Rare baseball cards found in Ohio attic could be worth millions

[Doomsday101]

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather's attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.

But some of the names were familiar: Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Honus Wagner.

Then he put the box on a dresser and went back to digging through the attic.

It wasn't until two weeks later that he learned that his family had come across what experts say is one of the biggest, most exciting finds in the history of sports card collecting, a discovery worth perhaps millions.

The cards are from an extremely rare series issued around 1910. Up to now, the few known to exist were in so-so condition at best, with faded images and worn edges. But the ones from the attic in the town of Defiance are nearly pristine, untouched for more than a century. The colors are vibrant, the borders crisp and white.



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[CashMan]

I used to collect, before it became a joke with sets apon sets, subsets after subsets, and company after company making them.

 

[Doomsday101]

I used to collect, before it became a joke with sets apon sets, subsets after subsets, and company after company making them.

Same here but most of the Cards I have were old football cards back in the 60's and 70's. Today there is so many out there now days. If you are doing it out of fun great but I don't see much in it if you are looking for a return on your money. Then again I collected by out of fun when I was a kid not because I thought they were worth much.

 

[rynochop]

I used to collect, before it became a joke with sets apon sets, subsets after subsets, and company after company making them.

Same, I was big into it in the early 90s in college. I really enjoyed going to the card shows, we.d go to Houston once a month and blow every dime we had.
Got an Emmitt rookie card somewhere around here, no idea what its worth.

 

[KJJ]

I used to collect, before it became a joke with sets apon sets, subsets after subsets, and company after company making them.

Ditto!

 

[CashMan]

Same, I was big into it in the early 90s in college. I really enjoyed going to the card shows, we.d go to Houston once a month and blow every dime we had.
Got an Emmitt rookie card somewhere around here, no idea what its worth.

He is like my favorite player EVER. I have sooooo many rookies, I think I have a PSA9 score rookie.

 

[CashMan]

So here is a not so interesting story, I still feel stupid for today.

Back when Manning/Leaf were rookies 1998, I got a complete set of Bowman Chrome. So, my grandpa funded my card collecting, so a couple times a year, he would get some of my cards graded via PSA/Beckett. So, I got all my rookie, probably like 20 cards in total, including Manning/Leaf/Moss from the chrome set. I get my PSA form, and it has an option for you to put a grade 1-10, and if it graded under, they would not encapsulate it, and send it back. Well....I was 13 atm, and thought you were suppose to guess what the grade was gonna be. I put like a 9, 8, 9 ect ect. And when I got to the Manning rookie, I put 10. So, how many weeks later, I get my cards back, and a couple were not graded, and I put 2+2 together and was like ***. I finally get to my Manning, and guess what? It was a 10! I was really happy.

Well, there was a story of my being a kid.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

As someone who has coLlected and still collects sports memorabilia I can tell you this is the once in a lifetime kind of find for collectors. The fact that none of these cards had been seen in this fine of a condition tells me they are very rare, possibly ,ore rare than the the famed T-209 Wagner in the kind of condition these are in. Also, they very well could have what would have been at the time a master run which would have been complete multiple sets that he used as premium giveaways back in the day. Either way this is an awesome find.

 

[funkytown]

Nice find. I'm very jealous of that. Collected cards in the 80's and 90's and still have all of mine in a closet at my parents house.

How times have changed. I remember being a kid and looking over my card collection every day. Organizing them by team, rookie, star players, etc.

Now kids these days are stuck on computers and video games. Cards are an after thought. You dont even see sports card stores anymore. Used to be around everywhere.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I used to collect, before it became a joke with sets apon sets, subsets after subsets, and company after company making them.

That completely killed it for me. Early 90's I stopped and by late 90's sold everything.

 

[ologan]

That completely killed it for me. Early 90's I stopped and by late 90's sold everything.

You finally "won"when you sold it all! It's like Beanie Babies, or Hummel collector plates, or anything that a company puts out there creating an artificial demand. To get the point, I tell the story of how I was once seriously addicted to, of all things, Ms. Pacman! I fed quarter after quarter into the machine, chasing the higher score, only to find there was always a higher score to achieve, and if you happened to "roll" the machine,well you wanted to do it again. I finally figured out that the only way to truly "win" at the game was to walk away and never play again.