During my college days I survived boring micro-economics and lectures by reading about baseball. My favorite sports era to read about was from the early 1900's.
As I came into my second phase of collecting I scoured shows and flea markets for players I had read about. I frequented several shops and dealers. One chubby know-it -all had a book full of cards. Now my fellow traders know I like old stuff. So the card that caught my eye looked like a tobacco card of Ty Cobb.
As I was still learning my collecting craft I told the guy he had a nice T205 Ty Cobb. He looked at me and said "that's a 1969 Bazooka card". We ended up arguing for about a minute or two.
Finally, I asked him how much the card cost. He told me "two bucks". So I paid the man.
Here is the card:
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2 comments:
What a steal! Do you remember the time period when you got this and how in world did he think this was a 1969 Bazooka? I hope you wrangled other pre-war cards from the guy at rock bottom prices.
Jaw...
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Niiiiiice. That's amazing. You're trying to tell the guy he has something good and he insists it's a Bazooka card.
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