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.

[@SSJvegito501]

I am surprised they found the original owner. He must have had blast seeing his childhood cards again. That's priceless.

[@ameliaodell9505]

Boise ain’t that big buddy

[@pika9752]

I kinda just assumed it was the persons she bought the house from lol

[@Uncle_Tre]

I never knew jack black had so many cards

[@patremagilbert8787]

Nice

[@Tomtaylor7337]

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 ...

[@KNGexp]

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]

Yes I think it's very sweet to see what a young kid did w/his baseball card collection.💓

[@UnderGroundMerlin]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@imakeplaylists159]

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]

I would build a bar in that room 🍻

[@DylanRomanov]

I’d sell sell sell, edit: they aren’t worth anything

[@jessegarner6843]

Exactly!

[@ocvp_tx6951]

@@DylanRomanov what makes a baseball card valuable ?

[@est_8409]

@@ocvp_tx6951 rare ones

[@sflixo]

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]

if the card is rare u could still get serious money.. Mickey mantle... babe ruth.. Honus Wagner

[@Alex-vz2jz]

Just put up the wall for sale and call it modern art and get millions?

[@jonathanyoung9369]

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]

you gotta love the ppl who think old = valuable lol. thats not how this works.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

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.

[@jaytrump9617]

Who put roofing shingles on a wall and painted them green afterwards?? How did anyone think that was a good idea

[@-blackberrybear-9692]

"Yucky green wall"

[@G_____]

I was wondering that the whole time! That’s the real story here

[@honestdave]

Seriously why shingles?

[@CaptainAmaziiing]

It's 'faux tile wallpaper'. It said so in the realtors ad. She paid extra for it.

[@missmarymary6506]

The green monster! YaY Fenway!

[@collinscott8696]

So many memories. Good for this woman to not throw away the cards but to keep them.

[@shaynanramsey]

That's awesome that they found the guy and that he got to come and see it again.

[@Lunasent]

Best part was when they brought back the original owner and he got to see his childhood collection. That was beautiful!

[@brianrausch7757]

Beautiful?

[@mollycblaeser]

It's such a cool little art gallery! She should theme the room around them, without making it too cheesy.

[@purplemelon568]

It can be cheesy who cares.

[@DivinityAwakened]

Over a quarter million for a fixer upper. The housing market is depressing as hell lma

[@nativenation11]

might as well buy a boat

[@rapunzaln1]

Seriously! My thoughts exactly

[@sonnyk4840]

Not only that... in bumphuck Boise Idaho!! 🤦‍♂

[@rapunzaln1]

@@sonnyk4840 right! Craziness

[@tay2944]

I was just gonna wait for some old relative to pass away and get there house

[@3minutestill]

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.

[@danacarroll2954]

REALLY? A Fixer upper at 324,000? Unbelievable

[@Kay-st8fk]

Me: crying in poor

[@Knife_Collector]

Would probably be a $100K home at most in my area. And without needing work.

[@nottodaylilbaldhead]

@@Kay-st8fk no a fixer up home should not be that expensive....

[@mikeblaz]

I would have guessed 150,000 tops....it was a rancher also.

[@mominor6913]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@theviewer2614]

Can’t even imagine finding a valueless childhood memory. Gosh, I love these kinds of videos so much more than the depressing ones

[@doppelstrangler4569]

You have to balance out both light and dark

[@theviewer2614]

@@doppelstrangler4569 yup

[@goldpotato1885]

godh

[@sb19edition15]

respect to that woman. I wish her more blessings.

[@mikeblaz]

Not sure it's respect? Probably didn't feel like scraping them off...much easier just to cover them, no one will know.

[@sb19edition15]

@@mikeblaz she said it she doesn’t have the heart to completely take that off.

[@encrypt2344]

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]

at least you didn't GLUE IT

[@gaius5901]

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]

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]

@@chato6853 RIP

[@fullpotentialanakinskywalker]

@@lilyjane570 I want to keep it for a long time

[@rustyshackleferd204]

@@chato6853 your cousin is pretty messed up for asking that.

[@russellny8086]

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.

[@jaggerkate]

Too cool that they found the guy. I love this!

[@omegaman2767]

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!

[@AdakStillStands]

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]

Would be nice if they could get them off and give them back to him

[@linzys3193]

The end "not to make her feel bad but last year an old card sold for 6.6 million dollars"!! She is ruthless 😂😂😂

[@sharpenedaxe2]

lmao true but also that comparison was really stupid

[@mohomoho1]

Just leave them. It's unique and abstract. Actually a work of art!

[@armenvondoms1815]

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.

[@scottsprojects658]

I had no idea fixer uppers were that expensive in Idaho 😳

[@seanpalmer2050]

Yeah, Boise must be on fire. Who knew?

[@feliciamurphy6244]

Omg I sound like my father lol oops.

[@newlycreated1864]

That's a bargain for Californians. The house isn't in that bad of shape.

[@redmesa2975]

Boise has been a hot market for a couple of years now. Tons of Californians moving there

[@D-MARIE77]

It's cute, but worthless. The baseball cards were glued on the wall therefore ruining them.

[@KamyaaDavis]

I don’t think he ever wanted them to be worth something though. It was just for memorises. I thought it was nice.

[@NorthernAzCards]

Junk wax

[@kendraphic87]

Don’t think it’s about getting money for them ..

[@michaelmiguel6937]

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]

The wallpaper on that wall would have been more valuable than those baseball cards in perfect condition.

[@tuckster1324]

If I buy a house for $324,000 it better not need any work afterwards 🤣

[@gameplay2952]

imagine finding 1,600 Baseball Cards behind a wallpaper

[@thatguy720]

Congrats

[@gameplay2952]

@@thatguy720 thanks

[@nomnom2173]

yes

[@lifewithmya5811]

Yep

[@justsumguyyeahme]

1,600 worthless cards

[@johnhmielewski1230]

Man she got RIPPED OFF bad! Who spends over 300 grand for a fixer upper?!

[@blmyoubigot581]

Last year the house was probably 100k or less but in may the prices skyrocketed.

[@rawlee6719]

*Crying in Californian Millennial* you can’t even buy a shed for that price here

[@williamcronin9106]

You should come to Ireland..it would cost that much just to put up a For Sale sign...

[@pphedup]

Like the cards, it's worth what you'll pay for it.

[@PositiveBluebird]

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]

Theyre worthless. You either sell someone a ripped up card or a card with a chunk of wall on the back

[@PositiveBluebird]

@@wayge exactly. What a shame

[@rickymcintosh2429]

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!

[@waynek3366]

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]

That's horrible!!

[@waynek3366]

@@MysticDesertBreeze He has a big collection now but not what he would have had.

[@mjarboesdf]

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]

@@mjarboesdf Thank you for your very kind words I feel the same.

[@z-z-z-z]

@@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.

[@Nightside-mz2em]

That small old ass house was $324,000 dollars?!!!

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

California

[@cademancaden]

Idaho. Watch the video.

[@Nightside-mz2em]

Bosie, Idaho

[@crowley_offcl]

$0 after the glue...but still an epic find.

[@No_timezone77]

$354,000 for a fixer upper? The hell

[@unoriginalegg9899]

Yeah, that surprised me too

[@gaius5901]

Economy is tanking And remember, the US is a 3rd world country in a faux Gucci belt

[@tay2944]

A fixer upper in IDAHO

[@ngndnd]

she got ripped off lmaooo

[@gleefulme9617]

Gee, for $324,000, she shouldn't have a fixer-upper. Rip oif!

[@omnipotence731]

bruh that is a waste of money man

[@gleefulme9617]

@@omnipotence731 The housing bubble will pop just like it did in 2008.

[@IanPatrickOfficial]

Talk about a house of cards...lol

[@khalilahd.]

What a cool find! This is so incredible 👏🏽💜

[@rickhammond2473]

It is stupid.😁

[@trace8037]

@@rickhammond2473 Yeah, they’re worth literally nothing to begin with.

[@vidhoard]

1:57 Her: "Here's the way I look at it. If you look at a piece of art-" Reporter: AH WELLL

[@betimallin12]

"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

[@nike23ortiz97]

Why she gotta make the lady feel bad at the end smh 🤦‍♂️

[@pdaddyb1035]

The joy on that dude face when he walked in his old room says it all💯💯👏👏

[@bluegreenwoodtiger]

Give her a fixer-upper type TV show. She looks fabulous!!

[@Skeeterboatfast]

I can't believe she paid that much for the house.

[@erictapia8094]

Californian here, that's a bargain of a home.

[@vitohov8824]

I know right. You can get a beautiful home here in Texas for that much

[@saebyeok1551]

@@vitohov8824 u sell ur rights too i guess … texas🤮

[@ustruthfullyspeaking]

This really cool to see. I'd leave that wall. It's like a piece of unique art.

[@kudmondx1829]

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!” 😂

[@mangafq8]

Imagine that. . .a fixer upper for $324K? in Boise ID no less. What is going on?????

[@aregar1]

you spent $324,000 for that property? 😵‍💫

[@ughgowonsscalpandcrunchyvo4926]

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

[@user-nq5pw6mw2r]

Honestly I would keep it like that or just make The whole room into a sports card bedroom. Now that would be very unique.

[@yooo2442]

You can get a house in perfect condition for half that and way way bigger than that in my area wow amazes me

[@ScarrednCharred]

What area?

[@BioMystica]

Please don’t cover them up or rip them down, they look so good

[@tombraider3586]

The story behind it and keeping that for more years to come will be history

[@ajetmech2002]

Very cool. Very happy for her dream house and her endeavors.

[@mskrazie]

such a wholesome report love it!

[@ineptspecimen2280]

The thing I'm concerned with is that they paid close to 400k for a FIXER UPPER. That is crazy.

[@mariamail0303]

Hahahahaha

[@mariamail0303]

And house is pretty small too.

[@sweetbeauty2153]

@Infinite Jest Exactly I definitely agree with you 😱🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️and I'm like why though????Jiminy Crickets that's insane!

[@mitsuomits9077]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@ell1090]

So cool!

[@buki29]

0:17 I love how they showed clips of her stripping a screw

[@j.h.6081]

As a child of the 80s, those cards look familiar.

[@dmullz100]

yeahhh no one asked.. thanks for your input anyways

[@j.h.6081]

@@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]

@@dmullz100 I did, actually. I'm glad he answered.

[@PolarBearXx]

She’s a skilled woman

[@rayneozier]

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]

That part 😂

[@schooleducation7290]

Yooooo!!!! I did the same behind my walls. These people had apparently a collection of Halloween skeletons. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@WigWoo1]

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]

The housing market is nuts right now

[@WigWoo1]

@@dantegood2195 With Covid houses should be cheaper because no one wants to buy any houses

[@dantegood2195]

@@WigWoo1 - lol. That flies in the face of demand, which is the driver of home prices

[@ViralVibes_01]

@@RestlessRiver I was thinking the same, not even a studio anymore 😬🤔

[@WigWoo1]

@@RestlessRiver 2018

[@rahmann4280]

Could’ve bought the whole neighborhood for that 😂

[@Ghoppa32]

Im impressed by her handylady abilities:)

[@joannaalvarez5021]

What a core memory ❤️ he remembered his childhood ! ⚾️

[@amalyfresco8782]

That is impressive

[@ummehabiba853]

Inside edition is sure inside of someone’s home

[@CraigHodges9100]

I stapled my 1986 Topps Jerry Rice Rookie. 35 years later I have it in a binder, staple holes and all!

[@brebeccablum4693]

I would keep it and use it as focal point to the room. Would make such a unique, retro sports themed room

[@xjcrossx]

324k for a fixer upper in Boise, Idaho. Good luck to the future generations.

[@willhutton1516]

When a fixer-upper costs what a renovated house cost some years ago.

[@bobs5596]

right. 364K, i would expect a nice place already fixed. seems like a bubble again.

[@martinvaldez4345]

Am I the only one who noticed her perfect drilling skills? 😂

[@buzzvideoz1822]

Rick: “best i can do is a piece of Wrigley gum…. Look.. im takin all the risk here”

[@Steven-nu6np]

Nevermind the cards who would spend over 300 000 on that peice of garbage house. 🥴😆

[@davidtyndall8880]

The sad thing is that my deceased son-in-law's collection has 1600 cards in one box. No kidding.

[@xKalphax]

That wall will be preserve as valuable art piece collectable. That wall is worth millions for sure.

[@calebjsmith727]

"64 across, 25 down" *DO THE MATH* That live delivery was so funny for some reason

[@ldlink3935]

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!!!!

[@easycam2615]

Lucky I swear If there’s a babe Ruth card I’ll become the most jealous person ever

[@axa897]

Watch the video Glue ruined the cards . Also it's cheap cards .

[@eclark3971]

Cool find. I couldn't help notice the wall was covered in 3 tab roofing material. Lol

[@PleaseViewMyChannel]

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.

[@KaponoMonster]

Honestly I would’ve let the cards stay on the wall

[@IntrustGames]

Too bad he didn't tape them they could have been salvaged

[@wileecoyote5749]

They're worthless anyway

[@lemini4k]

What would of been funny is if they were all 1952 Mickey Mantle rookies. 😂

[@PR-nq4dt]

I still have a lot of those same baseball cards that I used to collect back in the mid 80's.............😁😁

[@TLOH7]

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]

Umm, no. You couldn't give those cards away, much less sell them.

[@albla1973]

Too bad the entire collection is worth roughly $17.00.

[@knightoftheislandcounter3330]

Not even

[@JD-xg8zi]

I’m blown away that any property in Idaho is 325k?!?

[@queenrainbowakamumabear5583]

That's Great ,Hope U Keep It

[@brett8460]

I would've given the baseball cards back to the guy if he wanted them.

[@J8den]

You clearly didn't finish the video

[@slothystyle]

She bought that run down house for $354k?? Lmfao here in my state that would sell for no more than $110k

[@alisonm2558]

Have you even SEEN housing prices today?! Probably get a hole in the ground for 110k

[@slothystyle]

@@alisonm2558 yep, that's today's market in my state for a house like that around $110k, in fact likely even cheaper.

[@prim4681]

1000 years later- Archeologists uncover strange cards depicting idols worth trillions of dollars

[@christinalomeli7024]

That is SOO COOL 😎

[@EddieP..]

That "faux" wallpaper is actually roof shingles 😳😳

[@TurstMe4]

Yep. The pricing in Idaho especially Boise sucks. You can thanks Californians for that.

[@Bella_TheUtahPitbull]

Thanks 😊

[@Paul_Wetor]

This is why old baseball cards have value: kids had fun with them. They used them and junked them. Today's cards have a tougher time because people collect them and keep them in pristine condition. Scarcity and condition make them valuable.

[@fernanmontevista204]

That's how passionate in baseball the previous owner of that house.

[@vidhoard]

0:17 "Renovation started immediately" Shows her trying to either screw or unscrew a screw from the floor at a horrible angle and stripping the head of the screw lol

[@thebrokegirl]

Glad she didn't tear it down.

[@tadasblinda8370]

What an amazing story. WOW😬