Comments on: Baseball cards found in Ohio attic sell for $566,000

By: mqcarpenter

mqcarpenter — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:36:49 +0000

This is a fantastic story. A first for this blog!

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:13:05 +0000

If I know I could have gotten a Honus Wagner for less than a quarter of a million, I would ask would mug you for that money and then bid. Failing that, ask if they’d except a trade in of a 2007 Subaru with a mysterious check engine light issue.

By: tcostant

tcostant — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:28:33 +0000

What: $239,000 for the Honus Wagner.

If I know I could have gotten a Honus Wagner for less the a quarter of a million, I would have bid. What a bargin.

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:27:37 +0000

Ever watch Antiques Roadshow? People discover that some of their forgotten about possessions are worth a small fortune. Baseball card collecting is as American as apple pie. You gotta love it.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:42:52 +0000

I hear you ningenito. But this is sort of a different story. You should check it out.
In a nutshell…
The family’s Great Grandfather (or possibly Uncle I can’t remember) was a Butcher and he used to get these Cards from his vendors. He didn’t know what he had…or what to do with them.
He essentially stored them away and forgot all about them.
After is Daughter died they cleaned out the house…and…baseball card heaven.

By: ningenito78

ningenito78 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:35:02 +0000

A family selling off a dead family member’s baseball card collection in DEFIANCE, Ohio. That’s just awesome.

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:23:22 +0000

I collected about 9,000 baseball Cards between the years of 1988 and 1995. Now, the cynics out there say that this was the time when baseball cards were over-produced and that all these cards will never be worth anything…

…but I say my 1988 Topps Danny Tartabull will fetch at least 2 bits by the next decade I do.

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:20:32 +0000

Maybe this is the new economy.
As for the baseball cards they may very well get their 3 million$…they only sold part of the collection. Obviously they don’t want to flood the market so they are being smart. Sell he cards little by little over the next few years.

By: pkswally024

pkswally024 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:07:07 +0000

When?

By: 1baseballfan

1baseballfan — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:52:36 +0000

It’s only a “dying hobby” insofar as the economy is dying. Many collectables have diminished in market value since 2007. When the economy comes back so will they.

By: keithbangedyermom

keithbangedyermom — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:40:38 +0000

That’s a great haul, but ten years ago it would have been worth 3m easily. People don’t collect cards like they used to. its a dying hobby.