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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 9602662, member: 22&quot;]In the summer I cleared a house out in the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was not much of any value as the distant relatives had taken what they wanted, but I was well paid for getting rid of the rubbish.</p><p><br /></p><p>No one thought to look in the attic <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I recovered 4 very large cardboard boxes which had been sealed with plastic.</p><p>One box contained hundreds of motoring magazines from the late 50&#039;s.</p><p>The other 3 contained a massive amount of cigarette cards dating from 1890 to around WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many were already sorted into sets and placed in 1970&#039;s empty cigarette cartons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past few months I have been checking sorting and cataloging them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Upto now I have 154 boxed sets in near mint condition valued between £25 and £800 a set.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465988[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465989[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few trays with sorted part sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465990[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465991[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465992[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And thousands of loose cards from all over the world waiting to be checked.</p><p>Its never ending.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465993[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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