Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2009  |  Published in My Collection  |  2 Comments

Merry Christmas, everyone! So, did anyone give or get cards?

I can remember getting cards as gifts only twice. The first time was in 1972, when my 6-year-old brother gave me a pack of football cards for Christmas. Since it was so late in the season, I had lost interest in collecting for that year, so after opening the pack, I put the cards in the closet with the rest of my collection, and I forgot about them. Years later, when I looked through the box, I found that the cards from my brother were the only one that weren’t beat up.

The cards happened to be 1972 Topps 3rd series cards, and one of them was the Joe Namath Pro Action card. It’s worth $75-100 now, and it’s the only card from my childhood collection worth anything at all. It turned out to be a great gift!

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  1. Jesse says:

    December 26th, 2009 at 5:35 AM (#)

    My sister in-law bought a few 1963 Fleer graded and non graded cards on ebay for me. Maybe she bought them from you.

  2. nearmint says:

    December 26th, 2009 at 7:14 AM (#)

    It must have been someone else. I haven’t sold any ungraded cards on eBay recently.