Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2023
Kings of the gridiron, unopened late-1980s and early-1990s football boxes from Topps are up for grabs here in the form of a 1988 Topps Football cello pack box and four (4) 1990 Topps Football wax boxes. Featuring checklists of 396 and 528 cards respectively, the 1988 offering includes twenty-four (24) packs with thirty (30) cards and a stick of bubble gum inside each while being led RC wise by the example of Bo Jackson, Vinny Testaverde and Hall of Fame defensive end, Chris Doleman while names like Montana, Marino and Rice lead the stars and veterans. For the 1990 boxes, each with thirty-six (36) packs with fifteen (15) cards and stick of gum, the set includes the first-year card of Junior Seau as well as stars such as Montana, Aikman, Rice, Marino, Elway and many others. Despite not being sealed or certified, none of the packs in the examples for either release appear to ever have been tampered with. For the 1988 cello box, a large black line is seen over the top lid with its fold up display not perforated but also showing areas of paper loss at edge. With light surface wear and spots of colour loss all around the rest of the box, two tears, one at each side of the front edge, are worth mentioning with one on the left side longer. For the 1990’s, varying degrees of surface, corner and edge wear are seen all the way around with the fold up displays on the lids of all four partially perforated. Creasing is seen throughout all four boxes and small tears are found on all four as well but are not large enough to ruin their structural integrity. The worst tear is around 2” in length on the front side left edge. Of note, 1989 Players of the Week cards grace the bottoms of all four 1990 boxes as well. A bevy of opportunities await our lucky winning bidder.
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