Massive Baseball Card Collection Found Behind Wallpaper
When Melissa Bordt purchased a fixer upper house in Boise, Idaho, for $324,000, she knew she had a lot of work to do. Renovations started immediately, and no room needed more work than a bedroom with an ugly green wall with faux tiles. The more she peeled, the more she revealed. Hidden behind the wall, she discovered a giant collection of baseball cards. There were a whopping 1,600 cards in total. According to memorabilia appraiser Leila Dunbar, the collection is unfortunately of little value.
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I am surprised they found the original owner. He must have had blast seeing his childhood cards again. That's priceless.
@ameliaodell9505
2 жыл бұрын
Boise ain’t that big buddy
@pika9752
2 жыл бұрын
I kinda just assumed it was the persons she bought the house from lol
@Uncle_Tre
2 жыл бұрын
I never knew jack black had so many cards
@patremagilbert8787
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Tomtaylor7337
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder why he didn’t just take them ? Or even after she discovered them he came by and he wasn’t interested in taking them home ...
I agree with the gluing cards to a wall doesn't help the price especially if you don't rip it off intact. However, you cannot really put any blame any kid might have done the exact same thing too.
@isabellind1292
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I think it's very sweet to see what a young kid did w/his baseball card collection.💓
@UnderGroundMerlin
2 жыл бұрын
I did this as a kid. Parents were always into home renovations so they did not care much if I damaged the walls a bit. We could always repair it easily.
@RichardBarkman
2 жыл бұрын
Especially childhood toy and other stuff might be worth lots of buckdo. But later down in the line less valuable if you open it or beat up.
@dycedarg19
2 жыл бұрын
Especially when all of those vintage cards were used to make a bicycle sound like a motorcycle!I think my dad used to do it to his late 50’s and early 60’s cards when he was a kid.
@trace8037
2 жыл бұрын
As a baseball card collector, millions upon millions of baseball cards were produced during the 80s and 90s which deprived the value tremendously to begin with unless the card had an error of some sort. I’ve sold thousands of intact 80s and 90s baseball cards for no more than $50. Edit: I’ve sold thousands as a lot not each.
You need the card to be in good condition for it to be worth millions. But hey the whole wall is an art of itself and the nostalgia it gave the original owner is priceless.
@Louthemailman
2 жыл бұрын
if the card is rare u could still get serious money.. Mickey mantle... babe ruth.. Honus Wagner
@Alex-vz2jz
2 жыл бұрын
Just put up the wall for sale and call it modern art and get millions?
@jonathanyoung9369
2 жыл бұрын
A Honus Wagner card which recently sold for half a million dollars was literally torn in half. Like, half the card was gone. Just sayin.
@DaFifaKid
2 жыл бұрын
you gotta love the ppl who think old = valuable lol. thats not how this works.
@l_ifeefi_l1998
2 жыл бұрын
First rule is rarity. Second, condition. So even if the condition is bad but if the card is super rare itstill could fetch a price. Example is the first issue of action comics.
Who put roofing shingles on a wall and painted them green afterwards?? How did anyone think that was a good idea
@-blackberrybear-9692
2 жыл бұрын
"Yucky green wall"
@G_____
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering that the whole time! That’s the real story here
@honestdave
2 жыл бұрын
Seriously why shingles?
@CaptainAmaziiing
2 жыл бұрын
It's 'faux tile wallpaper'. It said so in the realtors ad. She paid extra for it.
@missmarymary6506
2 жыл бұрын
The green monster! YaY Fenway!
I’d keep them and design the room around them in all reality it has a fantastic story and it’s one of a kind
@randomstuff797
2 жыл бұрын
I would build a bar in that room 🍻
@DylanRomanov
2 жыл бұрын
I’d sell sell sell, edit: they aren’t worth anything
@jessegarner6843
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@ocvp_tx6951
2 жыл бұрын
@@DylanRomanov what makes a baseball card valuable ?
@est_8409
2 жыл бұрын
@@ocvp_tx6951 rare ones
So many memories. Good for this woman to not throw away the cards but to keep them.
Over a quarter million for a fixer upper. The housing market is depressing as hell lma
@nativenation11
2 жыл бұрын
might as well buy a boat
@rapunzaln1
2 жыл бұрын
Seriously! My thoughts exactly
@sonnyk4840
2 жыл бұрын
Not only that... in bumphuck Boise Idaho!! 🤦♂
@rapunzaln1
2 жыл бұрын
@@sonnyk4840 right! Craziness
@tay2944
2 жыл бұрын
I was just gonna wait for some old relative to pass away and get there house
Best part was when they brought back the original owner and he got to see his childhood collection. That was beautiful!
@brianrausch7757
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful?
That's awesome that they found the guy and that he got to come and see it again.
That's soo cool and they found the guy who's room it was. It must have brought him joy to see his childhood still existed in that house. Great memories, that's what I would love for my children.
It's such a cool little art gallery! She should theme the room around them, without making it too cheesy.
@purplemelon568
2 жыл бұрын
It can be cheesy who cares.
REALLY? A Fixer upper at 324,000? Unbelievable
@Kay-st8fk
2 жыл бұрын
Me: crying in poor
@Knife_Collector
2 жыл бұрын
Would probably be a $100K home at most in my area. And without needing work.
@nottodaylilbaldhead
2 жыл бұрын
@@Kay-st8fk no a fixer up home should not be that expensive....
@mikeblaz
2 жыл бұрын
I would have guessed 150,000 tops....it was a rancher also.
@mominor6913
2 жыл бұрын
I KNOW RIGHT
Can’t even imagine finding a valueless childhood memory. Gosh, I love these kinds of videos so much more than the depressing ones
@doppelstrangler4569
2 жыл бұрын
You have to balance out both light and dark
@theviewer2614
2 жыл бұрын
@@doppelstrangler4569 yup
@goldpotato1885
2 жыл бұрын
godh
I am glad they found the person who had that room as a kid, probably made his day. I did something similar as a kid in the early 90's but I put them in plastic sheets meant for binders and stapled them to the wall and put a few hockey jerseys up, seeing others do this brings back my own memories.
@vanesslifeygo
8 ай бұрын
at least you didn't GLUE IT
Imagine this happens again a decade or two from now but with Pokémon cards Ugh, I never should've sold my entire binder filled with Pokémon cards for $50 as a kid
@chato6853
2 жыл бұрын
I remember I had a bunch and took them to my cousins birthday party and I begged him to let me play his ps2 and he agreed if I gave him all my cards. Ofcourse my stupid self gave it all
@lilyjane570
2 жыл бұрын
@@chato6853 RIP
@fullpotentialanakinskywalker
2 жыл бұрын
@@lilyjane570 I want to keep it for a long time
@rustyshackleferd204
2 жыл бұрын
@@chato6853 your cousin is pretty messed up for asking that.
@russellny8086
2 жыл бұрын
Bro $50 bucks!!!! 🥺 Dam dude mine have been in my binder since ‘99. Don’t know why but at 14 I just had a feeling I needed to hold on to them.
respect to that woman. I wish her more blessings.
@mikeblaz
2 жыл бұрын
Not sure it's respect? Probably didn't feel like scraping them off...much easier just to cover them, no one will know.
@sb19edition15
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeblaz she said it she doesn’t have the heart to completely take that off.
Great article! But being a comic book, sports cards, & video game collector for over 45 years I already knew they had very little value! Loved the article!! One major mistake I did as a kid collector was I pulled a Magic Johnson rookie card out of a pack and pulled the panels of the cards apart a few years later. Each card was a 3-panel card! As a kid it's just all about fun!
Too cool that they found the guy. I love this!
Don't cover them up!! If the wall itself is in good condition, lacquer, clear coat or seal them over. Beautiful wall remains. Hang curtains. It's history.
@AL-fl4jk
2 жыл бұрын
Would be nice if they could get them off and give them back to him
I had no idea fixer uppers were that expensive in Idaho 😳
@seanpalmer2050
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Boise must be on fire. Who knew?
@feliciamurphy6244
2 жыл бұрын
Omg I sound like my father lol oops.
@newlycreated1864
2 жыл бұрын
That's a bargain for Californians. The house isn't in that bad of shape.
@redmesa2975
2 жыл бұрын
Boise has been a hot market for a couple of years now. Tons of Californians moving there
Aren't most of the cards destroyed now? That is really sad but it's awesome that you found the original owner to show him
@wayge
2 жыл бұрын
Theyre worthless. You either sell someone a ripped up card or a card with a chunk of wall on the back
@PositiveBluebird
2 жыл бұрын
@@wayge exactly. What a shame
The end "not to make her feel bad but last year an old card sold for 6.6 million dollars"!! She is ruthless 😂😂😂
@sharpenedaxe2
Жыл бұрын
lmao true but also that comparison was really stupid
If I buy a house for $324,000 it better not need any work afterwards 🤣
It's cute, but worthless. The baseball cards were glued on the wall therefore ruining them.
@KamyaaDavis
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he ever wanted them to be worth something though. It was just for memorises. I thought it was nice.
@NorthernAzCards
2 жыл бұрын
Junk wax
@kendraphic87
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t think it’s about getting money for them ..
@michaelmiguel6937
2 жыл бұрын
I mean yeah he was a kid enjoying it. A lot like all the Super Nintendo boxes we all threw in the trash lol
@conrad463
2 жыл бұрын
The wallpaper on that wall would have been more valuable than those baseball cards in perfect condition.
imagine finding 1,600 Baseball Cards behind a wallpaper
@thatguy720
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats
@gameplay2952
2 жыл бұрын
@@thatguy720 thanks
@nomnom2173
2 жыл бұрын
yes
@lifewithmya5811
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@justsumguyyeahme
2 жыл бұрын
1,600 worthless cards
Man she got RIPPED OFF bad! Who spends over 300 grand for a fixer upper?!
@blmyoubigot581
2 жыл бұрын
Last year the house was probably 100k or less but in may the prices skyrocketed.
@rawlee6719
2 жыл бұрын
*Crying in Californian Millennial* you can’t even buy a shed for that price here
@williamcronin9106
2 жыл бұрын
You should come to Ireland..it would cost that much just to put up a For Sale sign...
@pphedup
2 жыл бұрын
Like the cards, it's worth what you'll pay for it.
Just leave them. It's unique and abstract. Actually a work of art!
@armenvondoms1815
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely worth keeping. The time it took to glue 1600 cards individually expresses the life and energy left from a kid (now adult) who once occupied that space.
That small old ass house was $324,000 dollars?!!!
@user-rn1lb8sx2c
2 жыл бұрын
California
@cademancaden
2 жыл бұрын
Idaho. Watch the video.
@Nightside-mz2em
2 жыл бұрын
Bosie, Idaho
For those who run across old cards with glue on the back, I had ALOT of.success taking an iron, with a little bit of steam and I could gently remove the glue. It actually worked pretty well!
My friend who just turned 73 Feb 23 collected baseball cards as a kid in the 50s and 60s he was drafted for Vietnam in the late 60s when he got back he decided to start collecting again and he went to his mom and ask her where was his cards she said she through them all out when he left home. He told me he had so many rookies and till this day it makes him sick just thinking about it..
@MysticDesertBreeze
2 жыл бұрын
That's horrible!!
@waynek3366
2 жыл бұрын
@@MysticDesertBreeze He has a big collection now but not what he would have had.
@mjarboesdf
2 жыл бұрын
Omg he leaves for a dangerous, deadly war, risking his life and his own mother throws his stuff away?? My gosh how heartless! If that was my son, I would treasure every little item of his, fearing that he would never return home to me and it least I would have his precious belongings, that would be priceless to me! Poor guy! I know how bad that has to eat away at him!
@waynek3366
2 жыл бұрын
@@mjarboesdf Thank you for your very kind words I feel the same.
@z-z-z-z
2 жыл бұрын
@@mjarboesdf - many a kid has had their baseball cards tossed out when they leave home, etc. not that uncommon way back when, before cards started becoming valuable.
$354,000 for a fixer upper? The hell
@unoriginalegg9899
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that surprised me too
@gaius5901
2 жыл бұрын
Economy is tanking And remember, the US is a 3rd world country in a faux Gucci belt
@tay2944
2 жыл бұрын
A fixer upper in IDAHO
@ngndnd
2 жыл бұрын
she got ripped off lmaooo
$0 after the glue...but still an epic find.
What a cool find! This is so incredible 👏🏽💜
@rickhammond2473
2 жыл бұрын
It is stupid.😁
@trace8037
2 жыл бұрын
@@rickhammond2473 Yeah, they’re worth literally nothing to begin with.
Why she gotta make the lady feel bad at the end smh 🤦♂️
you spent $324,000 for that property? 😵💫
"What do u think my wall of 1600 baseball cards is worth" as the man who actually glued them to the wall is there lol
Imagine that. . .a fixer upper for $324K? in Boise ID no less. What is going on?????
same, I don’t think I can rip someone else’s childhood memories off of the walls of my new home. I wouldn’t try covering it up either because it really looks cool
The joy on that dude face when he walked in his old room says it all💯💯👏👏
Very cool. Very happy for her dream house and her endeavors.
This really cool to see. I'd leave that wall. It's like a piece of unique art.
1:57 Her: "Here's the way I look at it. If you look at a piece of art-" Reporter: AH WELLL
such a wholesome report love it!
Talk about a house of cards...lol
Gee, for $324,000, she shouldn't have a fixer-upper. Rip oif!
@omnipotence731
2 жыл бұрын
bruh that is a waste of money man
@gleefulme9617
2 жыл бұрын
@@omnipotence731 The housing bubble will pop just like it did in 2008.
The story behind it and keeping that for more years to come will be history
Honestly I would keep it like that or just make The whole room into a sports card bedroom. Now that would be very unique.
I can't believe she paid that much for the house.
@erictapia8094
2 жыл бұрын
Californian here, that's a bargain of a home.
@vitohov8824
2 жыл бұрын
I know right. You can get a beautiful home here in Texas for that much
@saebyeok1551
2 жыл бұрын
@@vitohov8824 u sell ur rights too i guess … texas🤮
You can get a house in perfect condition for half that and way way bigger than that in my area wow amazes me
@ScarrednCharred
2 жыл бұрын
What area?
Please don’t cover them up or rip them down, they look so good
Give her a fixer-upper type TV show. She looks fabulous!!
That's Great ,Hope U Keep It
holy hell that's a ripoff price. I bought my 5 bedroom 1800 Square foot home for $80,000 and that came with all new appliances and wall paint.
@dantegood2195
2 жыл бұрын
The housing market is nuts right now
@WigWoo1
2 жыл бұрын
@@dantegood2195 With Covid houses should be cheaper because no one wants to buy any houses
@dantegood2195
2 жыл бұрын
@@WigWoo1 - lol. That flies in the face of demand, which is the driver of home prices
@ViralVibes_01
2 жыл бұрын
@@RestlessRiver I was thinking the same, not even a studio anymore 😬🤔
@WigWoo1
2 жыл бұрын
@@RestlessRiver 2018
Inside edition is sure inside of someone’s home
So cool!
0:59 “do the math,” So we’re gonna act like it’s not any blank spots on the wall where there aren’t any cards?
@snowwhite6882
2 жыл бұрын
That part 😂
Could’ve bought the whole neighborhood for that 😂
As a child of the 80s, those cards look familiar.
@dmullz100
2 жыл бұрын
yeahhh no one asked.. thanks for your input anyways
@j.h.6081
2 жыл бұрын
@@dmullz100 Thanks for the positivity.👏 Another thing you didn't ask for..I'm probably one of the only millennial females with a baseball collection laying around somewhere.
@CraftySouthpaw
2 жыл бұрын
@@dmullz100 I did, actually. I'm glad he answered.
Thanks 😊
I’m blown away that any property in Idaho is 325k?!?
She’s a skilled woman
That is impressive
I still have a lot of those same baseball cards that I used to collect back in the mid 80's.............😁😁
Im impressed by her handylady abilities:)
The thing I'm concerned with is that they paid close to 400k for a FIXER UPPER. That is crazy.
@mariamail0303
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha
@mariamail0303
2 жыл бұрын
And house is pretty small too.
@sweetbeauty2153
2 жыл бұрын
@Infinite Jest Exactly I definitely agree with you 😱🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️and I'm like why though????Jiminy Crickets that's insane!
Nevermind the cards who would spend over 300 000 on that peice of garbage house. 🥴😆
Oh,, my! He must be very happy upon seeing this. ❤️ I wonder if anyone that lived in the house we used to live when I was a kid saw my wall full of pokemon cards too! The other wall tho was filled with W.I.T.C.H. posters. I dont remember removing it because we dont have time to because we got kicked out.
0:17 I love how they showed clips of her stripping a screw
324k for a fixer upper in Boise, Idaho. Good luck to the future generations.
Well, one thing is what an expert says and an other what a collector loves. That wall could be very valuable as it is for someone else. She could've taken pictures of the whole walls and see if someone was interested. You never know what could an eccentric collector would like to have the whole thing. I mean, you never know :-P I'm glad that she decided to keep it. Its hidden, but at leas it's still there.
@georgecroney6168
2 жыл бұрын
Their value is all determined 1) by what the card is, basically it's rarity and 2) it's condition. Absolutely perfect as the day it was made is worth the most. So never actually played with, just unpacked and carefully put into a collection folder is where the value is. That's what makes them so rare. 99.999% of them were bought for kids to play with. Even sunlight damages them not to mention moisture in the air, handling them etc. It's like any collectable, people want to own it in the newest condition possible. The glue on the back renders them worthless. It's only value now is as a cool looking wall though I'd say that wall is fairly easily reproduced so no monetary value. It also can't be sold so literally no monetary value.
@missmarymary6506
2 жыл бұрын
So either an eccentric collector buys a house in Idaho for a wall of 1980's mass produced cards glued to a wall in a room of said house..or...what she has the wall removed and shipped? ... 8m.not sure how the concept is exicuted
@scarpfish
2 жыл бұрын
If anyone wants a wall like that, I have boxes upon boxes of "decorations" in my basement for sale. I might even be generous enough to throw in some glue sticks. You're on your own regarding labor.
Lady thought she was going to come up on them cards😂😂😂
Yooooo!!!! I did the same behind my walls. These people had apparently a collection of Halloween skeletons. 👍🏼👍🏼
When a fixer-upper costs what a renovated house cost some years ago.
@bobs5596
2 жыл бұрын
right. 364K, i would expect a nice place already fixed. seems like a bubble again.
Too bad he didn't tape them they could have been salvaged
@wileecoyote5749
2 жыл бұрын
They're worthless anyway
That’s so cool!
That's so cool!! ⚾️❤
The sad thing is that my deceased son-in-law's collection has 1600 cards in one box. No kidding.
I remember the 80's. Every kid in the neighborhood wanted and collected baseball cards because they thought that some day they would be valuable....so, sure enough, the baseball card companies printed as many as they could to meet that "lottery ticket" demand....hence decreasing the likelihood any would become rare and valuable. What an ecological disaster!!!!
thats awesome, my dream wallpaper
Lucky I swear If there’s a babe Ruth card I’ll become the most jealous person ever
@axa897
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the video Glue ruined the cards . Also it's cheap cards .
Honestly I would’ve let the cards stay on the wall
I would keep it and use it as focal point to the room. Would make such a unique, retro sports themed room
That wall will be preserve as valuable art piece collectable. That wall is worth millions for sure.
Imagine your childhood cards collection is valuable AF but they're not yours anymore. Yeah, eh, I don't think she'll cover up them again, once camera gets off she'll find a way to get them CAREFULLY removed and sell them. It's just that it looked better on cam to pretend "she'd leave them sitting there". I don't think so.
@scarpfish
2 жыл бұрын
Umm, no. You couldn't give those cards away, much less sell them.
That "faux" wallpaper is actually roof shingles 😳😳
That's awesome! ⚾
What a core memory ❤️ he remembered his childhood ! ⚾️
She bought that run down house for $354k?? Lmfao here in my state that would sell for no more than $110k
@alisonm2558
2 жыл бұрын
Have you even SEEN housing prices today?! Probably get a hole in the ground for 110k
@slothystyle
2 жыл бұрын
@@alisonm2558 yep, that's today's market in my state for a house like that around $110k, in fact likely even cheaper.
I would've given the baseball cards back to the guy if he wanted them.
@J8den
2 жыл бұрын
You clearly didn't finish the video
Cool find. I couldn't help notice the wall was covered in 3 tab roofing material. Lol
What an amazing story. WOW😬
Too bad the entire collection is worth roughly $17.00.
@knightoftheislandcounter3330
2 жыл бұрын
Not even
Hi I love your videos
That's how passionate in baseball the previous owner of that house.
Great Happy Story 😄
O my gosh this is so COOL!!!!
That’s awesome story I guess I need to make room for my son
That's pretty cool actually !!
I stapled my 1986 Topps Jerry Rice Rookie. 35 years later I have it in a binder, staple holes and all!
0:16 🤦♂️ Stop it guys ….🤣 “Let’s get some B roll of her “fixing” the house! Hey Garry lemme get your drill so we can show ole Bekky attempting to sink this screw!” 😂