The first pack of baseball cards I ever bought were 1968 Topps. I was 10 years old. I wonder how many kids get their first pack of cards at 10 years of age.
I still have some of those, though the largest portion of my collection went to a dealer about 20 years ago. I've bought a few over the years, but none appeal to me like the old ones.
Speaking of old, this Red Schoendienst card is from 1961. And it did not come from a wax pack bought at the dime store. It was on the back of a Post Cereal box. Post would put about four cards on the back of the cereal box and when the cereal was gone, you could cut them out. A lot of 10-year-olds really can't cut very well and so lots of these, if you can find them, are in bad shape. This one is pretty nice.
One of the best things I remember is my Grandparents Scowden would sometimes have a Post Cereal box back waiting for me when next I visited.
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