By: Don Caldwell
What do you normally give to your church / charity?
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Other than the rare heartless scoundrel out there, everyone loves stories about regular folks who stumble upon rare baseball cards and stand to make huge profits from their sale
An order of nuns in Baltimore stands to make $150,000-$200,000 from the auction of a 100-year-old (or so) Honus Wagner T206 card. And even better, the card was an unexpected donation.
It's expected to fetch that much, despite its beat-up condition, because only 60 of the T206 Wagners are known to exist. A contemporary of Ty Cobb and Cy Young, Wagner was a Hall of Fame shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Well, you could knock over Sister Virginia Mueller with a feather.
"It just boggles your mind," Muller told The Associated Press. "I can't remember a time when we have received anything like this."
The brother of a nun who died in 1999 left all his possessions to the order when he died earlier this year. The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
When they opened the box, they found the card, with a typewritten note: "Although damaged, the value of this baseball card should increase exponentially throughout the 21st century!"A near-mint Wagner at auction in 2008 went for $2.8 million, the highest price ever for a baseball card.
This particular card — apparently owned by the nun's brother since 1936 — is in relatively poor condition; three of its borders have been cut off, it has a large crease and it was laminated. It probably endured a few thousand revolutions in someone's bicycle spokes, too.
The proceeds will go to the School Sisters of Notre Dame, which has ministries in 35 countries around the world
If you gave such a big gift to the church, would it by anonymous? Would you want others to know that you were the one? Could you give something this valuable? I think I would be afraid that the nuns would not know how valuable it is and throw it out …lol
(ORIGINAL LINK) Nuns stand to profit from auction of rare Honus Wagner card - Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Though I would probably be selfish and want to be recognized for such a gift. I feel like anonymous is probably the best way, I mean in the Christian sense. Because it isn't about receiving recognition. Christ brings this up when he gives praise to the widow with the two coins. Though the Pharisee and Sadducee give large amount boisterously so everyone notices, the widow give all that she has humbly and silently.
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