Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/29/2023
A collection that presents a myriad of empty old wax boxes plus wrappers as well as pack busting (with old bubble gum chewing) opportunities that is sure to entice both dealers and collectors alike, offered here is this collection of 1977 to 1989 mostly O-Pee-Chee baseball empty wax boxes (90+) as well as wax wrappers totalling 2800+ from the brands baseball releases from 1977 to 1987, wrappers from other baseball brands of the 1980s/1990s totalling 800+ and mostly 1980s baseball wax packs totalling 325+ examples. Starting with the empty wax boxes, all empty and collapsed down with some showing expected wear in the form of things like creasing, fold lines, surface wear, corner and edge dings/wear, perforated display lids, bottom soiling and small rips/tears, the group of 90+ examples is dominated by mostly O-Pee-Chee examples with the breakdown including those from; 1977 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (5), 1978 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (5), 1979 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (1), 1980 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (14), 1981 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (12), 1982 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (5), 1983 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (9), 1984 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (4), 1985 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (5), 1986 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (11), 1987 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (9), 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (3), 1985 Leaf (1), 1987 Leaf (1), 1988 Leaf (8), 1989 Leaf (4), 1980 Topps Baseball Superstars (1), 1992 Topps (2), 1979 Fleer Stickers (1), 1992 Pinnacle Series One (1) and 1992 Pinnacle Series Two (1). Of note, some of the boxes may be just the box top and not the full box. For the wrappers, totalling 2800+ with showing wear/flaws such as fold lines, surface wear, stains/gum residue, small rips/tears and edge/corner wear, the group includes card covers from; 1977 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (211), 1978 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (370), 1979 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (377), 1980 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (364), 1981 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (366), 1982 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (452), 1984 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (292), 1985 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (251), 1986 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (53), 1987 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (128), 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (4) 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Stickers (30), 1990 O-Pee-Chee/Topps Baseball (1), 1982 Donruss (3), 1985 Donruss/Leaf Baseball (35), 1986 Leaf Baseball (74), 1987 Leaf Baseball (205), 1988 Leaf Baseball (157), 1990 Topps Baseball (5), 1981 Fleer Baseball (3), 1981 Fleer Star Stickers (1), 1981 Fleer Baseball Stickers (8), 1987 Fleer Baseball (106), 1990 Fleer Baseball (19), 1989 Donruss (221) and 1990 Donruss (3). For the wax packs, mostly hailing from the decade of the 1980s, all seem to be in their original states and not tampered with but are being offered "as-is" with some years showing more wear to the corners of the packs then others. Included we have; 1978 Topps Baseball (1), 1981 Topps Baseball (2), 1982 Topps Baseball (2), 1983 Topps Baseball (6), 1984 Topps Baseball (11), 1983 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (14), 1985 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (13), 1986 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (14), 1987 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (16), 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (16), 1989 O-Pee-Chee Baseball (10), 1990 O-Pee-Chee/Topps Baseball (15), 1981 Donruss (4 - wear to corners), 1986 Leaf Baseball (17 - wear to corners), 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Stickers (24), 1981 Fleer Baseball (3 - wear to corners), 1982 Fleer Baseball (4 - wear to corners), 1983 Fleer Baseball (14 - wear to corners) and 1981 Fleer Baseball Stickers (4 - wear to corners). Lastly, also included is a group of 1983 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Sticker packs (40 - most having opened up over time), 1985 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Sticker packs (26 - some having opened up over time), 1986 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Sticker packs (64 - some having opened up over time), 1987 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Sticker packs (21 - some having opened up over time), 1981 Topps Baseball Sticker packs (6 - some having opened up over time), 1983 Topps Baseball Sticker packs (3 - some having opened up over time), 1984 Topps Baseball Sticker packs (2), 1988 Panini Baseball Sticker packs (9 - some having opened up over time) and 1990 Panini Baseball Sticker packs (2) as well as unopened cello packs of 1981 and 1982 Topps Baseball, pack wrappers of Topps Basketball releases from 1973-74 to 1980-81, Topps Football from '73 (1), '74 (1), '79 (3 - tears), '80 (1) and '82 (3), Topps Baseball from '72 (1), '73 (1), '74 (1), '75 (1), '76 (4), '79 (1), '80 (1), '81 (2), '83 (1), '87 (1) and '88 (3) and O-Pee-Chee Baseball from 1971 (1) and numerous other fun goodies, great fun is in store for our lucky winning bidder!
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