Editor's note: Night Owl is now an unofficial co-author of this blog since about half of the posts I make nowadays are directly or indirectly inspired by something he wrote. Tonight's cardboard anecdote is a verbatim comment from this Night Owl post. I formally apologize to Night Owl for sullying his good name by associating it with this mess of a blog.
Funny thing about the Joshua Tree...
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| Stole Night Owl's picture, too |
In 1987 I got the Joshua Tree and an Elton John greatest hits cassette tape from an aunt for my birthday. I wanted nothing to do with either so I went to the mall to return them. As luck would have it, there was a card show going on that weekend. So I took the $25 I got from returning the tapes and shopped for cards.
One guy offered me one card I liked for $25 but I turned it down because I wanted to check out the rest of the show. I eventually got a bunch of stuff including some vintage grab bags. One of the grab bags was full of Dodgers and included a couple dozen Topps Venezuela cards from the '60s. Sounds like a good deal right? U2 and Elton for rare vintage Dodgers? Nope.
The card I passed on?
The 1953 Topps Jackie Robinson that still haunts my dreams.
