Original collection I found in a house I recently purchased in Pennsylvania

[Paul S]

Thanks for taking the time to post all those images.

[conor912]

Not insinuating that this story is bogus, but what are the odds of a card collector making a find like this? They seem astronomical to me.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

It happens more often than you think. The odds? They're terrible, but there are 350 million people in this country. If the odds are one in a million....

[conor912]

I would think it would be out of houses, not people. I.e. how many old houses have hidden collections that get found by a collector? For all those things to align have got to be lottery odds.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

OK there are 125 million houses in the US. Again 1 in a million leads to 125 "finds" You've been here a while you know in just the last few years there have been several house finds that dwarf this one, and numerous more that compare, so I don't understand your apparent surprise.

[conor912]

Ok, I'll play. There are not 125M houses in the US, there are 125M houseHOLDS, which include apartments, new construction and modern homes, the vast majority built in the last half century to meet the demand of the growing population. The OP, as I understand it, believes this is the home of the original collector, dating the house to pre-1920. Yes there are still homes that age, particularly in the NE, but the number of them left is relatively low...my guess would be less than 10 million. Then how many of those have a 100 year old hidden baseball card collection in them that has gone unfound by x number of home owners over a century only to magically be discovered by a card collector? So yes, I am a bit surprised by, as you pointed out, the frequency of these finds.

Again, I don't know the OP and have no reason not to believe his story, but I think the odds are a lot lower than you make them out to be.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by conor912

Ok, I'll play. There are not 125M houses in the US, there are 125M houseHOLDS, which include apartments, new construction and modern homes, the vast majority built in the last half century to meet the demand of the growing population. The OP, as I understand it, believes this is the home of the original collector, dating the house to pre-1920. Yes there are still homes that age, particularly in the NE, but the number of them left is relatively low...my guess would be less than 10 million. Then how many of those have a 100 year old hidden baseball card collection in them that has gone unfound by x number of home owners over a century only to magically be discovered by a card collector? So yes, I am a bit surprised by, as you pointed out, the frequency of these finds.

Again, I don't know the OP and have no reason not to believe his story, but I think the odds are a lot lower than you make them out to be.

The statistic I read was 125 million HOUSES not households

[Mase]

I've never been a collector, I just became the owner of another's collection.
I joined this forum to figure out what these cards were. I'm very thankful for the information I've been provided and offered by several.

Originally Posted by conor912

Not insinuating that this story is bogus, but what are the odds of a card collector making a find like this? They seem astronomical to me.

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