this is a great question that he posed and thank you for sharing your story. My experience was that my parents got me the 1972 topps card of Hank Aaron along with a ball signed by him for my 10th or 11th birthday. My mom was able to do so because his ex-wife worked at the same school as my mother did. Still have the card and ball (not in great shape) amd that birthday gift as a young person cemented my interest in both baseball cards and the sport in general and like you I’m collecting still 40 years later.
I love the story behind the Bump Wills error card! I can totally relate to the sense of pride of owning a “valuable” card as a young kid. Mine was my 1984 Topps Don Mattingly. I think at the time, around 1991, it was a $15 card. By far my most valuable. My parents bought me the cheapest possible basketball sneakers, so bad I was sliding all over the court. I begged and pleaded with them for better sneakers but they refused, so I took matters into my own hands and rode my GT Interceptor BMX bike down to my LCS and sold it buy a decent pair of Adidas basketball sneaks. I regretted my decision but it had to be done. A few years back, like everyone else during Covid, I reminisced about the good old days and decided to poke around EBay to see what they went for. Expecting big money I was shocked to find out I could get a very nice PSA 8 for around $20. That card reintroduced me to collecting and my first goal of my 1980’s grail cards. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks! Awesome story! Yeah, the 1984 Topps (and to a greater extent the Donruss) of Donnie Baseball was THE card to have. Cool that it was that card that got you back into the hobby after all those years. Thanks for sharing!
John very nice stories about the Mantle and Wills. When I was nine years old in 1976 I was having my tonsils removed. My dad took me to the local drugstore and said pick out a pack of cards. That way you’ll have something to look forward to after the surgery . It was a rack pack, and there was a Tony Perez on the top. So that Card will always have meaning to me since I’m a diehard Reds fan and a memory of my dad.
Thanks Todd. That's a cool story! I can see how it was a special memory for you. That's what I love about this hobby...so many great memories of picking up cards. The cards that are most special to me are the ones that I remember how/when I picked up.
Nice 1964 Mantle, nice Bump Wills , so the Beckett a recent vintage for the corrected card says 2.00 I will guess the high column is probably a 7 or an 8 and the low column is probably like a 5 or a 6 it goes for 75 cents.. if your including out of wax packs that would be My Rickey Henderson rookie I want to say packs back then were 25 cents where I live. it's my most valueble card based on the price I paid per card. but working on a family set So I have a 1981 Dale Berra at the National in Atlantic City picking up a Yogi 1959 is special getting a 1975 George Brett rookie back in the 90's or so from my friend. getting some cards at a card shop some 1993 score cards like Graig Nettles , Dave Winfield , Carlton Fisk and pairing them up with some 1978, 1979 1976 special I call it my now and then set.
Thanks Mark. That's awesome that you pulled a Rickey Henderson rookie from a pack! I bought a decent number of 1980 packs back in the day, but I didn't pull a Henderson rookie. I did pull 2 Joe Montana rookie cards from 1981 Topps football back when they came out.
Love the story about your mom taking notes & you still have it to this day.
Thanks! She always recognized how I loved my cards, so she never even considered throwing them out, even when I was away at college.
Thanks for sharing,John. Nice video.
Thanks Kevin!
Great video, thanks for sharing your thoughts
Thanks Orlando!
this is a great question that he posed and thank you for sharing your story. My experience was that my parents got me the 1972 topps card of Hank Aaron along with a ball signed by him for my 10th or 11th birthday. My mom was able to do so because his ex-wife worked at the same school as my mother did. Still have the card and ball (not in great shape) amd that birthday gift as a young person cemented my interest in both baseball cards and the sport in general and like you I’m collecting still 40 years later.
That's a great story James! Thanks for sharing!
I love the story behind the Bump Wills error card! I can totally relate to the sense of pride of owning a “valuable” card as a young kid. Mine was my 1984 Topps Don Mattingly. I think at the time, around 1991, it was a $15 card. By far my most valuable. My parents bought me the cheapest possible basketball sneakers, so bad I was sliding all over the court. I begged and pleaded with them for better sneakers but they refused, so I took matters into my own hands and rode my GT Interceptor BMX bike down to my LCS and sold it buy a decent pair of Adidas basketball sneaks. I regretted my decision but it had to be done. A few years back, like everyone else during Covid, I reminisced about the good old days and decided to poke around EBay to see what they went for. Expecting big money I was shocked to find out I could get a very nice PSA 8 for around $20. That card reintroduced me to collecting and my first goal of my 1980’s grail cards. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks! Awesome story! Yeah, the 1984 Topps (and to a greater extent the Donruss) of Donnie Baseball was THE card to have. Cool that it was that card that got you back into the hobby after all those years. Thanks for sharing!
Enjoyed the story John!
Thanks Scott!
John very nice stories about the Mantle and Wills. When I was nine years old in 1976 I was having my tonsils removed. My dad took me to the local drugstore and said pick out a pack of cards. That way you’ll have something to look forward to after the surgery . It was a rack pack, and there was a Tony Perez on the top. So that Card will always have meaning to me since I’m a diehard Reds fan and a memory of my dad.
Thanks Todd. That's a cool story! I can see how it was a special memory for you. That's what I love about this hobby...so many great memories of picking up cards. The cards that are most special to me are the ones that I remember how/when I picked up.
The reason why I collect is a pack pulled 1957 Topps Dick Donovan.
Nice!
Nice 1964 Mantle, nice Bump Wills , so the Beckett a recent vintage for the corrected card says 2.00 I will guess the high column is probably
a 7 or an 8 and the low column is probably like a 5 or a 6 it goes for 75 cents..
if your including out of wax packs that would be My Rickey Henderson rookie I want to say packs back then were 25 cents where I live.
it's my most valueble card based on the price I paid per card.
but working on a family set So I have a 1981 Dale Berra at the National in Atlantic City picking up a Yogi 1959 is special
getting a 1975 George Brett rookie back in the 90's or so from my friend.
getting some cards at a card shop some 1993 score cards like Graig Nettles , Dave Winfield , Carlton Fisk and pairing them up with some 1978, 1979
1976 special I call it my now and then set.
Thanks Mark. That's awesome that you pulled a Rickey Henderson rookie from a pack! I bought a decent number of 1980 packs back in the day, but I didn't pull a Henderson rookie. I did pull 2 Joe Montana rookie cards from 1981 Topps football back when they came out.