Some lucky souls who have wisely chosen to remain anonymous have been gifted with an unexpected golden parachute that came in the form of baseball cards. Specifically, Ty Cobb baseball cards. SEVEN of them. And they’re reportedly worth over $1 million.
How ridiculous is this? A million bucks apparently just sitting in some random paper bag at the house of a deceased great-grandfather.
Most of the cards have outstanding eye appeal, but this was the jewel of the group: pic.twitter.com/VpkEh9Nh5v
— Joe Orlando (@CollectingByJoe) March 2, 2016
The best part, aside from the shower of money, might be what the cards say on the back: “Ty Cobb — King of the Smoking Tobacco World.” Something tells me such racy copy wouldn’t fly so well today with the overly sensitive, and always health conscious, PC Police.
The worst part, however, is probably this quote:
Experts who spoke to the AP variously described the finding as “spectacular,” miraculous,” “remarkable,” “almost impossible,” and “one of the greatest discoveries in our hobbies.”
Try and keep your pants on, fellas. They’re just baseball cards in a paper bag.
Seven T206 Ty Cobb cards worth well into seven figures, all found at the bottom of great grandpa's old bag: pic.twitter.com/vFlfrhfVUq
— Joe Orlando (@CollectingByJoe) March 2, 2016
Nonetheless, it must be nice.
[H/T Bleacher Report]