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Man finds 600 of the rarest, century-old baseball cards in late father’s closet

JolleyWrencherJolleyWrencher Posts: 605 ✭✭✭
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Maybe this is old news. There are probably better articles with more information. Sometimes I wonder if these stories are even legit or likely just embellished just to catch attention for marketing the auction.
https://www.kcrg.com/2023/12/28/man-finds-600-rarest-century-old-baseball-cards-late-fathers-closet/?tbref=hp

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  • RidethelightningRidethelightning Posts: 398 ✭✭✭

    Wait one dog dang minute here !!! They started back then ????????????

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  • RidethelightningRidethelightning Posts: 398 ✭✭✭

    no one got the joke :) ??? Snip was taken from the find link above.

    • that's Babe Ruth right ?
    • In some sort of yellow dress ???
    • Curly queue hair-do ???
    • and with friggin lipstick on !!!! ???
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

    Strip cards all apparently, but with a few Ruths and Cobbs among them, not bad, not bad at all!

  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

    Snapshot from the article:

  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

    Oh also the couple Ruth caramel cards -- probably both trimmed BUT again, a wonderful find! I'd love the red profile Ruth strip card just to their right!

  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,198 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Ridethelightning said:
    no one got the joke :) ??? Snip was taken from the find link above.

    • that's Babe Ruth right ?
    • In some sort of yellow dress ???
    • Curly queue hair-do ???
    • and with friggin lipstick on !!!! ???

    That's got to be one of the ugliest HOFer cards ever!

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭

    The various strip cards aren't often noted for their visual appeal, but some are definitely better than others!

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,976 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Someday, 50 years from now, someone will be digging up my backyard to put a pool in. There will discover my buried horde of 88 Topps,90 Donruss baseball cards. :D

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  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Someday, 50 years from now, someone will be digging up my backyard to put a pool in. There will discover my buried horde of 88 Topps,90 Donruss baseball cards. :D

    That's no way to treat Mother Earth.

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    After PSA or SGC grade them and most likely detail grade them,
    what would be there value?

  • totallyraddtotallyradd Posts: 954 ✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:
    After PSA or SGC grade them and most likely detail grade them,
    what would be there value?

    I believe that the seller chose only to grade out the most valuable of the collection for this very reason.

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