tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post648899363400996447..comments2024-03-28T10:23:32.280-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: If I was a kid in 1956night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-36386140834426240622015-11-19T17:15:30.400-05:002015-11-19T17:15:30.400-05:00Clementes rookie year ;)Clementes rookie year ;)Big Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159094809763970868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-11060499295273395182015-11-19T17:14:22.216-05:002015-11-19T17:14:22.216-05:00Great read.My first pack of cards was wayyyyyyy b...Great read.My first pack of cards was wayyyyyyy back In '88,well not so way back.I remember stacking them,and sorting Mets cards,but never knowing that they were actually worth something.Because of that I would wrap rubber bands around my stacks of cards because I knew nothing about perfect edges or sharp corners. Big Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159094809763970868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33928001369248520712015-11-19T11:35:35.847-05:002015-11-19T11:35:35.847-05:00I miss Collector's Choice for this very reason...I miss Collector's Choice for this very reason. HIgh quality at low, low prices.The Junior Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276740693294231134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-22203360038820477732015-11-19T09:25:57.238-05:002015-11-19T09:25:57.238-05:00I just miss the ease of going to multiple stores a...I just miss the ease of going to multiple stores and having the ability to buy packs for less than a buck let alone a nickel....BobWalkthePlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011292576523365641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-26046396797535064432015-11-19T09:20:24.635-05:002015-11-19T09:20:24.635-05:00I'd make sure to take a lot of wheat pennies w...I'd make sure to take a lot of wheat pennies with me in the time machine. Better yet, it'd probably be easier to compile rolls of Jefferson nickels from the '50s back to make the purchases. I don't know what would happen if we tried making purchases in 1956 with newer money.<br />ToppsBawlyn87https://www.blogger.com/profile/03646288371472673029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-44602554903676539602015-11-19T04:58:14.391-05:002015-11-19T04:58:14.391-05:00I remember the packs in the early 70's at a di...I remember the packs in the early 70's at a dime a piece for ten cards. My mother worked at the only store in town that sold cards. She would get a discount on merchandise. So I could get 11 packs for a buck. Mark Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562266064195629037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-36730218460689473572015-11-19T00:54:32.584-05:002015-11-19T00:54:32.584-05:00I wouldn't be born for another 16 years... but...I wouldn't be born for another 16 years... but I don't care... the '56 Topps baseball set is hands down my favorite set of all-time.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-75368359648612452372015-11-19T00:24:21.507-05:002015-11-19T00:24:21.507-05:00Your not the only one. I have the same thoughts, ...Your not the only one. I have the same thoughts, including those high number '52s but they would not mean as much to me as the cards from my childhood in the early 1970s when I began to collect.AthleticGiganteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993227153949066667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-20792868874177017802015-11-18T23:31:47.635-05:002015-11-18T23:31:47.635-05:00I'd go back to 1952 and offer Topps some minis...I'd go back to 1952 and offer Topps some miniscule number to take all those high numbers off their hands. Hey, better than dumping them in the ocean, which is what they did. I've often thought how grand it would be to walk into a corner store in 1952 and plunk down enough money to buy a full box of '52 Topps. Probably wouldn't cost as much as a single pack costs today. Then I'd come back and sell me some gem mint Mantles.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-11162210316558799822015-11-18T22:36:30.928-05:002015-11-18T22:36:30.928-05:00If I had a "way back" machine I would st...If I had a "way back" machine I would stock up on all series for those early 1970's cards but it would be great to collect those.great cards from the 1950's. However, if I could travel back in time I would collect the 1971 and my second choice would be the 1973 set.<br /><br />Everyone: If you could go back in time, which year would you collect?AthleticGiganteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993227153949066667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-59621910538599102822015-11-18T21:33:17.115-05:002015-11-18T21:33:17.115-05:00A nickel in 1956 would have roughly the same buyin...A nickel in 1956 would have roughly the same buying power as 44 cents today.Zippy Zappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695389359056056119noreply@blogger.com