I saw an episode of Auction Kings where a man brought in about 9 large plastic tubs with lids and about another 6 boxes claiming that these all contained approximately 150,000 baseball cards. A close up of the lot showed that all were modern common cards but the seller stated that there were some buried in that those boxes that went back as for as the 1960's, but no card that old was ever shown.
They brought in a so-called "expert" to appraise it and they found a 1987 Topps set with a Barry Bonds rookie in a top loader. They flashed a $50 value across the screen for that Bonds card alone and that in itself made me realize this show is a total joke.
The lot ended up selling for $700 as I recall, which was probably about $650 too much since those plastic tubs with lids did have some resale value to them.
Last edited by WhenItWasAHobby; 07-14-2012 at 12:52 PM.
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