Did this ever happen to you?

[Stampsfan]

My mom, who passed away too young at 63, never threw any of my cards out (from late 60's-early 70's). As long as I kept them out of site and in a drawer, they could be around.

Given that, because they were always out of the way, I ended up with very nice, NM or better cards from my youth, when I got back into the hobby.

She was a good woman...

[judsonhamlin]

I was the beneficiary of my friend's mom tossing out his cards- in 1977 or 78 I wound up with near complete sets of 1972-74 baseball, with multiple Aaron's, Mays, Gibsons, etc. and a random assortment of hockey and football from the same time. I did strike out when one of the other moms had already thrown away her sons 1968-69 cards.

[pokerplyr80]

I still have boxes and albums full of cards from 1989-1996 lying around my Mom's house. It probably wouldn't have been a big loss if they had gotten tossed. I really should go through them the next time I'm home.