Same here. Usually looking at people's "collections" has been a waste of time but I did snag some good cards on three different occasions.
A co-worker of my father-in-law had some cards he wanted to get rid of. They were late 50's / early 60's with a 1960 Yogi Berra and a few other HOF'ers as well.
A friend sold me his cards from the '60s that included a Brian Piccolo rookie card for 1 cent each in the 80's.
A friend of my father-in-law wanted to get rid of his kids old cards that included a Terry Bradshaw rookie.
The best card find story I've experienced first hand came from an older co-worker about ten years ago. When his mother died they cleaned out her attic. He didn't know it but she had taken all of his late 40's / early 50's baseball cards and put them in a large tupperware container where they had sat for 50 years. They were all in NM condition and he had a lot of stars/HOFers. He brought them to work and showed them to me and, as much as I wanted those cards, knew I could never give him a fair offer for them as I didn't have the $$$ at the time. He ended up selling them through an auction and made more money from those cards than the family got for ALL of the rest of his mother's possessions. What a great Mom!
jeff
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