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Rare football card collection discovered by Michigan family

A Michigan family was cleaning out an old farmhouse and accidentally stumbled across a long-sought after collection of football cards worth thousands of dollars and considered perhaps the rarest such collection in history. The set is highlighted by an “anonymous” card of former Harvard football player John Dunlop, which was first issued in 1894.

The Dunlop card alone is reportedly worth $10,000, according to Lou Brown, president of Legends Sports and Games. “If it was in the right condition, it could be worth up to $60,000,” Brown told Yahoo! News in a phone interview.

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