I got hooked 3 different times over the years. The first card that got me really started was a 1968 Topps #490 Mantle, Mays, Killebrew card. Flipping cards was a great schoolyard pastime, but not so great for card condition :) After a few years of buying, flipping, trading, I fell out of it.
I got rehooked in 1984 when I got my Topps Mattingly rookie card, and was buying like crazy, until about when Upper Deck and Score came out and Bowman was revived.
Then my final hiatus was snapped when I picked up a 2011 Heritage pack at Target and there was a signed Brooks Robinson card there. That was really cool, and it got me hooked all over again. The 2011 Diamond Giveaway helped to reconnect me with some of the older cards that didn't survive my schoolyard flipping :)
Sorry to ramble and Thanks for listening!
Dr. Mitch
I got rehooked in 1984 when I got my Topps Mattingly rookie card, and was buying like crazy, until about when Upper Deck and Score came out and Bowman was revived.
Then my final hiatus was snapped when I picked up a 2011 Heritage pack at Target and there was a signed Brooks Robinson card there. That was really cool, and it got me hooked all over again. The 2011 Diamond Giveaway helped to reconnect me with some of the older cards that didn't survive my schoolyard flipping :)
Sorry to ramble and Thanks for listening!
Dr. Mitch
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I guess if I saved used tinfoil and used tea bags instead of old comic books and old baseball cards, the difference between a crazed hoarder and a savvy collector is in that inherent value.