I went down to my neighbor's garage this morning.

RonBurgundy · September 14, 2011 10:07PM

Now, my neighbor doesn't know I collect cards, but he's heard rumors. Rumors of wars. So he calls me down to his garage, and after he stopped pointing the sawed off shotgun at me, he says, in a long slow almost guttural drawl........."I wanna show you something"..........and he motions for me to come inside his garage.

There's a tarp covering up something in the corner. My curiosity is high. He pokes the tarp with the end of the shotgun, then he grabs it & lifts it up, to reveal...........

The most beautiful boxes of 1991 Donruss, 1988 Topps, 1990 Fleer, 1991 Skybox Basketball, & 1992 Playoff Football I have ever seen. At least 10 boxes of each.

I gasp. I struggle for breath. I want to throw up. He looks at me & says......"I ain't gonna let ya buy this, I just heard a rumor & thought I'd let ya see it.".

"uh, thanks", I mumble, as I slowly backpedal out of the garage before sprinting like Usain Bolt back to my house, where I am now, still recovering from the shock of what I viewed.

Ok, I've got my bearings now & have a question. How rare is this stuff?

byronscott4ever · September 14, 2011 10:10PM

How rare is the stuff that you got to see or how rare is the stuff you experienced prior? I'm guessing both are pretty common.

Bosox1976 · September 14, 2011 10:23PM

You were a case of Pro Set football away from the holy trinity!

frankhardy · September 14, 2011 10:34PM

It's almost a certainty that there were some 1991 Donruss Studio in that bunch.

1acid · September 14, 2011 10:46PM

Wow Im not surprised he was guarding that stuff with his Life and his shotgun, Donruss 91 is super amazinf, valuble and Rair(not) and the topps 88 must be one of the best prodcuts ever produced(When I say best I mean Overproduced) but a great story nonetheless

Thanks for the laugh

Craig

itzagoner · September 14, 2011 10:50PM

my guess is he's just trying to distract you from what truly valuable Texan commodity exists beneath that tarp.

water.

bobbyw8469 · September 14, 2011 11:11PM

You should have told him his card were worth between 2-3 million. And to guard them with his life.....

leadoff4 · September 14, 2011 11:16PM

You wanted to throw up... and I did, right after I read 1991 Donruss.

Downtown1974 · September 14, 2011 11:17PM

Ron, Congrats on a great find! If you can get it cheap enough, there is quite a big profit margin. I know in New England...the price of tarps skyrocketed after hurricane Irene.