Yes, Yes, Yes to the local auction house. Many times they will sell cards mixed in with the dining room set, costume jewelry, paintings etc... I've seen it play both ways. Good stuff selling for pennies on the dollar and I've seen a binder of about 500 vg 1976 topps cards with some stars sell for over $300, which is basically more than a Nrmt set goes for. The thing with the Estate & Garage Sales is this. By all means if you have the time and they aren't too far, never hurts to check things out, but this isn't 1983 when people weren't really aware of what they had, baseball card values etc... Nowadays people are generally prone to think that their 1960 Willie Mays card with two big creases is worth at least half book. It puts you the attendee in a weird situation when you explain that it's basically a $15.00 card and you would be willing to pay maybe $7.00-$8.00 if that.
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