Lady Luck smiled upon a Michigan family that cleaned out an old farmhouse. They stumbled on a sought-after collection of football cards that are worth thousands of dollars.
Lou Brown, president of Legends Sports and Games, estimates that the cards could be worth around $60,000. The cards are considered to be the rarest of such collection in history, which Brown says is the “Holy Grail” of football cards. The most important piece is an “anonymous” card that featured former Harvard football player John Dunlop that was issued in 1894. And Brown said that the Dunlop card alone is worth around $10,000.
The Dunlop card was created by the Mayo Tobacco Works in Richmond Virginia. It was reported by Yahoo Sports that there are only 10 Dunlop cards known to exist today. Some of them are valued as much as $18,000. The entire collection found is the first ever that was dedicated to football players. Since there was no NFL at the time, the set of cards featured the country’s 35 best Ivy League college players.
Aside from the football cards, there were also rare boxing cards found. Brown is also kind of hoping that there will also be baseball cards there. He will finalize the assessment of the value of all the cards. These may be auctioned or just purchased by Brown’s store. He has been in the business of card trading for 35 years now.
