Oldtimers on this board?

[raulus]

Used to ride my bike down to Safeway after school. Rip some wax and watch the kids with serious cash play pac man. 1987 Topps was pretty fly!

[ValKehl]

I began buying Topps baseball cards in 1955.

[62corvette]

1954 for me. Green background Berra in my first pack.

[Peter_Spaeth]

You fellas are ancient. 1965 Topps for me, as a youngster. Rode my bike down a path through the woods to the 7-11. Which, I see from a map, is still there.

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You fellas are ancient. 1965 Topps for me, as a youngster. Rode my bike down a path through the woods to the 7-11. Which, I see from a map, is still there.

Peter - I am very similar to you. First packs I bought were in 1965. (Though I had 1959-1964 cards in my collection already.). Would ride my bicycle to the corner deli on North Ave. Always went into the phone booth there to pull down the coin return lever and check the coin return slot to try and get some extra spending money.

Mike

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by mikemb

Peter - I am very similar to you. First packs I bought were in 1965. (Though I had 1959-1964 cards in my collection already.). Would ride my bicycle to the corner deli on North Ave. Always went into the phone booth there to pull down the coin return lever and check the coin return slot to try and get some extra spending money.

Was this in the same town/city?

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Was this in the same town/city?

No

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by mikemb

Peter - I am very similar to you. First packs I bought were in 1965. (Though I had 1959-1964 cards in my collection already.). Would ride my bicycle to the corner deli on North Ave. Always went into the phone booth there to pull down the coin return lever and check the coin return slot to try and get some extra spending money.



Mike

I did not realize there were 7Eleven's back in 1965. We would go to the local IGA. They also sold Crane's potato chips there, which had baseball team pinbacks inside.

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[Harliduck]

Local gas station store for me...1979 Topps and I was 9, pulled my hero at the time, Reggie Jackson, out of my first pack. I was hooked. Still have the card. Same store had some "old" 1978 packs, my mom bought them all and brought them home to my brother and I, so technically I also opened 78s. Those seemed ANCIENT to me at the time...great memories.


I do remember a buddy brought a beat up 1959 Topps card to school, first I had ever seen something so old. I was the lucky kid that was able to get the right trade and ended up owning it...may as well been a hundred years old.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

They also sold Crane's potato chips there, which had baseball team pinbacks inside.

i see that Crane Potato Chips were produced in Decatur, Illinois. Were the pinbacks you remember like these from 1961?



Or like these from 1968?







Do you still have the ones you got at the time? Do you still collect them now?

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

I did not realize there were 7Eleven's back in 1965. We would go to the local IGA. They also sold Crane's potato chips there, which had baseball team pinbacks inside.

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We had 7-Eleven and Stop-N-Go. I also bought my first packs in 1965. In 1967 I started collecting seriously trying to complete each set plus any odd ball sets that the stores carried, 1968 Player Posters, 1969 Stamps & Team Posters, Fleer World Series Cards, etc.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You fellas are ancient. 1965 Topps for me, as a youngster. Rode my bike down a path through the woods to the 7-11. Which, I see from a map, is still there.

'66 and '67 topps were about my first collecting as a kid. Got them in packs at our little league park.
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[bxb]

Originally Posted by Leon

'66 and '67 topps were about my first collecting as a kid. Got them in packs at our little league park.
.

Same.

First pack was 1967 Topps at our little league concession stand, along with orange soda (in a bottle!). I even remember my first card in my first pack - NL home run leaders with Mays and Aaron.

Hooked ever since.

[GasHouseGang]

I'm like Leon and Larry. I think my first cards were around 1966. I remember buying the first Batman cards too. This was one of my favorites.