that money…and that packs are meant for opening!!
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06-25-2023, 12:26 PM
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Little me would be thinking "Neat cards, but I bet older me wishes he had a time machine so that he could go back and, with his bigger, adult size allowance, buy more wax packs from the corner drugstore counter, because then older me can find the missing cards I still need."
Brian Last edited by brianp-beme; 06-25-2023 at 12:52 PM.
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06-25-2023, 01:00 PM
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He would appreciate that the 1965 Topps have endured and have never been supplanted as the most loved set.
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