We recently purchased a locker that went unpaid,think storage wars or the like,what caught my eye was some card boxes,sealed,I only saw 4-5 of them but imagined what else could this hold,a treasure trove perhaps
Low and behold I bought the unit,along with some scrap I found over 150 wax boxes and cases from all the 4 major sports,some of these boxes retail for 10k along with that I found rookie cards singles and complete sets a total of 180 000 card singles dating back to 1910 all the way up to the 60s
Now some of these are in poor condition which brings down the value,some are nrmt-mt which raises the value,I have found some 51bowman baseball with mantle rookie,52 topps complete baseball set,48 leaf footabll with all the varitions,just these 3 sets alone have sold for over 150k in exmt conditon but like I said I will be looking at a fraction of that as some are nrmt-mt some are poor and look like they have been caught in the crosshairs
I am still sorting and listing a few of the higher end ones in better conditions but I must say in all my years with all my finds,buying storecloseouts,personal collections this is by far the most impressive collection I have come across,guessing if I can get 40% of what the mantle sells for I can buy a car if I wanted so I did pretty darn good
Have already had 3 shops from canada and 2 from the u.s contact me as they saw a few listings,heard about a few local sales and have made offers,
Well just wanted to share in my newest acquisitions,be they sports cards and I know not too many on the forums are that into them but when a find like that comes up be it cards or art or whatever feels like right place right time deal and now I can't help thinking if I can find more,realistically it is near impossible but you never know what you can find and where it will turn up
Now I have the painstaking job of continuing to sort by year condition rookies,try to see if I can compile more sets,another good find in ther was a sealed wax case of 20 boxes of fleer cards from the original star trek 66 series,another good find,along with a slew of vintage hot wheels redlines mint condition,don't know the value but have about 50 mint in package
Worried now I may spend all my free time going to garage sales trying to find unpaid units and estate sales,trying to top this find will be hard I know it but the collector/seller in me is always after that white whale when I find it I look for a pink one etc etc,meaning there is no end in sight,I am always going to be on the hunt for great finds
Anyone else have any similar stories of great finds,does not have to be sportscards,just a great find by being in the right place at right time would like to hear em,