1. Antique Babe Ruth Discovered In The Piano
Location: USA (Maryland)
Discovered in: 1992
Estimated worth: $130,000*
When Ellen Kelly sat down to play the piano that her late aunt Nora had forbidden her from playing during her life, she was in for a surprise. She tried to play the heirloom, which she had purchased for only $25, in an attempt to maximize her earnings.
Old Babe Ruth Discovered on the Piano ©JJs/Alamy
It took her more than 25 years to figure out why the piano made an odd sound every time she played a note: more than 110 old baseball cards had been piled inside of it. After determining that the antiques had been placed there by her aunt’s brothers decades earlier, Kelly went on to auction the Babe Ruth card for an incredible $130,000.