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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Keep Calm And Carry A Towel

Posted by Corky at 5/25/2013 10:52:00 PM 0 comments

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Corky: I started collecting as a kid but by the time I hit my teens my interests were elsewhere. I returned to the hobby in 1992, just in time to see the junk wax era go in to full swing. My collecting interests have changed over the past 25 years and I prefer to focus on just a couple of players.

My collection is very specific now because I want to keep it controlled and organized, I now focus mainly on my Ken Griffey Jr. & Jay Buhner collections.

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