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Ken W.Without intentionally hijacking the thread, how does everyone feel about stumbling onto a valuable treasure being "given" away at a yard sale or a flea market by someone you do not know at all? No sentimentality involved - just someone who has no clue as to the value of the cards. Isn't this every collector's dream? While its never happened to me, I have always felt that a flea market or antique shop deserves to take the loss - they should know their business better. But a private yard or garage sale is different. Taking advantage of innocent ignorance? Since I never sell cards, I feel that I would probably be saving some bits of history from the landfill, which is where they would be headed if I didn't pick them up. Better they be in someone's hands who will cherish them. But turning around and selling them for a HUGE profit would cause me some real soul searching, I think. Has this scenario ever happened to anyone here, and how did you handle it?