I had one happen to me last year. I was set up at a card show that was very slow the whole time there, so I was looking to leave early but had one guy come up to me and asked if I like to trade. He had a small handful of cards he handed me and I saw a couple of older Packers cards in there I liked, plus a few 60s baseball cards of some minor stars. I asked him what was he looking for and he said he wanted some newer rookie cards of the Brewers and Packers players. I got out a Ryan Braun RC, Aaron Rodgers RC and looked thru my boxes and found about 10-12 more low end RCs of current players and a few retired guys. I asked him what else he liked and he said that should be enough, but I might like these other two cards he had in his coat pocket. He pulls out a 1967 Hank Aaron and under it was a 1954 Aaron rookie card with a punch hole in it. I had to ask, what are you doing with this and what do you want for it? He responds with, if you like them you can have them, they're not worth much to me as I have doubles of them. I asked him again, you got to want something else for these, there's some value in this even with a hole in it. Nope, he was good with what he had out and said thank you, enjoy the cards! Well, I put the Aaron RC on Ebay with clear and close up pictures of the card and its defects and it still sold for $206. I've never seen the guy again when I go back there. Very strange...
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