NYT: 20 Million Cards: A Sports Memorabilia Gold Mine Uncovered in Virginia

[darkhorse9]

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but just looking at the picture I'm positive that 98 percent of the cards are junk. Just looking at what's visible in the picture. Lots of Nascar cards (probably 50,000 cards), small sets from the 90's and what appears to be maybe two dozen 1990 Score Factory sets. At 704 cards a set that easily counts as 17,000 cards. He said there are 10,000 Michael Jordan cards? From what years? mid-90's I'm sure.
I really question whether the vintage sets he talked about and the T206s were actually part of this buy and not part of his personal collection that he's infiltrating them with.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I'm positive that 98 percent of the cards are junk.

You're a very optimistic person! I'd venture it's a fraction of a singular percentage point. Anyone buying that will have to rent a large dumpster and plow through all the crap quickly to make the most of their time.

I don't understand how the New York Times felt this was newsworthy.