Interview W/ 50+ Year Collector Who Bought Tobacco Cards For 25 Cents Each Through The Mail in 1964 

I started in '57 as a 8 year old boy. Kept collecting straight through 1986. I opened a shop then and I used my collection as inventory. Closed shop in '99. Went to become a seller on Ebay until 2016 at age 67. Now retired so I do some collecting and dealing in modern cards. I made lot of $ on cards. Lost a bunch also at times. Had a lot of fun. Most fun was when I opened a pack of '57s and found my first Mantle card. That was a great pull for an 8 year old!

Very cool, if only we could go back in time!

I've known Gary for about 40 years. He owned a card store here in the Riverside neighborhood of Buffalo. He was always so friendly, knowledgeable and helping of young collectors. There's probably no one in the industry as nice as him. His collection is mind blowing.

Keep the videos coming Leighton! I always look forward to them

Very cool

always collect things that are unpopular... baseball cards...star michael jordans...pokemon...now nfts...

Great Video and very interesting. Background music is too loud though

Very cool! Wish I could buy a wilt rookie for $2.50.

If he bought cards through the mail in1964 wouldn't he be a 60+ year collector ?

Good video but your audio is way too loud.

nice video leighton!

The background music is way too loud, especially when the interviewee doesn’t have a microphone. It’s extremely difficult to hear and distracting. Otherwise, great video.

fix your audio my friend

Music to loud!

Hard to hear him, and concentrate on what he is saying, with the distracting music.