neolithic period of our hobby on the internet....

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

An article like that would be very cool! I remember the prodigy site. I bought a t206 w/lenox and a t206 o'hara st louis variation back from a gentleman on the prodigy site...I paid $170 and $150 for them. The gentleman sent me a d322 card as a bonus. I later sold the O'hara at the nat'l for $350 and was quite happy! I also met a gentleman from the prodigy site who had a friend who inherited a box of old cards and I met him at a McDonalds off the garden state parkway. His friend had a tobacco box with 2 complete e94 sets minus 1 McGraw...20-30 other caramel cards...mostly e90-1's and hundreds of non sport including a t215 chinese character card I remember. I wish I had made him an offer...but I was more a collector looking to help him out.

glad you didnt go "Al Rosen" on the poor guy!

[Rich Klein]

The demise of the Full Count board led to the Net 54 creation. By the last year, there were so many fights and arguments that no one really liked reading that board any more.

The growth of Net 54 with dedicated monitors was a major step in helping the pre-war section of the hobby crystalize and probably played a big role in helping fuel that growth.

So, to everyone who has been around since 2001 or just come aboard in the past week; TY for making this board must-see reading with tons less drama than the old Full Count board

Rich

[mickey7mantle7]

Yep...this is a good place to be.

[Sixtofan]

Having missed that period of collecting, it is interesting to browse some of those old threads. Some very similar debates it appears