Great Discoveries: Man Finds Late Father’s Rare Baseball Cards – WorthPoint

One Sacramento, California, resident may have just hit a home run with his recent antique discovery. The unnamed man found his late father’s baseball card collection inside a cigarette tin in a closet, Yahoo! Finance reported. This collection dates back roughly one hundred years.

According to the finder, his father, Ed, began collecting baseball cards in the early 20th century. Baseball cards were popular during the Great Depression and were often given as gifts then.

Likewise, Ed received baseball cards as gifts from family members and stored them in a tobacco tin. Over the years, his collection grew to approximately six hundred cards throughout his life. After Ed’s death, his son cleared out his home to prepare to sell the property. It was then that he found the tobacco tin of baseball cards.

Many of the cards in Ed’s collection date between 1919 and 1926, Yahoo! Finance pointed out. The collection features rare cards of several legendary baseball players, including Ty Cobb and “Shoeless Joe” Jackson. There are multiple Babe Ruth cards in the collection, too.

In addition to big-name trading cards, the collection includes Zee-Nut cards. These were sold exclusively on the West Coast with Zee-Nut-brand candy and popcorn.

Most of the cards are in good condition, and some will be sold at auction. In total, the collection could fetch a “high six-figure” sum, an auction house indicated.

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