Rare Ty Cobb Cards Found in Paper Bag by Mark Townsend

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Family discovers seven rare Ty Cobb cards possibly worth $1M

Mark Townsend,Big League Stew

In a reminder that it's always worth double-checking every old paper bag or shoebox we find around the house before discarding it, a family believed to be from South Carolina recently came upon a baseball card goldmine while doing just that.

According to the Associated Press, this family, which prefers to remain anonymous, pulled not one, but seven identical Ty Cobb cards from an old, beat up paper bag. The print period, according to baseball card experts, was sometime between 1909 and 1911. And before this discovery, only 15 copies of this specific card were known to still exist. Read More

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