Source: BroBible
Summary
A rare collection of eight unopened 1952 Topps baseball card packs, originally costing 40 cents, has sold for $1,107,000 at an auction. The packs, which were part of a larger discovery in Seattle in the 1990s, are extremely rare, with only three intact bricks known to exist. The cards are valuable due to their condition and the potential for containing rare cards, such as the famous Mickey Mantle No. 311.
Our Reading
The habit of collecting baseball cards gets a new name.
Eight unopened packs of 1952 Topps baseball cards, a true test of self-control, sold for over a million dollars. A rare find, indeed. The packs’ value lies in their potential to contain rare cards, like the Mickey Mantle No. 311. The buyer likely didn’t purchase them for the gum.
Buying unopened packs of baseball cards is like investing in a lottery ticket, but with more cardboard.
It’s amazing what people will pay for something that might contain something valuable.
Saving things from 1952 can be a great way to make money in the future.
Grandpas were right; you should have stopped opening your baseball cards.
Author: Evan Null
