A couple who purchased an old house in Maryland at an auction back in the 1970s found a small tin box full of baseball cards as they renovated the place.
There were 153 in all, clearly from a much earlier time and apparently collected by the lifelong baseball fan who once lived there and was born in the 1890s.
The couple stuck the cards away but got them out last year in hopes of finding out what they had. The answer was that the value of what was inside the box was worth more than what they paid for the house.
Their story is featured on a current edition of Antiques Roadshow, shot in New Jersey:
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