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69MetsFan said:When I was a kid (mid to late 60's) it was all about your favorite team. We spent hours busting real wax packs and doing the "Need, got it" ceremony. If the player wasn't on your team, regardless of their star status, they were either traded or wound up making our Schwinn bikes sound cool. Our mothers were constantly missing clothes pins because we held the cards in place with them.
rsmath said:
I'm not sure you realize how different the mentality was then. You did not have to hate the Yanks or Mantle to overlook the "value" of a 52 Mantle... because a 52 Mantle at that time did not have any value. They were playing cards, somewhat similar to the money you have in the monopoly game that is buried in your closet. True there was a collectibility element, but no one dreamed they would one day be worth serious money. If they did, Topps would not have dumped cases of 1952 Topps into the ocean to make room for the 53 product. (And ironically, if they did they would have saved those, and the prices would be far lower than they are now.)rsmath said:
rsmath said:
being a Cub fan in the 60's as a kid. i can not tell you how many of the cards in your sig were put in my bike spoke's. 100 or more! i use to get packs at the end of the season for 1-2 cents a pack as a blow out at Woolworths.use to keep all the Cubs and just destroy all the others. By the way, the gum was AWESOME!ThoseBackPages said:
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