Hard to remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure it was this card:
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In 1988 one of my junior high buddies worked at a LCS in our town and said they needed someone to sort through a large collection of comic books they just bought - would I want to do it and get paid something like $4/hour? Well, being 14 and not having any other income source at the time I said sure. That got me in the door. When they discovered how big a football fan I was I sort of transitioned to the card area. Anyway, at some point they had a case of 1981 Topps football. And I bought a box for like $30 or something. Put the set together and I've had this card ever since. Just had it graded a few months ago.
So this is what probably got me in the hobby, but I was hooked for good when Score was released in 1989. Still one of my favorite sets of all time.
I think my first two major purchases were a 1984 USFL set (because I HAD TO HAVE the Herschel Walker) for $75 and a 1981 Topps rack pack with the Montana showing on top for $50. Still have them both.
In 1988 one of my junior high buddies worked at a LCS in our town and said they needed someone to sort through a large collection of comic books they just bought - would I want to do it and get paid something like $4/hour? Well, being 14 and not having any other income source at the time I said sure. That got me in the door. When they discovered how big a football fan I was I sort of transitioned to the card area. Anyway, at some point they had a case of 1981 Topps football. And I bought a box for like $30 or something. Put the set together and I've had this card ever since. Just had it graded a few months ago.
So this is what probably got me in the hobby, but I was hooked for good when Score was released in 1989. Still one of my favorite sets of all time.
I think my first two major purchases were a 1984 USFL set (because I HAD TO HAVE the Herschel Walker) for $75 and a 1981 Topps rack pack with the Montana showing on top for $50. Still have them both.
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