Baseball Cards

When I was a kid, I was totally hooked on baseball cards. And, to be honest, this habit continued well through my teenage years.

But after moving from state to state over the last twenty years, lugging around those boxes of cards became less and less convenient. Over the years, boxes have been sold, consolidated, dropped off at Goodwill or flat out thrown into the trash. (Goodbye 1990 Score!)

Perhaps the part I miss most about baseball cards is the thrill of discovering this year's new offerings from Topps, buying a pack or two, then slowly savoring the pack, thumbing through them one by one. Since I wasted countless hundreds of dollars on baseball cards in the past, I find it particularly difficult to spend $2, $3 or even $5 on a pack of cards today. Gone are the days of fifty cent packs of baseball cards.

Imagine rifling through some old boxes and finding this treasure trove. Somewhere, hidden for decades in a warehouse, priceless unopened boxes of baseball cards and other cards from the 1930s have been discovered. Yes... UNOPENED! Can you imagine throwing down a couple thousand dollars then opening up that pack of cards? With my luck, I'd get doubles of Harold "Stone Hands" Lightenwalker and nary a Cobb in sight. (After you click that first link, here are more images from that amazing collectible find.)