Family Finds Several Mint Condition Baseball Set In Attic

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.

Family finds several mint condition baseball set in attic.

After he was done looking through the attic it was finally time to open up the box that really had him interested he was shocked when he looked inside and saw rows of baseball cards. Between the box of 1948 bowman baseball worth 500 000 on its own. The packs were from the mid 1900s. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing.

The appraised value of the bowman set alone is a half million dollars. It contained 19 unopened packs from the company s first year. 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 two way stored away in an ohio attic for about 100 years the rare cards are in mint condition.

The leftovers stayed in the family preserved in gorgeous mint condition and inside the original case. Taking a look inside he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. These cards were extremely old but they were in mint condition. In an old box he found nine boxes of unopened baseball cards.

The 700 cards bundled in twine but in surprisingly mint. For a century a box. An ohio family rummaging through the attic of a long deceased grandfather stumbled across a century old collection of baseball cards. 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.

The most valuable item was a box of 1948 bowman baseball cards. One of the greatest collections of unopened baseball football and basketball card packs was recently found in an aunt s attic. Rosen put the higher grade 1952 topps mantle cards up for sale at 3500 but found few buyers. If you want to find some fast cash in your house look no further than your kitchen.

The total find may be worth over 1 million. 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. Hidden away in this old attic was a mint condition card from the golden years of baseball.