I started in this business back in 1989.  Everyday, someone would bring in a grocery bag or a cheese box full of old cards.  I don't even know what a cheese box is but every other collection was housed in one.  You never knew what people would bring in.  Goudey, tobacco, 1952 Bowman cards...  People were cleaning out there attics and basements and couldn't sell the stuff fast enough.  It was really fun.  I would spend thousands of dollars a day and it would be perfectly fine because there were plenty of collectors out there buying it all up.

Today, the well has run dry.  No grocery bags or cheese boxes full of vintage goodies.  Phone calls  I field all day go something like this:  "I've got cards in the '80's, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens. Barry Bonds.  You buying?  I want to move 'em."

This begs the question, where did all the good stuff go? Are collectors just hoarding it?  Does the one with the biggest pile of Roberto Clemente Rookies win a big prize?  Is every attic, closet, basement, floor board now devoid of the vintage stuff?  Was there an Act of Congress I wasn't aware of declaring all pre-1970 cards sitting in musty old bags must be turned in to the local card shops by the year 1996?  Certainly there must be some hidden loot out there.   The bottom line is this... I want a cheese box! Perhaps something with some nice Stan Musial Rookies or 1956 Topps unchecked checklists.  Is that too much to ask?  Share with us your cheese box story.