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Mar 4, 2016
10:30:05am

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Same happened to my dad. He had some Babe Ruth cards mickey mantle. Also a bunch

of comic books all tossed out when he went on his mission.

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Spokcougar

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Time

I think I struck gold

bigbossbyu

3/4/16 10:12am

I'm guessing the collection is worth dozens and dozens of dollars.

garyfan

3/4/16 10:14am

^Mistakenly collected basketball cards and not baseball cards in his youth

Carnac el Magnifico

3/4/16 10:19am

My recollection is that they need to be rookie cards, not just cards of

garyfan

3/4/16 10:37am

They don't necessarily need to be rookie cards to have good value. Early year cards

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:52am

Wow. Good to know.

garyfan

3/4/16 11:17am

^^ This! The rare cards are the ones that are worth something. Cards for HOF

CanuckUte

3/4/16 1:04pm

Find out if they have grand kids and then give the money from the cards to them

BYUFam1

3/4/16 10:15am

Call the police like on better call saul

3/4/16 10:15am

But check and see if there's a secret baseboard hidey-hole first.

Cylon Coug

3/4/16 10:33am

The good news is, you're going to need a few pies.

Dwight Schr-UTE

3/4/16 10:48am

I had cards from the 50's I had collected. When I left on my mission my Mom

Hinta

3/4/16 10:15am

Same happened to my dad. He had some Babe Ruth cards mickey mantle. Also a bunch

Spokcougar

3/4/16 10:30am

When I came home from my mission, I discovered that my brothers had ransacked

Flippy

3/4/16 10:32am

That makes my stomach hurt just hearing that.

RaggaeCoug

3/4/16 10:45am

I had several valuable cards before going on my mission

byusuvu

3/4/16 10:31am

look for a mickey mantle rookie card

Nat Gas Man

3/4/16 11:06am

Let me know if you have a '68 Topps #177 or a '71 Topps #513

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:32am

An free online price guide is here: (link)

BYUMizzou

3/4/16 10:33am

I'm sure there's lots of junk, like that Honus Wagner card. Just send it to me.

Cylon Coug

3/4/16 10:35am

The 80s-90s stuff likely isn't worth much. That said, my best card is a 1992

mncougar

3/4/16 11:04am

Sig gif - Safe at first?

Pollster

1/12/22 2:51pm

If you want to sell them individually, it'll take a lot of work, time, and

bluebloodedcoug

3/4/16 11:09am

they're like the stock market. sometimes they're real valuable, other times no.

macaroni

3/4/16 11:12am

Unfortunately, I think the value of these cards has dropped a ton.

Downtown

3/4/16 12:03pm

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