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37. Baseball cards and Matchbox cars

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 03:57 PM

Apr 13

Sadly, both collections are long gone.

Now I'm focusing more on getting rid of things rather than collecting them.

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Did you collect anything as a child or even now? I collected baseball cards as a kid. How about you? [View all] debm55 Apr 11 OP

Hundreds of different beer cans! Raastan Apr 11 #1

Thank you very much, Raastan. That is very unique. debm55 Apr 11 #9

Betsy McCall paper dolls. DURHAM D Apr 11 #2

Thank you very much for sharing with us. DURHAM D debm55 Apr 11 #11

Breyer horses biophile Apr 11 #3

Thank you biophite. Thos Breyer horses were beautiful debm55 Apr 11 #12

I had scrapbooks of celebrity pictures Mad_Dem_X Apr 11 #4

Wonderful, Mad_Dem_X. Do you debox your Barbies? debm55 Apr 11 #13

Usually, yes. Mad_Dem_X Apr 11 #20

Video games and comic books as a kid Polybius Apr 11 #5

Thank you very much, Polybius. My favorite was collecting the Archies comic books. debm55 Apr 13 #22

Beer Cans and I have them displayed in my garage today Chasstev365 Apr 11 #6

Great and very funny. Chasstev365. That is funny. Love it. debm55 Apr 13 #23

wacky packs surrealAmerican Apr 11 #7

Thank you very much, surrealAmerican. That's great. debm55 Apr 13 #24

Old Straight Razors ScoutHikerDad Apr 11 #8

Oh those are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us. ScoutHikerDad. You are very creative. debm55 Apr 13 #25

Thank you, Deb! ScoutHikerDad Apr 13 #27

Great story, and lovely pieces! electric_blue68 Apr 14 #44

I collected coins, baseball cards and glass insulators. House of Roberts Apr 11 #10

Another baseball card collector. Since I live in Pittsburgh, I have a lot of the Pirates, including Roberto Clemente. debm55 Apr 13 #28

Home team would have been Atlanta since it's regionally the closest. House of Roberts Apr 13 #33

A few things, like wnylib Apr 11 #14

Thank you for your wonderful and interesting post.wnylib. I live in Pittsburgh , Been to Lake Erie many times. I did the debm55 Apr 13 #30

Erie is my home town so I so spent a lot of time wnylib Apr 13 #36

I still have my 1960s baseball cards. rsdsharp Apr 11 #15

HAHAHAHHAHHAh. I still have my vintage cards, and I remember the thin Topps bubble gum that came with them. I had a debm55 Apr 13 #31

May sound strange, but some_of_us_are_sane Apr 11 #16

Thank you very much for sharing with us, some_of_us_are_sane. That's very interesting. debm55 Apr 13 #38

I've often wished I had dickthegrouch Apr 11 #17

Thank you very much for sharing with us.dicthegrouch for sharing your journeys with us. debm55 Apr 13 #39

"Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy" Golden Books Grim Chieftain Apr 11 #18

HAHHAHHAHAH. Thank you Grim Chieftain. Love it. I used to have the Golden Books with the elf in the top debm55 Apr 13 #40

At various times, True Dough Apr 11 #19

I am so sorry, True Dough. debm55 Apr 13 #41

No need to be sorry, deb True Dough Apr 13 #42

Debm55 you have a kinship with a well-known Democratic Governor DFW Apr 12 #21

I collected coins, and still do. Emile Apr 13 #26

Books 📕 and I still do. Polly Hennessey Apr 13 #29

stamps, coins and baseball cards gopiscrap Apr 13 #32

I collected coins for a long time CanonRay Apr 13 #34

'55 Dodgers joho260 Apr 13 #35

Baseball cards and Matchbox cars subterranean Apr 13 #37

I still have pokemon cards... Rizen Apr 13 #43

As a 5th & 6th grader- baseball cards.... electric_blue68 Apr 14 #45