Baseball Card Shop Owner from 1980's Sells One Million Cards with Rare Ty Cobb Rookies, Babe Ruth & Vintage Boxes

Massive collection stored in California home for 35 years includes Pre-War T206 baseball cards, complete sets from 1956 to 1975, early 1900's baseball items and rare 1940 Topps boxes

GRANITE BAY, Calif., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A sports card store owner from the 1980's sells his massive collection of over one million sports cards and memorabilia to Auction Monthly. The collection was amassed over decades by a former sports card shop owner in Rancho Cucamonga, California, who operated the shop from 1981 to 1988.

"This collection is truly remarkable and unlike anything we've ever acquired,"says Ryan Jones, Auction Monthly's Director of Marketing & Public Relations. "The previous owner meticulously preserved these items, including unopened wax boxes and cases, and vintage cards in pristine, pack-fresh condition."

This acquisition by Auction Monthly also includes thousands of sports cards, memorabilia, and signed items from all major sports and spans the years 1907 to 1975, and unopened wax boxes and sealed cases from 1981 to 1986.

Highlights from this extensive collection include:

• Run of complete Topps Baseball sets from 1956-1975, several are pack-fresh and pulled from vending boxes
  
  
• 15 sealed 1986 Topps Hobby Boxes (from an original case) featuring Jerry Rice rookie cards
  
  
• 1907 Dietsche Postcard of Ty Cobb – A rare rookie find
  
  
• 1907 Detroit Tigers Real Photo Postcard of Ty Cobb, with near complete team set
  
  
• 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb "Bat On Shoulder" baseball card
  
  
• 1955 All-American Football Complete Set with Jim Thorpe
  
  
• Signed pre-war cards, including 1933 Goudey set, as well as signed team baseballs from the 1950s featuring Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and other Hall of Fame icons.
  
  
• Extensive collection of T206 baseball cards and hundreds of pre-war cards, including rare Hall of Famers like Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb and many others.
  
  
• 10 sealed cases of 1982-1985 Donruss, Fleer, and Topps Baseball cards, including hobby, cello, and vending boxes
  
  
• 1981 Topps Football Hobby Box featuring Joe Montana rookie card
  
  
• 1984 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Hobby Box featuring Steve Yzerman rookie card
  
  
• Hundreds of rare vintage ticket stubs and sports pins from the 1940s and 1960s
  
  
• Thousands of rookie sports cards, memorabilia and signed baseballs, including Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and many more Hall of Famers.

Many of the items from this collection will be made available to the public at AuctionMonthly.com.

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