[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] how are you . Its really great to meet you. And how funny we have the same name. Lets get started, then. All right, here we go. This is one serious tree trunk. [ midtempo folk music plays ] and the root of the story, according to jamie, is in the late 1930s. When her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. James, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. One day, during a sudden rain squall, he seeks shelter in the trunk of a giant redwood. Thats when it occurs to james that he could actually make a home out of one. It was the tail end of the depression. He couldnt afford to buy a regular house. My grandma had already passed away. So james allen combs the forest for a suitable tree. He finally discovers the perfect one on the property of the georgiapacific lumber company, near eureka, california. He traded the lumber company for that section of log for work. And then it took him four months to burrow out all the wood and a year and a half to complete the house. It was all done by hand. Today, most of those lumber mills are gone. What was once called the redwood empire is now a state park. Welcome to humboldt redwoods state park. Oh, my gosh. These trees are so beautiful. And theyre the tallest trees on the planet. Lets go. Emily burns, a tree scientist with the save the redwoods league, says there is a reason this part of the country grows such towering trees. The fog rolls in to the Coast Redwood forest from the pacific ocean, and these trees collect it, and they take in that water directly into their leaves, and they also rain it down to the forest floor, helping all the other plants and animals. Come check out this tree over here. What youre looking at is a history of fire, really. This burnedout cave is called a goose pen. Oh, my gosh. Go inside . Go inside, yeah. And it could survive this . Actually, this tree is fine. Its still growing well. And its created an amazing habitat for species like bats. Do you like bats . Not really. Are they in here . They might be. They might be right up above you. Oh, well, it was nice to see it. [ laughs ] [ soft music plays ] chopping down a tree so old is hard to fathom now, but, beginning with the 1849 gold rush, these behemoths supply a lot of lumber needed to settle northern california. As the miners were looking for gold, the redwoods started to be cut down to build cities like san francisco. Even into the 1930s and 40s, redwood trees were still cut down by hand axes and whipsaws. It could take days for a 2man team to fell a 12footdiameter tree. A log could easily weigh 50 tons. Weve lost 95 of ancient forests like this one to harvest. This is one forest you wont find any other place on the planet. So, if this is it and i am here, can i hug a tree . I hope you will. The tree is ready. Youre calling out to me. Give me a squeeze ah its not hard to grasp why americans love their redwoods a muststop on many a family car trip since before the interstate. Maybe even you have gassed up at this filling station built entirely out of three redwood tree trunks or driven through this famous arch. Used to cost a quarter. Today, its five bucks. But remember, back in 1939, jamies grandfather isnt looking to create a roadside attraction. He simply wanted a place to hang his hat. [ midtempo march plays ] that tree he picked out was 1,900 years old. Think about that. When it was just a seed, the roman empire was at its height. As it grew, rome fell. Islam rose. Columbus sailed. The colonies rebelled. Napoleon won and lost. And the Wright Brothers flew. He built the log and lived in it for seven years. Right there in the forest until word gets out of the old fella living in a log. People would come and knock on the door and say, whats in there . So he used to take the log to schools. Just load it on a trailer. Presto a mobile home. In the late 1950s, james sr. Passes away, leaving his only son, world war ii vet and traveling salesman james elwin allen, his unusual home. So the son of a lumberjack decides to take it crosscountry, maybe make a buck while sharing his strange inheritance with the world. He sets off for parts unknown. His travels eventually lead him to canada and a rodeo show called the calgary stampede. There he meets 18yearold iris keiver. Theyre both smitten and soon get married. What do you think your mother thought about her husband driving around the country with a log house . I think it mustve been very intriguing because my mother married my father, and that was a very unusual lifestyle. When baby jamie is born in 1961, james allen jr. Packs up his young wife and daughter and heads right back out on the circuit, traveling the u. S. To fairs, carnivals, and exhibitions. I grew up in a family atmosphere of traveling people, and we just happened to have a log. Step right up, put a nickel in the donation box, and see james allens incredible cabin made from a genuine california redwood. Your dad was able to support the family off of change donations . We had the log, a fudge business, and he sold a lot of different types of products. So he was really a pro at this traveling business. He had his hands in so many pies it wasnt even funny. And its not every day you get to walk through a tree. Now that i heard your story, ive got to go inside. Please go right in and see how beautiful it really is. Thats next. What . But first our strange inheritance quiz question. The answer when we return. I switched to liberty mutual, because they let me customize my insurance. And as a fitness junkie, i customize everything, like my bike, and my calves. Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. So, what is americas most visited National Park . Its a, the Great Smoky Mountains in tennessee gets about 10 million visitors a year. Its not often you get the chance to walk through a 1,900yearold redwood tree. Ill be out of the other side, i assume. Ill meet you at the other end. [ upbeat music plays ] welcome inside jamie allens strange inheritance. What . [ chuckling ] oh, my god. Look at this kitchen the kitchen boasts a vintage hotplate and a sanitary brand refrigerator from the 1940s. I did not expect this full kitchen, original kitchen, allwood cabinets . In fact, every builtin facet of the logs interior is made entirely of redwood, handsanded, varnished, and polished to a glossy finish. To keep it that way, jamie tells me she polishes the entire interior from floor to ceiling every night. Huh. Look at that. Thats how it was made. The pictures hanging in this gallery are jamies only remaining photos of her grandpa. They chronicle his amazing endeavor the cutting of a tree 1,900 years old, the stump cut 14 feet in diameter. Amazing. Im imagining the four months it took for her grandpa to hollow out this log and then 18 months to painstakingly handbuild this Redwood Interior just tall enough to accommodate his 6foot frame and Everything Else he needed. Its a whole home couch, living room, dining room. Bedroom . Unbelievable. Oh. This is beautiful wow, jamie. Its like an elegant home inside. Its beautiful, isnt it . [ upbeat music plays ] and its been home to jamie allen her whole life. I cant ever remember not living with a log. When i was a baby, my mother put me in a Cardboard Box because they didnt have a big crib to take with them. You cant carry a big crib in a log. [ country western music plays ] but when jamie turns five, her parents divorce. Five years old . They just couldnt live together, you know . In the wintertime, my dad would come to town where i was going to school. He would come and stay at the apartment we lived in. And every summer, she joins her father on the road. My dad always had me in the log. Hed give me 15 minutes at lunch, a half an hour at dinner, and 15 minutes at around 9 00. My father always knew where i was when i was a teenager. And it sounds like you loved it and you loved him. Oh, a lot. When jamie turns 16, she goes full time on the fairandfestival circuit, traveling with her dad. Its bigtime bonding for father and daughter, but does he really want this life for his girl . Coming up. I looked at my father like, what, are you out of your mind . But first. Heres another quiz question for you. The answer when we return. Fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Most people think a button is just a button. 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Im at the indiana blueberry festival with jamie allen and her strange inheritance a cabin her grandfather carved out of a 1,900yearold redwood. How many people do you think you meet a year as a result of traveling with a log . Millions. [ chuckles ] literally, millions of people. Shes been at it since she was a kid. For years, she crisscrossed the country with her dad. Whats here . This is my friend mike mcneil, and he was a good friend of my fathers, as well, so i thought he was somebody you might like to meet. Oh, you mean you didnt just bring me over here to have something with sprinkles . [ laughs ] mike mcneil has run a traveling concession stand like this one for 40 years. He and jamies father crossed paths many times. Jamies dad was a good businessman, and he had a good heart, too, which is what you want people to say about you. Okay. What i want is to see if mikes cheesecake is any good. Wait a minute. Ooh they have everything inside. There you go. Uhhuh. Is this new york cheesecake . No, its better. This is philadelphia. Nothing is better oh, philadelphia . You havent tried this. Okay, so, whats the first step . Dip it in the chocolate and pull it out. Nice pull it way up. Okay, i would like sprinkles. Sprinkles . Right there. May i . Go ahead. Please do. I think i have to. Youre gonna like that. Mmm. There you go. Give me a minute. Give me a minute. Wow i told you that you would like that. [ laughs ] the thing is, cheesecake on a stick is heavenly on that one weekend a year the fair comes to town. Not so much when every weekends the fair and every weekdays spent creeping down the highway to the next venue. But this was the life of james allen and the life he saw his daughter backing in to. I was the only child, so i knew i was always gonna get the log. All parents hope their kids have options, and, in 1978, when jamie is 17 years old, a stranger stops by the cabin and offers one. My dad approached me, and he said, a mans very interested in buying the log. Would you be interested in selling . But i looked at my father like, what, are you out of your mind . No, i dont want the money. I want the log. Was not continuing what he did with the log ever an option for you . Oh, no. When i was little and they asked me, what are you gonna be when you grow up . Id say, just like my dad. [ folk music plays ] seven years later, in 1985, her dad dies of cancer. Jamie, only 23, receives her strange inheritance, and, for the next 30 years, shes indeed just like her dad. Any regrets that your dad didnt take that offer . No, its a labor of love for me. You have any children . Nope, just three dogs and a cat. And a boyfriend, buddy, who travels with her on the circuit. How much time do you spend with this log of yours . Oh, i spend a lot of time with my log 14, 16 hours a day when were showing, probably 4 to 6 months a year. And you make a living doing this . I try. Its not as lucrative as it used to be. Its taking its toll on me and the log. The roads are rough on it. We only get to go 56 miles an hour because you cant move it very quickly. I get four miles to the gallon. Bungees, buddy. Are you losing money on this proposition . I think im breaking even. You know, im just floating along. How much money did you make off this venture last year . I think we took in maybe about 20,000. Do you think about what will happen when you cant drive a rig anymore . Well, the shows got to go on. We dont have a choice. Or does she . [ upbeat music plays ] shes got a big decision to make. She sure does, jamie. Thats next. Whats your strange inheritance story . Wed love to tell it. Send me an email or go to our website, strangeinheritance. Com. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. 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Its hard to be the log lady and have a life and be the bookkeeper and the truck driver and the repair person and do it all. Those worries are building in the fall of 2014, when jamie is exhibiting the log house at the pittsburgh home garden show. A few exhibits away is an antiques appraiser named lori verderame. Jamie invites her to check out her cabin. What was your First Impression when you saw this log cabin . Oh, i thought it was very unusual. I didnt realize that it was a house inside until i went inside. The women begin brainstorming. Is there anything jamie can do to make her business more lucrative, her future more secure . Is her strange inheritance a sell or a hold . So we invited dr. Lori to join us here at the blueberry festival to hear her advice. I have to look at it and evaluate it as a public attraction for its history. I have to look at it as a redwood log, a piece of a natural historical object. Who buys a log . The people who say, im a museum, im a conservation park, and i want to use it as an attraction to bring more awareness of my business. So the log really can stir an awful lot of interest. The other thing which impacts its value the log also generates money. Well, jamies told me shes just about breaking even. Shes getting four miles to the gallon. Well, shes moving it. That doesnt mean that, if it were staying still, that she couldnt generate more money. Its a lot to take in. I dont really want the log to just stay in one place. Did you choose this life on the road, or did it choose you . I think that its a little bit of both. Youre doing this since youre 23 years old. Do you start to think, maybe i ought to sell . A lot of people ask me do i want to sell, and i tell them, well, you never sell your family tree. [ upbeat music plays ] a family tree for sure. At the end of the great depression, an old lumberjack fells the 1,900yearold redwood and makes a cabin from a section of the trunk. It starts out as his home, turns into a roadside attraction, and becomes a living for his son and then his granddaughter. And what happens when its time for the log to be inherited from you . You dont have children. No, but i have several godchildren that are very interested in the log. So well see who shows the most potential of making sure that it keeps traveling. Words of a woman who knows shes approaching a crossroads but is not there yet. Ive been doing what ive been doing for a long time, and i want my log to keep doing what its doing. So your lifes gonna be on the road for awhile. Well, im pretty sure it probably will be. Its what you do. Its who i am. No doubt jamie allens redwood cabin is a strange inheritance from a different era. Consider this. The tree now believed to be the tallest in the world was discovered in this state park in 2006. Far from turning it into an attraction, officials have kept its location secret. Why . Because if its location were known, they say, so many people would race off to see it that the trees life would be in danger. Im jamie colby for strange inheritance. Thanks so much for watching, and remember, you cant take it with you. Found in grandpas attic. It was a dirty, dusty old box. And then its like, wow. I dont know what it is. A discovery that will make the baseball world flip. Youve got honus wagner, ty cobb, cy young, christy mathewson. Im thinking to myself, oh, my god. I have 1 million sitting in a chair. But is it almost too much of a good thing . It certainly changes the market in a negative way. Im jamie colby, and today, im in northwest ohio, on the edge of an area called the great black swamp. Im here to meet a family whos lived here for more than a 100 years. So when they unearthed their strange inheritance, they give it the code name the black swamp find. Im karl kissner. In 2011, my cousins and i inherited the family home from our aunt. She had left us a note we would find things in this home that we never knew existed. Karl, a 54yearold restaurant owner, has invited me to the family home in the small town of defiance, ohio. Karl . Hi. Im jamie. How are you . Very good. Pleasure to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Thanks for having me. Is this the family home . This is grandmas home. Come on in. Ill show you around. The house first came into karls family in 1909. Neat old place, but needs a little tlc. Are you saying be careful . Yes. Okay. In 2012, karl and his cousins start the daunting task of cleaning out a home thats been lived in for more than a century. After several weeks of sorting through the house, only the attic remains. Karl and his cousin, karla, decide to tackle the project. Ladies first. Oh, my look at this place. The attic is empty now, but not that day in 2012. Karl and karla walk in to find a centurys worth of dusty boxes and family heirlooms. And literally filled to the rafters. Filled to the rafters, all the way up to about here and just a path down through the middle. After several hours, they uncover a box hugging the back wall. It contains something the two cousins have never seen before. It was a dirty, dusty old box, and i opened it up. And then its like, wow. Theres i dont know what it is. The cousins see what appear to be small cardboard photos tightly wrapped in twine. They recognize some pretty familiar faces. Were both looking at it. Its Baseball Players cy young, ty cobb, wagner but theyre not Baseball Cards, not to us. We get one out and we look at the back, and they look like Baseball Cards, just miniaturized, no stats, no who made it, no nothing. How many are we talking about . Hundreds. [ laughs ] amazing. So, you see the box. You take them out. What do you and karla say . Actually, we set them on a dresser in the hallway and dove back into the attic but soon, karl starts to ponder where the strange cards may have come from. Were they something aunt jean collected off a cereal box . Or maybe they go all the way back to his grandfather, carl hench. Hes a german immigrant and he works his way down through chicago and towards the ohio valley. Hes chasing the American Dream to own a home and start a business. Carls a butcher by trade, and by 1905, hes scraped together enough to open his own shop here in defiance the carl hench meat market. Along with meats and sausages, he sells candies and other grocery items. Was he successful in his shop . Very successful as a butcher in town, very wellknown. In 1909, he marries his love, jennie. They start a family and buy that dream home. By now, baseball has long established itself as the national pastime, and for decades, various companies have used Baseball Cards to sell their products. The first nationally circulated cards came inside packages of tobacco in the late 1880s and was actually one of the first opportunities for the average citizen to own a real photo. Candy Companies Jump into the game, too. The socalled caramel cards help sell the sweets and the top players of the day. Youve got honus wagner ty cobb, cy young, christy mathewson. Children love the candy, but the cards even more. Kids did what kids do. They played with them. They traded them. Theres cardflipping games that they did with them. All karl and karla know at this point is that the cards may have come from their grandfathers store. Our guess is that he would have given them away as promotional items, and like any good businessman, when you got leftovers, you save them for the next promotion. Beyond that, karl isnt sure what they have in the box, but he tells his cousin hell find out. The box sits on that dresser for a few days and almost gets thrown out several times before karl brings it to his restaurant to research the cards online. After a few days, he has some leads. I was looking at a 1909 caramel card and im going, okay, its not identical, but this is too close, and theyve got an estimated value on this card of . Around 15,000. Karl discovers that a similar ty cobb card, identified as a 1910 caramel card, recently sold for 40,000. And i got a box full of them, and theyre pristine. Thats amazing. Youre sitting on a bundle of money. Yeah. At that point the, the heart is starting to race, and im thinking to myself, oh, my god. I have 1 million sitting in a chair. A lot more than that. If, that is, karl can confirm his cards are real. Youre a little skeptical, but youre always looking forward to that one phone call that turns out to be gold. Thats next. But first, our strange inheritance quiz question. The answer when we return. Its c, the 1984 donruss don mattingly. He didnt have the hall of fame career some predicted, but mattinglys cards remain popular. While the grandchildren of carl and jennie hench are cleaning out the centuryold family home in northwest ohio, they find a dustcovered box containing what appear to be vintage Baseball Cards. I had went to some of the auction sites. Im seeing a ty cobb for 40,000. And im looking at the ty cobb that i have, going, ooh mines better. The box karl found in the attic not only contains cobb, known as the georgia peach, but all the greats of the era. And its not just one of each player its dozens. In all there, are 800 cards, most in pristine condition. It kind takes it out of a scope and a realm that you just youre not quite sure how to handle it. Step one find out if the cards are real. Karl reaches out to vintagesportscards expert Peter Calderon in dallas. I received a phone call, which was very cryptic. He didnt want to go into any details. On a daily basis, we receive phone calls from people who find cards. Its always reprints. Peter tells karl to text some photos of the cards, and hell take a look when he gets a chance. When i got that first picture, the first thing i thought of, this is gonna be filed in a toogoodtobetrue folder, but they looked amazing, and i saw nothing about them that suggested they werent real. So, i definitely the next plan was we talked about him sending me some sample of the cards. Karl overnights eight cards to peter, with a note attached, saying, call me before you open. When the box arrives at heritage auctions in dallas. I gave him a call, had him on the phone. And theres that moment of silence that feels like 10 minutes, but its actually a matter of seconds. I opened up the box and i pulled out a large plastic holder. And then theres the, oh [bleep] i was just floored, because i had no idea what a 100yearold Baseball Card looked like brandnew. Well, at that moment, i pretty much know that, yeah, these are real. Karl has one more bombshell. So, his next question is, do you have any more . Yes. Hundreds. I would have been happy if it was just the eight cards. There was when you realized, this is the find of a lifetime. Karl dubs the cards the black swamp find, after the nickname for this section of northwest ohio. Theyre quickly shipped to dallas on an armored truck and locked in the safety of a vault. The next step is to get each card officially graded on a scale of 1 to 10. Karl goes with professional sports authenticator. I meet up with joe orlando, president of psa, at the National SportsCollectors Convention for a crash course in grading Baseball Cards. Why is this one only a 1 . Babe ruth cannot be just a 1. So, if you look at the card, you can see all of the defects. Theres surface wear, multiple creases throughout the card. This is about as low as it can get. So, this one is higher. This is 8. Is that considered mint . This is considered almost mint. But when you look really, really close, you can see very little, tiny white pieces of wear on each corner. And thats the difference between an 8, a 9, or a 10. Those tiny imperfections can make a difference of thousands of dollars. If this is a psa 8, its worth roughly, you know, 100 or so. If it were a 9, its worth probably, you know, north of 1,000. And if its a 10, its worth north of 5,000. So, what about the black swamp find . Do karls cards make the grade . What was your reaction when you saw the first cards . It was just it was mindblowing. Before the black swamp find, the highest grade psa ever gave to a card in that series was a 7. Karls cards beat that in their first atbat. It was a ty cobb and it graded a psa mint 9. Little did we know that there were 15 more ty cobb 9s and, of course, hundreds of highgrade 8s, 9s, and even 10s in the set. Sounds pretty good, right . Not so fast. The collection doubles the known population of this type of card, and the unprecedented size and quality of the find could crash the baseballcardcollectors market. Will karls inheritance end up being too much of a good thing . If you were to flood the market with all of this at one time, it would certainly diminish the value of the entire find. Thats next. Heres another quiz question for you. The answer in a moment. Hey, who are you . Oh, hey jeff, im a car thief. What . im here to steal your car because, well, thats my job. What . What . . What . laughing what . . What . what . [crash] what . haha, it happens. And if youve got cutrate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. So get allstate. And be better protected from mayhem. Like me. Most people think a button is just a button. That a speaker is just a speaker. Or that the journey cant be the destination. Most people havent driven a lincoln. 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Before the collecting craze in the 1980s, cards were simply fun toys to be used in bikewheel spokes or flipping games, like this one. So, im gonna toss a card, and itll land either picture or stats. Youre gonna toss a card. If you match my card, you get to keep my card and your card. If you dont, i get to go home with your cards. Okay, lets do this. All right . Here it goes. Stats. Stats up. Picture. Im a winner. Youre a winner. Fortunately for karl, his grandfather wasnt interested in such games, and the collection should easily be worth millions. If they play their cards right. You see, selling the socalled black swamp find all at once could flood the market and severely drive prices down. Because of the size of the collection and the quantity involved, there was a lot of concern about the value. If there was one of each player, that would have been ideal. So heritage auctions proposes a series of separate sales to maximize the familys take. We decided the best way to do it is to take your time, sell them by the set over a number of years. Karl runs the estate on behalf of the 20 grandchildren and divides the cards up into equal sets. Each Family Member can either join a consortium to sell the cards or keep his share as a family heirloom. Did anyone keep the cards . Yes, yes. Really . Some of them did. But most Family Members agree to team up and sell the cards gradually. Peter calderon tallies the numbers and comes up with what karl might expect, if all goes right nearly 3 million. For karl, its a staggering sum. Were stunned. This is something we almost threw in a dumpster. In august 2012, in baltimores camden yards ballpark, they put the first 37 cards up for auction. They were the best of the best. They were the bestgraded cards out of all of them that we had graded. Ladies and gentlemen, lets do lot 001. Its the 1910 e98. In bidding thats fast and furious, the family sees one lot of nine cards go for 40,000, a second lot of 27 cards goes for 286,000, but the real cleanup hitter of the night, the only psa gemmint10graded card of hall of Famer Honus Wagner in existence. Auctioneer 240,000 solid. I have the cut bid. Anyone else . Done 240,000 were flabbergasted. This is a wonderful gift from our grandfather and from our aunt. What more can you ask for . The familys total for the night . Its a very promising start, but theyve also sold their best cards. Does the black swamp find still have enough gas in it to get the hench grandchildren to their 3 million goal . Thats next. Dear tech, lets talk. We have a pretty good relationship. Youve done a lot of good for the world. But i feel like you have the potential to do so much more. Can we build ai without bias . How do we bake security into everything we do . We need tech that helps people understand each other. That understands my business. 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All right brad, once again i have revolutionized the songwriting process. Oh, here we go. I know i cant play an instrument, but this. This is my forte. Obviously, for auto insurance, weve got the wheel route. Obviously. Retirement, were going with a longterm play. Makes sense. Pet insurance, wait, let me guess. Flea flicker. Yes howd you know . Studying my playbook . Yeah, actually. Now back to strange inheritance. Karl kissner and his family are slowly selling off their strange inheritance 800 rare vintage Baseball Cards. The collection is valued at around 3 million. An initial auction of their best cards has already brought in 566,000, and the family still has plenty of highgrade hall of famers to sell. In october 2012 and may 2013, two online auctions with some help from legendary manager connie mack rack up 419,000. Then, in august 2013, in chicago, a psa 8 miner brown pitches in to help the team ring up another 228k. And in the big apple, in february 2014, a psa 8. 5 johnny evers and mint 9 frank chance assist in a 300,000 haul. Two more online auctions raise the total to 1. 7 million. On july 31, 2014, i join karl and his cousin karla at the 35th National SportsCollectors Convention in cleveland for their latest auction. Weve got a firedup crowd here tonight. What do you think, karl . Its exciting watching everybody and listening to the onfloor bids. You just you get into the feel of it, the mood of it. Bid what you want. The last person standing with their hand in the air gets the item. Apparently, people have money. Apparently. [ both laugh ] and at the end of tonight, you may, too. Up first for karl and karla tonight, the georgia peach. This is a 1910 e98 set of 30 ty cobb, black swamp find, psa mint 9. Are you serious . Yes, we are serious. 26,000. Whos bidding 28 grand . 27,000 heritage live. 28,300. Fair warning, anybody else. When the auctioneer kind of slows down like that, you know its getting good. Yeah. Sold at at 28,000. Congratulations, guys. Thats awesome give me five on that. Yeah now stepping up to the plate, a psa mint 9 honus wagner. Go, honus. Yay come on. Yeah, come on, honus, baby. 32 1 2 on heritage live. Another bidder just jumped on. Lets sell this thing. 33,000. The bidding ends at 33,750. Yeah very good all right their weekend earnings, including online sales, total 133,000, lifting the black swamp find total to 1. 85 million. [ cheers and applause ] are you satisfied tonight . Im ecstatic. And you know the person thats buying it wants it and appreciates it, and hes gonna add it to his collection. And maybe hell pass it on to his family. A box stored and forgotten in the attic for over a century eventually changes a collectibles industry forever, along with the lives of the 20 hench grandchildren. So far, the black swamp find is like a slugger with 40 home runs at the allstar break well on track to surpass the goal set by Peter Calderon. Theres still 10 more sets to sell, and were still averaging almost 200,000 a set. And in the cardcollecting market, the games never over till the last man is out. What would grandpa say . I think grandpa would be stunned, amazed, and pleased. Im sure that he is, cause im sure that the whole family is up there looking down with big smiles on their faces. Was the black swamp find nearly historys most epic case of some guys mom throwing out his baseballcard collection . Karl thinks so. When he made his big discovery in the attic, he spied several wrinkled and grimy cards strewn among the rafters and the floorboards. Karl believes that they went flying during one of his grandma jennies cleaning purges, when shed pitch boxes of junk right out the attic window into a big mound below. Thank goodness she never got hold of that one box in the corner. Im jamie colby for strange inheritance. Thank you so much for joining us. And remember, you cant take it with you. Do you have a strange inheritance story youd like to share with us . Wed love to hear it. Send me an email, or go to our website, strangeinheritance. Com. Harvey the objects People Choose to keep in their home define who they are. This is. I told my wife i want the trophy right here in my hands when they bury me, man. Its my favorite thing ever. Harvey im harvey levin, this is the story of the brash, loudmouth, fight promoter from boston, whos Risky Business venture turned mixed martial arts into one of the most lucrative and entertaining sports in the world. shouting defending 150 pound champion of the ufc harvey dana white grew up raising hell. I got arrested in vegas for fighting and up in maine, and massachusetts. chuckles i forgot about massachusetts. 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