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Of course we all enjoy the eBay stories of the Wagners and Ruths from Grandpa's attic. Well, although it wasn't quite to that extent, I did get quite a nice surprise this weekend!

My wife and her mother were going through all kinds of old photos and stuff which belonged to her grandfather, in order to make a photo album for Christmas for him. All of these things had been tucked away in his basement for decades.

I have always loved discussing baseball with her grandfather, who always told me stories of going to legendary games in NY during the 1940s and 50s, including the World Series games with the Mays catch in '54, and the Don Larsen perfect game in '56. I always told him I wished he had saved his ticket stubs or something from those games, but he said that was never an important thing at the time.

Well, my wife called and asked me if I "had any interest in some old programs that say World Series on them," or should she throw them out. I jumped out of my chair in excitement, and when she came home later, she brought with her the programs as seen in the picture! WS programs from 1952, '54, '56 and '57 - yeah!! And as a nice bonus, there were also a Yankees 1949 and Red Sox 1951 programs in the mix. (I had to laugh at the 1953 Ice Capades program in the same group as well!)

All of them are in really nice shape, except the '54 program, with some cover issues. But this really made my weekend, and just goes to show, there really are some finds to be had "in Grandpa's basement!"