I had a busy week working on auctions. I spent Thursday helping with the Odd Fellows/Three Links Golf fund raiser in Northfield, MN. We had an evening auction with many nice donated items to sell. A “Harmon Killebrew” autographed baseball brought $200, and Twins bobbleheads brought $25 each. It was a good fundraiser, Ragnar the Viking was there, along with a number of famous sports figures. It’s a good feeling to participate in raising money for a good cause.

An update on the baseball card auction which will be held in Cannon Falls on August 23. The auction will begin at 10:00 AM. The cards will be available for inspection at 8:00 AM. The more we work on the cards, the larger my estimate becomes. I attempted to guess the total number of cards by estimation based on volume. My first guess was about 200,000, but I am sure there are more than a quarter million, maybe even 300,000.

The cards represent all major brands who were making baseball and football cards in the 1980’s and 1990’s. There are also numerous hockey, basketball, racing, women’s basketball, and cheerleader cards.

There are all the cards you would expect, rookies, Twins, “stars” and commons, as well as a number of graded cards, and inserts. There are a series of “tins” from Donruss, there are round “tokens”, there are some boxed sets, We are still sorting cards at this moment. It should be a fascinating auction.

If you have any specific questions that I can try to answer, you can reach me on my cell phone at 507-649-1983, or at 507-645-7758.