Woman finds 139-year-old baseball card

[Der Nister]

The strange story goes like this: Last summer, Bernice Gallego pulled an old baseball card from a box of antiques. She figured it might be worth something to someone, so she listed it on eBay.

The starting bid was $10.....................

Yahoo news.

This is why I like going to yard sales and estate sales (ans yea I do go to these) because you never know what you'll find. Wouldn't it be nice to find this kind of gem?????

Two summers ago I was yard browsing (new coined term lol) and found a mickey Mouse stuffed doll from the early 60's for 50 cents. Turned out it was worth $90.00 - not bad.

Small town antique stores are good places to find things because most of the time the owners don't really know what something is worth.

[TomCat]

Lucky...I found a $5.00 bill in coat from the previous winter once. Yeah, that's the most "monetary" lucky windfall I've ever had.

[Der Nister]

Here's one for ya.....

I bought a pair of pants from the salvation army for $5.00 and while trying them on (at home of course) when I was trying to correct the pockets I discovered $10.00 in the left pocket.

I was happy as hell. *lmao!* I was tempted to go back and start going through all the pants pockets in that place.

[jynxxxedangel]

I've also found some gems at flea markets and yard sales.

Once I found a late 17th century child's chair-- all hand lathed and carved. It looked like a piece of junk, to the untrained eye-- the finish was nearly gone, and the original rush seat had been replaced with a piece of old cargo crate. I immediately saw the wormholes, the unmistakable British William and Mary style, the wear at the bottom of the feet and footstretchers which gave away the age, and the type of wood-- and I KNEW I'd found a desirable piece of furniture.

It was very similar in style to these (almost identical to the chair at left, but child-size):

I restored the rush seat (by myself), and it sold at auction for over $3000 dollars.

[Destroit]

I've also found some gems at flea markets and yard sales.

Once I found a late 17th century child's chair-- all hand lathed and carved. It looked like a piece of junk, to the untrained eye-- the finish was nearly gone, and the original rush seat had been replaced with a piece of old cargo crate. I immediately saw the wormholes, the unmistakable British William and Mary style, the wear at the bottom of the feet and footstretchers which gave away the age, and the type of wood-- and I KNEW I'd found a desirable piece of furniture.

It was very similar in style to these (almost identical to the chair at left, but child-size):

I restored the rush seat (by myself), and it sold at auction for over $3000 dollars.

DIZAMN...that's something my Boshy would go ape shit over, seriously, Antiques Roadshow is her porn . She even goes to Salvation Armies and flea market places all the time hoping she'll run into something cool someday.

I'll have to tell her about your find, she'll be fascinated with the story yet pissed at the same time.

[jynxxxedangel]

I would have NEVER known what I had on my hands, had I not been a devout watcher of Antiques Roadshow. I learned most of what I know about antique furniture from that series!

[eleven]

A lady i talked to spent 50cents on a vase that she sold on ebay for over 3000

[Simon Bar Sinister]

I still fantasize about finding a '59 Les Paul sunburst at a garage sale...

My friend dawn found a complete Wedgwood china service (either for 8 or 12; can't remember) at an estate sale. Bought the whole thing for $20.

[Reaper]

I went to an estate auction long time ago when I was a postage stamp collector. I bid on 2 separate collections and won both for a total of $80. The collection would have been worth thousands had the asshole who had the collection before not used rubber glue on the damn stamps to adhere them to the paper. Some of the stamps in there by themselves were worth $500 or more. The collection turned up mostly junk once all the worthwhile stamps were ruined.

I also sold my old Transformer collection at our yard sale when I was a kid for $20. Who would have known that some years later, some of those old originals go for hundreds of dollars now.

[DarkVampire]

I am a collector of odds and ends so I know the value of things. When my grandmother died my parents were over at her house going through her stuff, what to keep, what to give to Good Will, what to throw out. They almost gave away actual silverware to Good Will. I went through some of her books which date back from the 1800's and early 1900's.

Even as a kid I knew the value of old things. I found old medicine bottles from the 20's and 30's, some old pop bottles from the 50's in an old barn.

[Joey Deadcat]

Ebay? She should've taken it to an auction. Who knows how high the bidding would've gone?

[n0Mad]

I found a "gold nugget" up my nose.

[aponia]

Yahoo news.

This is why I like going to yard sales and estate sales (ans yea I do go to these) because you never know what you'll find. Wouldn't it be nice to find this kind of gem?????

Two summers ago I was yard browsing (new coined term lol) and found a mickey Mouse stuffed doll from the early 60's for 50 cents. Turned out it was worth $90.00 - not bad.

Small town antique stores are good places to find things because most of the time the owners don't really know what something is worth.

she pulled it off line after she got to many people asking her if it was authentic. she got it appraised and autheniticated and they think it will go for 100,000. not bad for bying a bunch of junk for 200 and findiing it in there, to make it better she won a 250,000 jack pot playing slots to.

[Reaper]

she pulled it off line after she got to many people asking her if it was authentic. she got it appraised and autheniticated and they think it will go for 100,000. not bad for bying a bunch of junk for 200 and findiing it in there, to make it better she won a 250,000 jack pot playing slots to.

Why are old people the ones that always end up winning big jackpots the most? Dammit all!

[aponia]

Why are old people the ones that always end up winning big jackpots the most? Dammit all!

seriously if i hit that a crack head would rob me on my way out of mgm or greektown. or better i would drive away and break down at central and cecil area

[taysteewonderbunny]

seriously if i hit that a crack head would rob me on my way out of mgm or greektown. or better i would drive away and break down at central and cecil area

Ha ha ha! You know, once I picked up a stranded motorist in that area. I swear the guy was more afraid of me than I was of him. I think he thought I was going to rape him or something!

[Reaper]

Ha ha ha! You know, once I picked up a stranded motorist in that area. I swear the guy was more afraid of me than I was of him. I think he thought I was going to rape him or something!

Shimmy!

[aponia]

Ha ha ha! You know, once I picked up a stranded motorist in that area. I swear the guy was more afraid of me than I was of him. I think he thought I was going to rape him or something!

i say that area cause i broke down there coming back from christmas and we got rolled for our christmas gifts. and they smashed my windows, i was pissed then but i guess its sorta funny now

[taysteewonderbunny]

i say that area cause i broke down there coming back from christmas and we got rolled for our christmas gifts. and they smashed my windows, i was pissed then but i guess its sorta funny now

No, I wouldn't say it was funny at all. I would say that I was majorly stupid and very lucky that the guy I stopped for was only about 17 and scared out of his wits.

[aponia]

No, I wouldn't say it was funny at all. I would say that I was majorly stupid and very lucky that the guy I stopped for was only about 17 and scared out of his wits.

your a braver soul than i, actually i dont think i could bring myself to pick up any hitchiker anywhere, i'm to pretty. tee hee hee, if you knew what i looked like you'd be laughing to