Damn. I don't have anything like that but I do have a few boxes of magic cards I haven't looked at in a few years. Maybe someday they'll save me from all this drudgery.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Saskatchewan family just turned a case of hockey cards into millions of dollars.
Around 1:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, bidding came to a close for a highly touted case filled with thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards that a Saskatchewan family found in their attic.
Values vary, but mint condition Gretzky rookie cards have been sold for $3.75 million.
With a 20 per cent buyers premium on top of the purchase, the final amount the Canadian bidder paid was $3,720,000 US ($5,016,978 Cdn).
"I could imagine at some point the buyer will sell individual boxes of this case to collectors, and if that happens, then it's very possible that some of these will be opened."
Simonds reckons at least a few of the cases will be in the $300,000 US range, and the Saskatchewan family could see another seven-figure payday once everything is sold.
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