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Greg EcklundOne recent movie with baseball cards was "Blast From the Past" which is from 1999.
In that movie a scientist and his pregnant wife go into their elaborate bomb shelter during the Cuban Missle Crisis in 1962. While in there, a jet crashes into their home, leading him to believe that nuclear war has ensued. He closes the door, which is rigged to a timer and won't open for 35 years. The movie opens 35 years later when the parents send their son (Brendan Fraser) out to gather supplies. The parents give Fraser some money and his dad's baseball card collection, which he is supposed to try to sell if he runs out of money.
Eventually, Fraser gets lost and runs out of money, so he tries to sell the collection at a card shop, where the owner attempts to rip him off. Seeing this, the shop assistant (Alicia Silverstone) tell Fraser how much the collection is really worth and promptly gets fired. Seeing how naive Fraser is, she discovers his predicament and finds him a place to stay in exchange for a Rogers Hornsby Goudey card.