Century-old Baseball Cards Fetch $200K in Biddeford Auction

BIDDEFORD, Maine - An auctioneer says the first batch of century-old baseball cards from the "Portland trove'' fetched about $200,000.
 
Bidders flew in from as far away as California for Wednesday's auction in Biddeford. Troy Thibodeau from Saco River Auction Co. says cards depicting hall-of-famers like Cy Young and Ty Cobb went for $4,000 to $5,000 apiece.
 
All told, 212 cards were them were sold.
 
Thibodeau says the collection of 1,400 cards is so big that cards will be sold in installments over the coming year. The next group of cards will be auctioned next month.
 
The cards that ranged from 1909 to 1911 feature color lithographs on the front and a tobacco advertisement on the back. The collection belongs to a Portland family that has chosen to remain anonymous.