Have you ever found a card or box?

[packs]

I bought a signed 1989 Hoops card of Michael Jordan from an auction house years ago. During the pandemic, I saw the prices on Jordan skyrocket and went looking for the card. Turned out, I'd had it shipped to my parents house and forgot about it. My dad found it still in the auction houses packaging sandwiched between a pile of old bills:

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Many years ago I did a trade at a National convention with a dealer and as a last second “add on” I got a 1925 W504 Universal Toy and Novelty Uncut sheet of the Yankees with Babe Ruth thrown in. Strip cards used to be worth pennies on the dollar back then. I proceeded to forget I had it for several years (10 or 15?) until I was cleaning out my room when I was moving and I found it wedged in between a couple of books on a book shelf… I consigned it in 2020 with REA and I was pleasantly surprised by the sale price. It was “found” money.

[Leon]

That's a nice one to forget about, Aaron. Hope all is well your way!

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

Many years ago I did a trade at a National convention with a dealer and as a last second “add on” I got a 1925 W504 Universal Toy and Novelty Uncut sheet of the Yankees with Babe Ruth thrown in. Strip cards used to be worth pennies on the dollar back then. I proceeded to forget I had it for several years (10 or 15?) until I was cleaning out my room when I was moving and I found it wedged in between a couple of books on a book shelf… I consigned it in 2020 with REA and I was pleasantly surprised by the sale price. It was “found” money.

[IndyDave]

I had been looking for my 1973 Topps Candy Lid set since the pandemic when I really got in to organizing my collection.

I had been through box after box in my basement looking for the Arthur Treachers Jack Brohamer cup that I knew they were in

I started working on cleaning out a closet this week and tonight I found a shoe box on the floor of the closet that included the cup, the candy lids and a bunch of other stuff - my high school newspaper press pass (lol) my college ID and a whole bunch of other things that slowed down the cleaning process

I did count - I have 55 candy lids. Need to get them in some sheets once I get the closet back together. I’m working on my office / hobby room. It’s a mess

[BeanTown]

Aaron, that is an amazing item and wish I would have went for it when HA auctioned it. Well, all the boxes have been opened except my Mastro box as I’m enjoying the feeling of being a little boy, waiting on Christmas to arrive.

So, box 1 was a return from an AH of some framed items that they didn’t think would do so well…. No surprise I didn’t open it years ago. Box 2 was from Collectible Classics and had a nice message written on invoice from John Burke. In the box was a nice Christy Mathewson Police Gazette paper along with a Mordecai Brown and Johnny Evers memorabilia. Box 3, had a super nice panoramic picture of the Indy 500 race with all the cars lined up by wall. Box 4, was loaded from Hunt with some M114 and M113s along with a bunch of Time, Life and Tip Top magazines. Box 5, had a bunch of Harper Weekly’s, Leslie’s, London News Illistrated, and other supplements and premiums. Box 6, had a 1929 Chicago Cubs framed Chicago Cubs photo. Last box I really liked which had a long statue of the 1927 Yankees team in its original packaging and factory box. There are some other items like Mantle stuff, tickets, etc…. But that’s pretty much it.

Here, are the highlights of what was listed above. Will add the Mastro box when I decide to open including the Henry Yee deal which still needs to be found.

[JustinD]

Very cool!

I am not even into racing and that Indy 500 panorama is amazing. Definitely my favorite of them all.

[Leon]

That's quite a bit to forget about. I know of a 12 step program.....
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Originally Posted by BeanTown

Aaron, that is an amazing item and wish I would have went for it when HA auctioned it. Well, all the boxes have been opened except my Mastro box as I’m enjoying the feeling of being a little boy, waiting on Christmas to arrive.

So, box 1 was a return from an AH of some framed items that they didn’t think would do so well…. No surprise I didn’t open it years ago. Box 2 was from Collectible Classics and had a nice message written on invoice from John Burke. In the box was a nice Christy Mathewson Police Gazette paper along with a Mordecai Brown and Johnny Evers memorabilia. Box 3, had a super nice panoramic picture of the Indy 500 race with all the cars lined up by wall. Box 4, was loaded from Hunt with some M114 and M113s along with a bunch of Time, Life and Tip Top magazines. Box 5, had a bunch of Harper Weekly’s, Leslie’s, London News Illistrated, and other supplements and premiums. Box 6, had a 1929 Chicago Cubs framed Chicago Cubs photo. Last box I really liked which had a long statue of the 1927 Yankees team in its original packaging and factory box. There are some other items like Mantle stuff, tickets, etc…. But that’s pretty much it.

Here, are the highlights of what was listed above. Will add the Mastro box when I decide to open including the Henry Yee deal which still needs to be found.

[Exhibitman]

My current rules of thumb are if I don't remember I have it or if I haven't seen it in years, and I come across it, sell it.