Ty Cobb Baseball Cards Found in Santa Ana, CA (ball, star, man)

[Steinish]

What a find! This family hit the lottery. God bless them, I hope they're good people:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...g-valued-at-1m#

[Bondurant]

These things never happen to me!

When I was growing up we lived in a house built in the 1880s. Near my bedroom was a storage until built into the wall. The doors and latch were painted over. I had this fantasy of opening it up and finding gold or a nice cache of baseball cards. I was never able to convince my old man to open it up. I'd like to think there's a T206 Wagner sitting in there for the taking.

Kudos, to this family. Must be an amazing feeling to stumble upon such a treasure.

[Army_Guy]

Even with 22 known examples after the find, the card remains far tougher to locate than the famed T206 Honus Wagner

I collected baseball cards in the 80's, took a break and got back into it in '98. I was a Beckett subscriber and always wished I would've gotten finds like this. LOL.

Rarest card I got was a Kenny Lofty one of one. He was still somewhat of an all star level player at that point and I sold it at auction for $130.

There are a few I regret getting rid of including a Sandy Koufax UD sweet spot signed card. It had the sweet spot on the ball cut out and inserted into a really thick card. The other was a Bowman Chrome autographed Albert Pujols RC. I'm not even going to look up to see how much those cards are worth today.

[NCOriolesfan]

Originally Posted by Bondurant

These things never happen to me!

When I was growing up we lived in a house built in the 1880s. Near my bedroom was a storage until built into the wall. The doors and latch were painted over. I had this fantasy of opening it up and finding gold or a nice cache of baseball cards. I was never able to convince my old man to open it up. I'd like to think there's a T206 Wagner sitting in there for the taking.

Kudos, to this family. Must be an amazing feeling to stumble upon such a treasure.

Sounds like you had as much luck as Geraldo busting into Al Capone's vault.

[burdell]

Damn I hate to think how many baseball cards of my youth ended their lives against the spokes of a bicycle wheel.