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Woman uncovers what may be the oldest baseball card

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Jan 8, 2009.

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  1. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    That's some consecutive quality there ... hilarious.

    Amazing how this lady had no idea that it could have been worth something and still managed NOT to sell it for $10.
     
    Trey Beamon, Jan 8, 2009
    #13
  2. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    ... and being a mom, threw it in the trash.
     
    Football_Bat, Jan 8, 2009
    #14
  3. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    She doesn't want to say how she got it because she used to be a groupie of that team.
     
    PeteyPirate, Jan 8, 2009
    #15
  4. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Big fan of Mike Osegueda. I don't read much out of Fresno, but I try to read his stuff. I just like his style of featurey things like that.

    Absolutely crazy story. I'm still surprised she's going back to eBay, though I guess if you auction it off in an auction house, you might lose more of a cut.
     
    imjustagirl, Jan 8, 2009
    #16
  5. Clubber_Slang

    Clubber_Slang Active Member

    All I know is that I hope this Fresno dame makes a nice penny off this and has enough money to buy a nice retirement home across the street in Tahoe.
     
    Clubber_Slang, Jan 8, 2009
    #17
  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    It's a little more than across the street ... it's 15 minutes away!
     
    Football_Bat, Jan 8, 2009
    #18
  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I bought an $8 box of old dollhouse furniture last month off ebay for my daughter for Christmas, and at the bottom of the box was a 1900 Indian head penny. It's worth a buck, tops, but it was a blast to find it and daydream the 'what ifs'. For a junk ebayer like this old lady, that baseball card probably just as easily could have ended up at the bottom of someone's box if she hadn't been paying attention.
     
    playthrough, Jan 8, 2009
    #19
  8. beardpuller

    beardpuller Active Member

    Sounds like we'll never know, but wouldn't it be great to find out how the card got to her store in Fresno? WAS there a Fresno when that card was printed?
     
    beardpuller, Jan 8, 2009
    #20
  9. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    This story has a photo of the woman holding the card:
    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Woman-finds-139-year-old-baseball-card-in-box-of?urn=mlb,132871
     
    EStreetJoe, Jan 9, 2009
    #21
  10. DirtyDeeds

    DirtyDeeds Guest

    Not that familar with eBay, but can you sell something for six figures on there? I guess you'd just set a minimum bid so you don't end up selling it for $25,000 if it's worth $250,000? Wouldn't an auction house like Sotheby's or whatever make more sense?
     
    DirtyDeeds, Jan 9, 2009
    #22
  11. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    So did the first story linked.
     
    imjustagirl, Jan 9, 2009
    #23
  12. Trouser_Buddah

    Trouser_Buddah Active Member

    After seeing the picture, I wouldn't have blinked if the headline said "139-year-old woman finds baseball card."
     
    Trouser_Buddah, Jan 9, 2009
    #24
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