That's easy. Six years ago, I went into a fairly large sports card and collectibles store in Virginia. I asked the person working the counter if they had any non-sports cards, and he said, "A few," and pointed to a small corner of the store. He was right -- there wasn't much -- but in the mix was a plastic container marked "Civil War" and "$1.00 each." Well, they were Topps "Civil War News" cards from 1962, and there were 49 different cards -- more than half the 88-card set. Condition-wise, they had sharp corners, no creases, and almost all were PSA 4 or better, with a few that might even get graded a PSA 7 or 8. I bought them all, and have since completed the entire set.
The irony, of course, is that the store owner had such a disdain for non-sports cards that he couldn't bother spending five minutes to check their value. As a result, I got a great starter set on a very collectible series at maybe 5-to-20 percent of retail value -- depending on the card -- from a trading card expert.
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