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Memo to Moms everywhere: Here’s why you don’t throw out old baseball cards.

The family of a Brooklyn man stands to reap millions from an auction of a treasure trove of cards collected from 1909 to 1911.

The Kings County man amassed 1,400 cards, which came in cigarette packages back then, into a collection that includes legendary Hall of Famers such as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Chief Bender.

“Every time he got a card, he threw it in a box,” said Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco River Auction Co., which is handling the sale.

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Great story. Gets me drooling almost as much as the story of how some guy stumbled upon a few cases of mint, unopened 1952 Topps baseball cards.

Christy Mathewson T-206 on left side of second pic.

Full Story with stunning pics!
Memo to Moms everywhere: Here’s why you don’t throw out old baseball cards.

The family of a Brooklyn man stands to reap millions from an auction of a treasure trove of cards collected from 1909 to 1911.

The Kings County man amassed 1,400 cards, which came in cigarette packages back then, into a collection that includes legendary Hall of Famers such as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Chief Bender.

“Every time he got a card, he threw it in a box,” said Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco River Auction Co., which is handling the sale.