1 00:00:01,601 --> 00:00:05,472 GUEST: These were my great-grandmother's. We found 2 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:09,843 them in a tote of her dolls. They are just Walt Disney bubble gum cards. 3 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:13,246 APPRAISER: Okay, and when did you discover your grandmother's cards? 4 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:18,084 Last night, we were looking through her totes of dolls, and we found these at the bottom. 5 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:21,388 APPRAISER: Okay, so you literally discovered these, like, the night before coming... 6 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:21,621 GUEST: Yes. APPRAISER: ...to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW? 7 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:23,990 GUEST: Right before we came. 8 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:30,030 APPRAISER: Wow, okay, so you are correct. They are Walt Disney gum trading cards. But specifically, 9 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:35,668 the series is actually Mickey Mouse. Now, they were released in 1935. They were manufactured by 10 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:41,141 Gum Inc., Gum Incorporated, which was one of the biggest manufacturers of non-sport trading cards 11 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:45,311 at the time. Now, later on, Gum Incorporated ended up being renamed the Bowman Company, 12 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:50,150 which went on to make baseball, football... I mean, a powerhouse of printing cards. 13 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:54,154 When it comes to the Mickey Mouse card set, there are 96 cards within the complete set. 14 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:55,855 GUEST: Mm-hmm. 15 00:00:55,855 --> 00:01:00,927 APPRAISER: You have 36 cards here today. Any idea why we have these two cards on the board today? 16 00:01:00,927 --> 00:01:04,731 GUEST: That one looks real bright. There's two of the number ones, 17 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:07,233 and that one's a much brighter than that one. They look like they're in good condition. 18 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:12,539 APPRAISER: Okay, so, great observation. They are in good condition. But I'm going to drop 19 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:17,110 a little factoid of knowledge on you. So when you look at the bottom margin of the cards... 20 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:18,278 GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: ...you're going to see how 21 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:21,548 this one says "This picture answers question on other side." 22 00:01:21,548 --> 00:01:23,216 GUEST: Mm-hmm. 23 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:28,455 APPRAISER: Whereas that card over there says, "Here's the answer to question on card no. 2." 24 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:34,861 So that's because of the 96 cards released in this set, the first 24 had two printing 25 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:40,133 variations. The first printing variation, which is the rarer of the two, is this example right 26 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:46,639 here. So out of the first 24 cards, you always want to find a card with that slogan. Now, 27 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:53,246 you did say condition. In the grand scheme of card condition, these are very, very poor, like, 28 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:57,650 in bad shape. But if you were a paper trading card from 1935, you'd be in wicked bad shape, too. 29 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:58,485 GUEST: (laughing) 30 00:01:58,485 --> 00:02:02,755 APPRAISER: Now, we don't have a complete set. You have some 31 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:05,291 duplicates of cards that you have here today. 32 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:07,627 GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: Conservatively, at auction, 33 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:10,897 we would say the group would be worth about $2,000 to $3,000. 34 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,600 GUEST: (laughing): Oh, wow! That was not expected! 35 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,604 APPRAISER: Awesome! Yes! That's crazy. 36 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:21,541 GUEST: I wouldn't have ex... That's astonishing. 37 00:02:21,541 --> 00:02:23,376 APPRAISER: She left you a nice little present in a box of dolls. 38 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:23,543 GUEST: Thank you!