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Old 04-11-2015, 09:02 PM
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Lightbulb 20th century candy store owners...and their attics

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Originally Posted by keepmeposted View Post
For Bob and all Unopened Box Enthusiasts:

Do you think that the matronly lady examining the boxes (or her descendants)might have some of these unopened baseball card panel boxes stashed in a Battle Creek basement or bomb shelter?

[NOTE: Trust me. It's happened before.]

Keep Me Posted. Dan.
Well, that's pretty much what happened to eventuate the great Black Swamp Find of a few years ago. Defiance, Ohio family owned a market around the turn of the last century and when candy salesmen dropped by, they left boxes of E-98 cards as samples to be distributed with their caramels. The store owner simply piled up the cards in his home attic because he apparently had no other storage place for them, and a century later, his heirs found them still sitting there, in pristine condition and worth millions.
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