Water Leak Search Turns Up $50,000 In Baseball Cards

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From mercurynews.com

The good news: There was no water leaking in the basement.

The great news was what Barbara and Harley Earl found hidden in the basement ceiling of their Ferndale, Mich., home: tobacco cards from 1910-11 that could fetch up to $50,000 this weekend at an auction.

Barbara Earl thought she heard water dripping two summers ago, so she told her husband to check it out. He told her the water was outside the house, not inside their basement. But when he inspected the basement with a flashlight, he discovered a box in the rafters, unnoticed for the 20 years they had lived in the home... Entire Story Here