A new SC Daily feature, The Sealed Report is a bi-monthly overview of the market for unopened sports packs and boxes. Long-time industry pro Leighton Sheldon of Vintage Breaks and Just Collect will provide insight on what's hot and what's not, highlight recent sales of unopened product and tips on participating in one of the hobby's hottest and most popular realms. The … [Read more...]
Hoops Unicorn: 1969-70 Topps Basketball Box Coming to Auction
Topps had been out of the basketball card business for 12 years when a phone call between the company and the league office led to a revival. They hadn’t sold all that well in 1957-58, but the arrival of Lew Alcindor apparently made it worth another shot. Just about every 24-pack wax box was opened at some point, but there’s one high quality survivor that’s about to … [Read more...]
Heritage Monthly Auction Jammed with Unopened
While a lot of three NBA Top Shot Moments featuring LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are getting most of the attention--and a boatload of money from those who are into it--traditional collectors have over 500 lots to pick from in Heritage Auctions' latest Monthly Showcase. Among the offerings: 64 different lots of unopened boxes, cases and packs. The … [Read more...]
Jordan, Mays Rookies; Vintage Unopened Top $5.6 Million Mile High Auction
Led by piles of vintage unopened boxes and Michael Jordan cards, a Mile High Card Company’s first catalog auction of 2021 took in over $5.6 million. The Colorado-based auction house is hoping the results are an indication of bigger things to come. “A few of the real outliers have started to recede slightly, but in all, the hobby is strong and getting even stronger,” Mile … [Read more...]
Heritage Auction Includes Dozens of Vintage Unopened Boxes
It's not open for bidding until next week, but if you're a fan of sports card time capsules, we can tell you the upcoming Heritage Auctions catalog will have a lot of it. And if 1970s wax is your jam, you might want to sit down and strap on a bib. Set to start next Thursday, the catalog will have over 300 lots of unopened material, including boxes, cases and vintage … [Read more...]
Notes: Moeller Show Off; New Shop in Hollywood; ’73 Rack Box; NBA Legends Event
One of the larger Midwestern sports card shows of the year won’t be taking place in 2020. The annual Thanksgiving weekend event at Moeller High School in Cincinnati was cancelled Tuesday. Promoters at CincyCardShows.com say the move is “in accordance with the CDC, state of Ohio and Hamilton County.” Gatherings are still being kept to a maximum of 50 people … [Read more...]
Heritage Auction Includes Big List of Vintage Unopened Packs, Boxes, Cases
They're still wrapped tightly, looking just as they did when they left the packaging part of the plant 40, 50, 60 years ago or more. A big collection of vintage unopened packs and boxes offered in a major catalog auction will once again beg the question: to open or not? Heritage Auctions' newly launched Summer Trading Card Auction includes over 80 lots of … [Read more...]
Old Judge to Aaron Judge: Heritage Sports Card Auction Spans 3 Centuries
Over 2,000 lots—spanning every decade from the 1870s to the present day—are now on the block as Heritage Auctions opens its Summer Sports Card Catalog event. The rise of basketball cards means collectors will see plenty of Michael Jordan and other modern day greats in the online catalog, but seldom seen tobacco cards from the 19th and early 20th century are also expected to … [Read more...]
Notes: ’59 Cello Box Auction; $1 Million LeBron; 11,000 Sosa Rookie Cards; Brady’s 1st Bucs Card
An unopened box of 1959 Topps 4th series baseball is up for grabs this month. The 36-pack box could have multiple cards of Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Robin Roberts, Al Kaline, Sparky Anderson and Hoyt Wilhelm inside. The fourth series in the 1959 baseball set covers card Nos. 265 to 352 in the 572-card set. Heritage Auctions has the box in its current Trading Card … [Read more...]
Partial Unopened Box of 1948 Bowman from “Beer Box Find” Returning to Auction
The Bowman baseball beer box find is back. Three years after its discovery in the home of a Tennessee family, a nearly full 1948 Bowman baseball box is coming back on the market. The box, containing 19 of the 24 wax packs, sold for $521,180 through Mile High Card Company in 2017--an average of $27,430 per pack and $5,486 per card. It was the headliner in a … [Read more...]