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Posted By: boxingcardman

I saw the Mickey Mantle checks episode last night. A woman whose father worked for the Independence baseball team in 1949 and saved a bunch of payroll checks had 5 checks endorsed by Mantle as a kid in his first pro season. They were estimated at around $150,000, which reduced her to tears (I got the impression she was not a wealthy person and that kind of money was very, very significant to her). People do come in with some unbelievable sports stuff every now and then.

As far as the question goes, if the cards were pasted down with a plant starch (usually rice or wheat paste), then they will soak out readily and often without a trace. If they were adhered with oil-based glues, forget it.

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