A handful of free 1965 Topps

 I received these three 1966 Topps cards after participating in a giveaway thread on Bluesky. It was a thread where you post some cards you will send for free, and in return you can claim some cards.

It was very expensive to mail cards from here to the US, so it's not something I'm going to participate in again. However, people on Bluesky south of the border were kind enough to match my expensive shipping and send some stuff up my way.

I got these three cards from one user. They are the oldest cards in my collection now, and I've never owned anything from 66 Topps before. In the past, I have owned 50s cards from Bowman and 50s hockey cards from Parkhurst in low grade, but that was long ago. I can't recall if I've owned anything from the 60s.

I enjoy these cards so much more than most modern stuff. I do have an appreciation for modern cards, so I don't want to be completely pessimistic. But there is something so charming about getting a glimpse into the past, glancing at the way ballplayers used to look.

 I'm unfamiliar with these three players, but that's cool. When I was a kind I learned so much about baseball and hockey by reading cards, and it's still fun to do that as an adult. Not everything should be about looking stuff up online.

I am in the process of refocusing my collection and shedding a lot of cards I don't want, so I can purchase vintage baseball, hockey, and basketball. I never really feel buyer's remorse picking up vintage. It sometimes happens with modern. It happens all the time opening boxes.

I got these cards for free (kinda, I guess I got them because I paid to ship cards to someone else), and I like them more than stuff I've pulled out of packs and blaster boxes that cost way too much money. I'm quite sure most other card bloggers feel this way, so this isn't an abnormal experience.