"HOLY GRAIL" of Unopened Baseball Cards Found In Virginia!

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @JunkWaxHero
    @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +9

    Are the Cobb and Plank chase cards?

    • @AFRAKER1
      @AFRAKER1 Месяц назад +8

      I assume you’re referring to the Cobb and Plank 1/1 jersey patch auto plutonium refractor flux capacitor parallels? If so, then yes.

    • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
      @Pocketrocket-pj1us Месяц назад +3

      Smokes are up to almost 300$ a pack?
      WTF I'm grad I quit when I did. Imagine how much money I saved...and since I'm a crazy collector, I could even by an empty pack
      Like the ones used in the early :1910'

    • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
      @Pocketrocket-pj1us Месяц назад +2

      They are retro parralels, very rare.

    • @TK______
      @TK______ Месяц назад

      You're a disgusting fraud

  • @madcitybrew
    @madcitybrew Месяц назад +45

    Now that is a find of a life time. The tobacco is worth more than the cards, LOL. Time to fire up the CT Scan machine and grab Kurt's Card Kit.

    • @MrWrestling2
      @MrWrestling2 Месяц назад +2

      Should have known my comment was already here.

    • @Will_The_Ripper
      @Will_The_Ripper Месяц назад +3

      Same, if there was ever a product to use it on since its hit or skunk

    • @FaultySporkMa
      @FaultySporkMa Месяц назад +1

      Those things have already been scanned unbeknownst to the owner. A few key people know which lot numbers are the ones to buy (if any).

  • @carlmohr9941
    @carlmohr9941 Месяц назад +28

    I love these finds! It gives me hope to still find a Declaration of Independence in a thrift store! 😁

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +4

      @@carlmohr9941 I hope you do, Carl!

    • @Maz08
      @Maz08 Месяц назад +1

      @@carlmohr9941 You are so right. It eats at my brain to think what’s still out there, undiscovered still. Although, it’s getting harder and harder. I’m a comic book guy myself and story has it, that there is still around 100 copies or less of Action Comics 1 still in the wild, yet to be found.

    • @bjmcmahon722
      @bjmcmahon722 Месяц назад +1

      Nic Cage will beat you to it!

  • @MarvinThiessen
    @MarvinThiessen Месяц назад +14

    I collected baseball cards in the late 1950's through the early 1960's from the back of cereal boxes. I used a thick rubber band to keep the stack together, wish I still had 'em.

  • @dougl945
    @dougl945 Месяц назад +7

    I bought a painting in a consignment store… for $100.00
    Sold it at auction a year later for $176,000.00
    I’m addicted to the hunt now..

  • @bouncerslabrealnature9143
    @bouncerslabrealnature9143 Месяц назад +9

    While digging a storage spot under an old roadside garage I found a Piedmont cigarette pack in a can ..it was empty 😢it had the name Dwitt Clinton on it. I also found a pile of old squat soda bottles and crocks...I eventually sold everything at a Pennsylvania flea market
    😊

  • @ryanthompsonthompson820
    @ryanthompsonthompson820 Месяц назад +7

    Love your Nolan Ryan rookie in the background. Greatest pitcher ever.

  • @Clintscollectiblez
    @Clintscollectiblez 2 дня назад +1

    Insane find i can't imagine finding that

  • @davelachey8118
    @davelachey8118 Месяц назад +6

    Ironically I was just checking these out on REA before viewing your video. What a cool find!

  • @Bammboo176
    @Bammboo176 Месяц назад +4

    What a find. If ever there was a good time to CT scan something this would be it. Just to know if cards were in there or not.

  • @michaeldenzer6024
    @michaeldenzer6024 Месяц назад +8

    Imagine a warehouse full of these somewhere!!! $$$$

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +4

      @@michaeldenzer6024 that would be crazy

  • @ASMRPeople
    @ASMRPeople Месяц назад +6

    It's not surprising so many are interested in even an opened pack. You've spent 250k building a nice t206 set minus the big 4 & have a nice display the kicker would be the era correct Piedmont pack.

  • @ClementeCollector
    @ClementeCollector Месяц назад +3

    Great story! Thanks for sharing Mike!

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @corymcewen5943
    @corymcewen5943 Месяц назад +4

    You're absolutely correct sir. The cigarettes' box alone is more rare than the cards for sure, unless it is the Plank, Wagner or Magie card. Just like say a 1952 Topps wrapper or most old wrappers itself as they were thrown away. P.S. P.S. there is a way to know if there is a card inside, it can be Xrayed

  • @knutbaardsen6437
    @knutbaardsen6437 Месяц назад +3

    Believe it or not I know of 2 unopened packs in MD. Man who owns,friend of my father's, a wealthy man,also owns a lower grade t206 a card in the 2000k area. His sons were told they can open them when he passes.

  • @jpacrylicstudio145
    @jpacrylicstudio145 Месяц назад +5

    Wow! What a cool find! I'm looking forward to seeing them sold, opened and hopefully find some amazing cards.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +1

      @@jpacrylicstudio145 me too but part of me hopes they stay sealed. I’d keep it sealed

    • @jpacrylicstudio145
      @jpacrylicstudio145 Месяц назад +3

      @JunkWaxHero I can understand that, but you probably should keep them in a very dry environment/enclosure, otherwise the tobacco may start to hydrate and release oil/juices throughout the pack.

  • @5714Collector
    @5714Collector Месяц назад +6

    Hi Mike, that is a cool find. It would an amazing find if those packs had cards in them. Please keep us updated on this story. Have a great weekend.

  • @mikemorrissey7928
    @mikemorrissey7928 Месяц назад +2

    Great story, thanks Mike!

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      @@mikemorrissey7928 thank YOU, Mike!

  • @snerdterguson
    @snerdterguson Месяц назад +7

    I didn't know that sometimes the packs had no cards. I thought you always got a card, just not always baseball.

  • @DansVintageBaseballPC
    @DansVintageBaseballPC Месяц назад +5

    I will stop living rent free in your subconscious in exchange for that Piedmont box.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +3

      @@DansVintageBaseballPC if I had the box, I’d gladly keep you in my subconscious

  • @brianwisz9006
    @brianwisz9006 Месяц назад +3

    That’s an amazing find! Looking forward to those auctions.

  • @robintaylor-mockingeemill8223
    @robintaylor-mockingeemill8223 Месяц назад +8

    This stuff is still out there , waiting to be found .

  • @johnfroio4910
    @johnfroio4910 Месяц назад +3

    An amazing find!

  • @yodaskywalker2331
    @yodaskywalker2331 Месяц назад +10

    Wonderful attic find. I was not aware that these packs
    May not contain T206 cards. I thought they all contained a card

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +5

      @@yodaskywalker2331 same!

    • @johnnyv1938
      @johnnyv1938 Месяц назад +3

      @@yodaskywalker2331 the key to dating the cigarette cartons is the Cigarette stamp.

    • @Co-ClownWorld
      @Co-ClownWorld Месяц назад +7

      It can be a non sport card. Bird, auto, plane, etc.

  • @Bluejacket66
    @Bluejacket66 Месяц назад +5

    Ya Wagners are almost exclusively SC. Prob far more likely to get a fish or bird card than a ball player but who knows!!!!
    We probably will never know unless a lot winner is foolish enough to open the pack 🤷‍♂️

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      @@Bluejacket66 thanks Dave! It would be pretty foolish to open them.

  • @TJ_Is_Online
    @TJ_Is_Online Месяц назад +10

    If any groups (or box) has been CT scanned for inner contents, this is 100% among them. No way these packs have a card in them as too much $ reward is at stake. Thus, the auction house lot disclaimer (need to protect themselves as these likely do not contain cards).

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +2

      @@TJ_Is_Online you think the sealed packs have been resealed?

    • @TJ_Is_Online
      @TJ_Is_Online Месяц назад +7

      @ I think they have been scanned to see if a card is in each sealed cig back before heading to the auction house

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +3

      @@TJ_Is_Online I gotcha. I can totally see that.

    • @markeastridge9649
      @markeastridge9649 Месяц назад +1

      @@TJ_Is_OnlineI agree. CT may help inspecting for damage from insects, mold and organic breakdown.
      A good standard medical X-ray digital system may reveal the simple presence of cards pretty easily manipulating box position. Detail and processing has greatly improved in the last 20 years. Some products with CT concerns cross over into the base modality. In many it appears standard X-ray may be faster and easier.

  • @marshmangunnar9150
    @marshmangunnar9150 Месяц назад +1

    Good stuff as always my friend 🎉

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp
    @JohnSmith-zw8vp 26 дней назад +1

    Even just the empty carton would be an amazing find in of itself! I mean look up the going rate for an empty case of 1952 Topps!

  • @sidezskateshop1556
    @sidezskateshop1556 Месяц назад +9

    Another awesome vid!…. In the news today.. a guy claims he sent $375,000 worth of cards to GameStop to be graded and they lost them all?! Story is bizarre lmao.
    Cheers

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +2

      @@sidezskateshop1556 I saw that headline!

    • @FISHERMAN331977
      @FISHERMAN331977 Месяц назад +7

      @@sidezskateshop1556 that's your first mistake if you had that much worth of cards why wouldn't you just grade it yourself why would you go through a third party

    • @jimc.goodfellas
      @jimc.goodfellas Месяц назад +2

      Yeah that sounds fishy, that's a lot of money in cards and your only option is to have freakin GameStop submit them? Haha makes no sense

    • @seekanddestroy7343
      @seekanddestroy7343 Месяц назад

      GameStop? Good Lord. I hope It's true.

  • @Rawstock92
    @Rawstock92 Месяц назад +2

    I have a screenshot of an open pack of Piedmont with the card (a common) and all but two of the cigarettes; it was a couple of years ago, but it only went for $200 … I remember wondering if it was an ATF violation to send them in the mail … super cool story!

  • @bobrobinson586
    @bobrobinson586 Месяц назад +2

    I wish I had all the baseball cards that went thru the spokes of my bike in the 1960's.

    • @jerrytalley802
      @jerrytalley802 Месяц назад

      Me too, imagine three boys riding bikes and clipping baseball and football cards on the wheels. I’m also sick, because I had a stack of comic books that were old in the 60’s when we got them from elementary school. I think I gave them and my matchbox cars to my nephew,years ago

  • @paulsantos7358
    @paulsantos7358 Месяц назад +7

    Doctor. I need a Catscan immediately, if not sooner. Sir, what's the ailment. Doc, it's a handful of sealed vintage tobacco cards.

  • @NuthinFancyCollectibles
    @NuthinFancyCollectibles Месяц назад +3

    Now that is a big find! I was not involved in this, but I sure wish I had been. I’d love to have an empty pack in my collection. 🤩

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +2

      I’d love to have a sealed one 😊

    • @NuthinFancyCollectibles
      @NuthinFancyCollectibles Месяц назад +2

      @, more $$, but that would be nice too. I’d probably never know what card would be in it.

  • @miguelavila8961
    @miguelavila8961 Месяц назад +2

    Great story!

  • @kenrogers1948
    @kenrogers1948 Месяц назад +4

    Yeah, sadly the spectre of CT scanning sucks a bit of the juice out of this find... and the $

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +1

      I understand your perspective, Ken

  • @chrisc4264
    @chrisc4264 Месяц назад +20

    To me the holy grail would be a high number 52 Topps full box. Remember they dumped them in the Hudson many years ago. If an unopened full box surfaced, I would bet at least $25 million .

    • @theboringchannel2027
      @theboringchannel2027 Месяц назад +4

      lol, hudson is a river, they didn't dump them in a river,
      they were dumped in the ocean, where garbage was dumped at the time.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +3

      Yeah fair

    • @chrisc4264
      @chrisc4264 Месяц назад +6

      @@theboringchannel2027 Well sorry I had heard Hudson. Excuse me for the honest mistake

    • @blueodum
      @blueodum Месяц назад +5

      If such a box exists, there is a fair chance it is somewhere in Canada, A lot of those high number packs were distributed in Canada.

    • @boobooboogoo
      @boobooboogoo Месяц назад

      Same here!!!

  • @jimc.goodfellas
    @jimc.goodfellas Месяц назад +2

    Imagine buying all that and there end up being no cards inside

  • @rockscousteau
    @rockscousteau Месяц назад +3

    This was a GOOD video dude. Enjoyed it.
    Call around to Antique Stores in your area. If you can find any with Nice cards for sale. Just have the "Antique Store" "Antique Store Picking" in the uploads will INCREASE it all ACROSS the board on your channel over time.
    I do 1 or 2 Antique Store Picking uploads a month. They are ALWAYS my top uploads.

  • @stayawesomecards
    @stayawesomecards Месяц назад +2

    Pretty awesome!!

  • @ObsessedCollector
    @ObsessedCollector Месяц назад +4

    one and ONLY one should be opened to see what it contains.

  • @Vintage_Dave_T
    @Vintage_Dave_T Месяц назад +2

    Wow! Unreal. Do they actually know if there are cards inside those packs? This would be a case where scanning and imaging would be worthwhile to even see if there is a card inside or not

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +1

      @@Vintage_Dave_T they don’t know

  • @Ragnarok691
    @Ragnarok691 Месяц назад +3

    Hopefully they aren't all repacked with allen and ginter minis.

  • @mackeymintle66
    @mackeymintle66 Месяц назад +3

    Ct scanning ruins the magic of finding these sealed packs😢

  • @Darthkeldean
    @Darthkeldean Месяц назад +1

    This is a perfect thing for mri scanning I would be scared to buy if I had the money

  • @ASMRPeople
    @ASMRPeople Месяц назад +2

    It would be naive to not consider the MRI tech with this. I think it would be safe to assume the owner & rea have not mri-ed these packs, however when considering the investment what's the resale? If one wins this auction holds on to them & sells swearing they did not get them mri-ed it's a tougher story. Perhaps the value is in opening them. That or course changes the financials. What's the chance they actually have cards, what cards could they have & what the grade of said card on average from a pack of piedmont?

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      @@ASMRPeople good questions!

  • @lawrencebeauregard9822
    @lawrencebeauregard9822 Месяц назад

    Awesome video and story!!

  • @tompaulfran
    @tompaulfran Месяц назад +1

    I’d be curious to know what part of Virginia they were found. I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find the city.

  • @kenscardboard
    @kenscardboard Месяц назад +1

    Very cool find even if there are not cards in the packs. Will anyone open the packs after purchase is my question. The chance of hitting a big card is slim.

  • @danielkriefall5881
    @danielkriefall5881 Месяц назад +2

    New sub woow great story and visor thanks fir sharing

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Месяц назад +2

    Can't they x-ray the packs.

  • @Alyx_Vance
    @Alyx_Vance Месяц назад +2

    Yo sick RemDawg bobblehead!

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks! And Don Orsillo is there too.

    • @Alyx_Vance
      @Alyx_Vance Месяц назад +1

      @@JunkWaxHero Freakin' love Don. I stopped watching NESN when they laid him off. Absolute idiots.

  • @donniecanby9681
    @donniecanby9681 Месяц назад +1

    Michael, Thanks for sharing this with us. Happy Thanksgiving Day this week. Donnie- W.V. Veteran 🇺🇸

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      Thanks, Donnie! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!

  • @JeffGuy-e3m
    @JeffGuy-e3m Месяц назад +2

    You know that there could be a card of a bird or train or flower. Not all the tobacco packs had baseball cards. So many could not even be a baseball card.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +2

      You’re right, not all of the packs had baseball cards.

  • @markhoyle2275
    @markhoyle2275 Месяц назад +2

    What a great story

  • @miked9655
    @miked9655 Месяц назад +2

    Who's buying in on a case break of Piedmont tobacco?

  • @genxcraig
    @genxcraig Месяц назад +3

    love the Rickey Henderson Rookie top left... the GOAT

  • @jeffhays1968
    @jeffhays1968 3 дня назад

    CT scan would show if there is a card in the pack. X-ray would not I don't think.

  • @jvl8tr
    @jvl8tr 7 дней назад +1

    Special story.

  • @nathanburns7684
    @nathanburns7684 Месяц назад +1

    Do you or any of your viewers know where I can get a comprehensive list of individual players cards? I'm a huge Tony Gwynn fan. I would love to have a complete list.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +3

      @@nathanburns7684 I would probably say TCDb?

    • @davelachey8118
      @davelachey8118 Месяц назад +1

      @@nathanburns7684 You can start by looking at the PSA website registries. At minimum they will have a basic Gwynn registry but there could be several.

    • @sportscardsandthings
      @sportscardsandthings Месяц назад +1

      try trading card database(tcdb)

  • @jonathanthomas4722
    @jonathanthomas4722 Месяц назад +1

    Can't they x-ray these? They could use the new sonograph, too. I'd do it. May not reveal what cards, but IF there are cards.

  • @mikesbaseballcards
    @mikesbaseballcards Месяц назад +1

    Wow! All I can say.

  • @johnrusselman1364
    @johnrusselman1364 Месяц назад +1

    I wouldn't open any of them... X-ray

  • @dean-marr
    @dean-marr Месяц назад +1

    Great video

  • @acousticshadow4032
    @acousticshadow4032 Месяц назад +1

    NO CONTENT!

  • @henrys3629
    @henrys3629 Месяц назад

    Have to be 18 or older to buy these. CT scan them for cards.

  • @TheCardDeal
    @TheCardDeal Месяц назад +2

    Question, is it every box has a card but may be a bird or something else or a baseball card? Or is it every pack pay or may not have a card. If it's "may have a card" then a simple scale could tell you if it has a card or not. Cool find, story and piece of baseball card history, but I wouldn't trust it if it came down to could have a card. It it was every pack had a card then that is a different story. However, I can't afford either option so I'll sit back and enjoy this story as it unfolds.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад +1

      Good questions. My understanding is that not every pack has a card, and some may not be sports cards too. I’ll find out for sure.

  • @vikesfan63
    @vikesfan63 Месяц назад +1

    I'd rather see You open Your Pack!.

    • @JunkWaxHero
      @JunkWaxHero  Месяц назад

      @@vikesfan63
      Buying my first T206 baseball card AND the Piedmont cigarette pack it came in! (Card show pickup)
      ruclips.net/video/k8LHrNPHqpc/видео.html

  • @ACollectorsDream
    @ACollectorsDream Месяц назад

    Great story

  • @jaws00s38
    @jaws00s38 Месяц назад +3

    I love those cards I buy and flip those all the time. I wish I kept them all

  • @spudrain
    @spudrain Месяц назад +1

    Exciting content, but this guy puts me to sleep in less than a minute. Show some excitement.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Месяц назад

    One of them, had GI.cards.

  • @BCHonea
    @BCHonea Месяц назад +1

    Just give me the smokes and take the cards

  • @matthewclay6535
    @matthewclay6535 Месяц назад

    *Hey... that LARRY BIRD card in the background there... any idea of its VALUE??*

  • @wax2thefuture647
    @wax2thefuture647 Месяц назад +2

    CT scan incoming

  • @thefortnitekid7715
    @thefortnitekid7715 26 дней назад

    My grandpa's got stolen by some Laverne lady in Newport News va

  • @fantasticvoyage262
    @fantasticvoyage262 Месяц назад

    I would open the packs.

  • @justinbordner6528
    @justinbordner6528 Месяц назад

    I do not know how many cards are in a pack; perhaps just one. Regardless, $10,000. is simply a stupid low valuation.

  • @stevenrex-p5g
    @stevenrex-p5g Месяц назад

    If opened the person will then own a junkbpiexe of cardboard the tobacco stains will be completely brown foo black

  • @msnski23590
    @msnski23590 19 дней назад

    Wow….

  • @AustinWilsonGlass
    @AustinWilsonGlass Месяц назад

    click bait i wanted to see the actual cards/ boxes in hand!

  • @membersonlydave
    @membersonlydave Месяц назад

    go Cavs

  • @alphaomega9563
    @alphaomega9563 2 дня назад

    they want it cause they can reseal and resell the box to group breakers