I have a similar story to Frank's. It's not pre-war, but a few years ago I bought a 1974 Topps stamp Nolan Ryan for $5 on eBay. I threw it in my Nolan Ryan box and it stayed there for about a year until I sent it off to PSA on one of their $5 specials. It came back a PSA 10 (the only 1 at the time) and I sold it for $1500 to the guy who had the number one Nolan Ryan set registry. I had $10 in to it including grading and made 150X my money.
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