Used to go to the corner store daily and buy 3 or 4 packs of cards in the early to mid 70s. Still have my 1974 Topps set. By the time they were done distributing the BB cards and had moved on to FB cards, I needed 1 card to complete the entire 660 card set, Gene Tenace. By the time I packed it all away 5 or 6 years later, I was still in need of that card. Finally broke down about 10 years ago and went to a card shop and bought the finest 1974 Topps Gene Tenace card I could find. Cost me 75 cents. I bet I spent 20 times that, in 1974 dollars, that September 1974 trying to get lucky and get that damn card.
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