Bernice Gallego's card at $31,000 and counting …
The 19th century baseball card discovered by a 72-year-old California woman who sells antiques is at $31,573 on the auction block with a few days remaining.
Bernice Gallego‘s 1869 Peck & Snyder card is being sold by Tustin, Calif.-based Memory Lane Inc. after a groundswell of publicity in her story had her on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last month.
The auction for the PSA authenticated card, which is considered to be one of the first baseball cards ever made, can be seen here.
Bidding closes on Tuesday.
To read more about Gallego, visit the Fresno Bee‘s original story by Mike Osegueda here.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
