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10-10-2009, 11:13 PM #1
First Collecting Experience?
Was reading the Thread about the packs in the dollar store and it got me to thinking about my early days of pack collecting. What and when was your first pack, box, or anything in general experience with cards?
Mine would have to be going into the card shop that isnt there anymore and getting 2 packs of SP Authentic 1993 when they first came out. back when you would look at the odds of inserts on the back of the packs. I did open some boxes of 91-92 pro-set as well. I still have my first big insert pull. 1994 Action pack Steve Young 24kt Gold.
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10-10-2009, 11:18 PM #2
my first cards were 2001 topps opening baseball packs, got them at the local CVS, then i was colecting on and off for 6 years, and back in 2007, i got back in full throttle, and haven't stopped collecting since
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10-10-2009, 11:48 PM #3
when i was a kid my grandma would take me everyday after school to our local place which was in a drive thru that is no longer there. i would get one pack a day, and she would always buy me the box sets. i stopped collecting for a while but got back into it a few yrs ago and cant stop now.
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10-11-2009, 12:14 AM #4
My first packs were 1978 Topps at $.25 a pack...We used to collect pop cans and bottles and take them to the store and cash them in and then buy packs of Baseball, Football, Basketball and Star Wars cards......
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10-11-2009, 12:19 AM #5
My first experience was getting a Jim Kelly card out of one of those "pixie" cup boxes. (small plastic cups) about 12 years ago or so. haha
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10-11-2009, 02:44 PM #6
I loved getting as many grant hill cards as possible. That was when I was REALLY into cards, I was 7 years old when he was drafted. Then I pulled a few Vince Carter cards and traded them for some crazy cool cards, one was a 97 UD Game Jersey of Barry Sanders. BV 300 at the time. I also remember pulling a Dan Marino HoloGold #/50 out of a retail pack from target and traded it for a Grant Hill Autographics and a few other smaller cards. Man the FUN days when they had card shows every weekend.
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10-11-2009, 07:55 PM #7
I remember opening packs of Star Wars as well, probably b/c I was 6.lol My favorite part was getting the gum.
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10-11-2009, 08:32 PM #8
I remember being 4 or 5 and bugging my older brother to get the 5000 ct box out of the top of my closet just so I can look at my Marino RC.... my dad collected and my brothers did off and on...
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10-11-2009, 09:15 PM #9
when i was like 10 or so, i got my 1st box of cards, thats like 15 yrs ago, before ,GU and AU and Inserts, and Numbered stuff.
and then didnt start back up till about 2001, and have been doing since then, stopped in 2004 for a bit, thought it was a waste of money, but it makes me happy when i get something good.
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10-11-2009, 10:34 PM #10
My first cards were a stack of 1979 Topps baseball cards that was given to me by one of my old buddies. I just threw them into a box and didn't even think about them for several years. Then in 1981, while visiting my cousin in Seattle, I went to a sports shop where this guy was sorting Fleer cards. I saw the Rickey Henderson and begged my dad to buy me the card. He ended up buying me the set and from then on, I was hooked.
I'm sure I bought packs here and there since 1981, but the first set I remember building from packs was the 1983 Topps baseball. Still my favorite set of all-time.
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