Nuns in possession of rare Honus Wagner card
A. Isaac 
If I had to guess, I’d say the Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame probably aren’t big baseball fans. When you devote your life to God and live in a nunnery, you don’t often find yourself with enough time to catch a beer and a hot dog at the ball park.
But I think after this discovery, these devout women will find a way to worship at the altar of baseball. A rare Honus Wagner card was donated to the sisters by a brother of a nun who had passed away. The estimated value of the card is between $150,000 and $200,000
The brother of a nun who died in 1999 left all his possessions to the order when he died earlier this year. The man’s lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
When they opened the box, they found the card, with a typewritten note: “Although damaged, the value of this baseball card should increase exponentially throughout the 21st century!”
The card was unknown to the sports-memorabilia marketplace because the nuns’ benefactor had owned it since 1936.
I’ll claim ignorance as to the bylaws and strict rules that govern getting into Heaven, but rest assured, this old man’s donation may land him in the good graces of the big man upstairs. Of course, the nuns aren’t planning on using the proceeds of the auction for their own benefit, they’re giving it to poor people around the world. Frankly, I think that’s a waste of time and resources. Why not buy $100k in lottery tickets and like quadruple your money? That’s what I’d do. Then again, maybe I’m not the best person for advice on the matter. My last successful financial endeavor was a lemonade stand in 1988. Trust me, it had nothing to do with my ability to sell but rather my ability to turn off all our neighbors water supply.
Holy card! Nuns auctioning rare Honus Wagner [AP]
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