1978 Topps Rack Case, Mathewson Check Pace Huggins and Scott Auction

An unopened 1978 Topps Baseball rack pack case sold for $13,145 as Huggins and Scott closed out its final catalog auction of 2015 early Friday.  The three box case contained 72 total packs of the 37-year-old set that contains rookie cards of Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray and Jack Morris along with numerous Hall of Famers.

The price included a 19.5% buyer’s premium.

Also up for grabs was a 1960 Leaf Baseball 2^nd Series box which soared to $8,365.

A 1925 personal check endorsed by Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson also drew attention, with a final price of $11,353.

Increasingly strong prices for Mickey Mantle cards were in evidence again with a PSA 6 (EX/NM) example of Mantle’s 1951 Bowman rookie card ending at $10,755.

Michael Jordan’s autographed Nike shoes, worn in the Chicago Bulls’ April 22, 1993 game—the last regular season game Jordan played in Chicago Stadium—sold for $9,560.  The World Series ring earned by Dick Green of the Oakland A’s in 1974, sold for $7,768.

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