Family Finds Several Mint Condition Baseball Set In Attic

An ohio family rummaging through the attic of a long deceased grandfather stumbled across a century old collection of baseball cards.

Family finds several mint condition baseball set in attic.

The most valuable item was a box of 1948 bowman baseball cards. These cards were extremely old but they were in mint condition. The 700 cards bundled in twine but in surprisingly mint. Defiance ohio ap karl kissner picked up a soot covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather s attic.

The packs were from the mid 1900s. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing. This undated photo provided by heritage auctions of dallas shows some of the more than 700 well preserved 1910 baseball cards found in the attic of a house in defiance ohio. The total find may be worth over 1 million.

If you want to find some fast cash in your house look no further than your kitchen. Between the box of 1948 bowman baseball worth 500 000 on its own. Hidden away in this old attic was a mint condition card from the golden years of baseball. It contained 19 unopened packs from the company s first year.

Taking a look inside he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. In an old box he found nine boxes of unopened baseball cards. One of the greatest collections of unopened baseball football and basketball card packs was recently found in an aunt s attic. The leftovers stayed in the family preserved in gorgeous mint condition and inside the original case.

These weren t the kind you d want to stick in the spokes of your bicycle though. Rosen put the higher grade 1952 topps mantle cards up for sale at 3500 but found few buyers. For a century a box. The appraised value of the bowman set alone is a half million dollars.

Rosen paid the man 90 000 according to long time collector marshall fogel who wrote about it on a hobby message board several years ago. But among the hundreds of baseball cards one name stood out more than the rest. Today prices have dramatically increased on things like pyrex which can go for well over 100 for desirable pieces or good shape nesting bowls says troy ford owner and curator of newburgh vintage emporium in newburgh new york.