Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
Featuring a checklist of 242 total cards and chalked full of players that were suiting up for the two Canadian based Major League Baseball franchises in the form of the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, the 1978 O-Pee-Chee baseball set, due to a later printing date than its Topps counterpart, had many of the cards feature an extra line on the front of the card when a player changed teams, with some players featured on a different team that what is seen in the Topps release found south of the border. Each featuring a total of thirty-six (36) packs on the interior that each contain ten (10) cards as well as a stick of bubble gum, offered here is this full case of boxes from O-Pee-Chee's 1978 baseball release. All having been recently inspected and assessed by the evaluators at the Baseball Card Exchange (BBCE), the complete case includes a total of twenty-four (24) boxes in all which all display baseball graphics over their fold up lids as well as their original per pack purchase price of .15 cents. Including a trio of boxes that have been noted by BBCE as being "Tape Intact" examples, the front and top lid of each included box also show affixed forty-seven (47) year old scotch tape but which has been broken unlike the three (3) that were previously mentioned above. All having been wrapped in cellophane that display's the BBCE logo, each has also had the firm’s identifying label and tamper-proof sticker affixed to the underside that displays a “1978 OPC Baseball Unopened Wax Box” designation while the three (3) with their tape still intact over the front all display that designation on the underside label as well. Mostly all remaining in pleasing conditions and surviving admirably, with only light wear observed over all four (4) sides, mostly contained to surface wear over the top lid, bottom and sides as well as some wear to the corners and edges that is worth pointing out for accuracy. Additionally, it needs to be noted that four (4) of the boxes that are included do have dings/soft front left corners or bottom front edges while one (1) of them also has a tear down the front right edge. Accompanied by its original cardboard "case" shipping box that once contained the bounty of boxes that is up for grabs, the box measures slightly larger than 15" x 17" x 9 1/2" for its effort and displays "Baseball" graphics over two (2) of the four (4) sides as well as the original per pack purchase price of .15 cents while all four (4) sides display the number of boxes as well as the number of packs per box in either French or English. With the remaining two (2) sides reading "Baseball Bubble Gum with Cards", once again in either French or English. Stamped on the bottom of the case with whom it was sent to, the box remains in overall admirable condition, showing wear via missing material from tape being torn off, creases, corner dings, staining and punctures as well as marker notations over the top.
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