Card Collector Universe

Well before there were baseball card “hobby boxes”, there were just baseball card boxes.  If you were lucky to have enough money to buy a whole box, or you knew a card shop or candy shop owner who would give you the empty boxes (my local guy did), then you had an added treat.  The […]

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This is a true story that happened to me recently.
I have many of the baseball cards between 1980 and today, but don’t have many cards prior to that time span. I have a dozen or so cards from the ’70s and a few from the ’60s, but not much else. So, I’ve been looking to […]

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I was just reminiscing about some of my older cards and sets and thought about a few of the trades I had made when I was younger.
I’ve made some square deals, and some lopsided (in both directions) trades.
For some reason, I thought about my worst personal trade ever. I had bought the 1982 Topps […]

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