I mean before you knew it was valuable? I did ....

It was a Tiger Woods rookie card printed in a Sports Illustrated For Kids when i used to subscribe to it (hey im only 18). So one day im readin' Sports Illustrated (the grown up version! ) and theres a picture of the card, and I'm like hey i got that card.. so i read the article next to it and it turns out that some kid sold his for 100 grand... and im like HOLY S***! So i run up the stairs and start diggin through my boxes of baseball cards and old magazines tryin to find the damn thing and a few hours later i just give up... my mom musta thrown it away...

100 grand man! i coulda bought 3 lightnings for that one card!

 

i got rid of a lot of Dale Earnhardt stuff a few years before he died...I'm sure it would be worth a few cents now or eventually.

 

Everything has value to someone. Otherwise there would not be garage sales.

I threw away a skateboard my mom purchased for me in 1976. I looked on ebay the other day and the trucks alone were selling for $750. The board was going for a couple hundred for a well used one. The wheels were the original orange OJs. I have not found a price on those. My board was in great condition when I through it out when I put my first house up for sale. I just assumed it was worthless. Who would want a 20 year old skateboard?

Funny thing is my oldest son (5 at the time) wanted a skateboard for Christmas this year. I had to buy a new skateboard to ride with him because none of his friends were riding at the time.

I have a few other examples. When I was a kid (9 I think) we played a game of baseball with a ball signed by most of the Giants from the 1954 World Series. Ruined that piece of history. But it was a hell of a good game

 

ya my virginity