The improbable “Beer Box Find” that brought a treasure trove of rare vintage unopened boxes to the market several weeks ago has a sequel in the works. Mile High Card Company will offer several more vintage unopened wax boxes in its September auction--including one full AND one nearly full 1965 Topps Football wax box--all originating with the same Tennessee family that had … [Read more...]
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Were 1948 Bowman Packs a Reasonable Deal?
If the new owner of the hobby’s most expensive unopened packs would opt to open just one, he could probably sell tickets to the viewing party. While the 1948 Bowman set isn’t the most attractive piece of hobby history, the story of the find and the resulting auction is the stuff of legend. Opening a 69-year-old time capsule you never knew existed is great … [Read more...]
1948 Bowman Baseball Packs Sell for $521,180
A forgotten cache of unopened boxes and packs of decades-old baseball, football and basketball cards turned turned into a high six-figure windfall for a Tennessee-based consignor early Friday morning as Mile High Card Company's auction came to a close. As we first reported last month, the group was headlined by a one-of-a-kind partial box of 19 packs of 1948 … [Read more...]
Bidding for Vintage Wax Find Already Booming
Bidding for the partial box of 1948 Bowman baseball packs in Mile High Card Company’s new auction soared to over $121,000 in the first 48 hours of bidding. The one-of-a-kind was just part of an incredible find of unopened material dating back more than a half-century. Consigned by the nephew of an elderly Tennessee woman, the boxes had been stored for … [Read more...]
Wagner, High-Grade Vintage Icons Push Memory Lane Auction to Record Total
One of only several dozen surviving examples of the world’s most famous baseball card was sold early Sunday morning when Memory Lane closed out its ‘Holy Grail’ Auction. The $600,000 price fetched for a PSA 2 Honus Wagner was just the beginning, though. When the final bids were entered in the early morning hours Sunday, the auction had generated over $5.2 million, … [Read more...]
Collectors Recall Their First Full Box
Opening one pack of cards was always fun when you were a kid. Two was even better. So when you somehow had the opportunity to open an entire box--whether you saved enough on your own or (more likely) an adult bought one for you-- it was sensory overload. All those cards. All that gum (if you're old enough to remember when cards always came with … [Read more...]
The 1974 Topps Football Boxes Mom Didn’t Throw Away
He’s a former Army master sergeant who retired two years ago this week. But a North Carolina man will be adding a supplement to his standard military pension. The 47-year-old, who served more than 26½ years in the military (after years of being in special operations, "Bernie G" prefers to remain semi-anonymous), uncovered a childhood stash of eight unopened 1974 Topps … [Read more...]
Vintage Wax, Vending Abound in Collect Auctions’ Catalog
Dozens of vintage vending, wax and cello boxes and packs dating back to the 1960s are among nearly 800 lots up for bid at Collect Auctions. The current lineup includes a 1968-69 Topps hockey vending box, 1971 Topps 3rd and 4th Series vending boxes, 1972 3rd Series Topps Baseball vending and 4th Series wax boxes, a 1970 and ’71 Topps 1st Series Football vending boxes, a … [Read more...]
1970s Unopened, Autographed Items at Collect Auctions
Collect Auctions has opened its final catalog event of 2015 with the largest offering of unopened vending, wax, cello and rack boxes, packs and cases the company has ever offered. In all, there are more than 1,100 lots of vintage sports cards and sets; signed baseballs, photos, jerseys and bats and other items. Bidding ends Thursday, December 3. Included in the unopened … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1976-77 Topps Hockey
Wayne Gretzky was on the way, but the National Hockey League didn’t feature many big time rookie cards 37 years ago. Hockey cards weren’t for speculators or investors either. They were for collectors the 1976-77 Topps hockey set is one even those on a limited budget can successfully chase. Our Vintage Pack Break of the Week courtesy of Just Collect takes you back to that … [Read more...]
