Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2023
While not as iconic as some of the other sets released during the decade of the 1980s or even by Donruss themselves, the 1981 Donruss baseball set is iconic for the fact that it gave collectors a choice other than Topps for the first time in a long time. Another in a myriad of beautiful unopened wax pack and unopened wax box offerings being offered to the hobby from our consignor, a Donruss baseball unopened wax box from their inaugural 1981 set is up for grabs here, with the first-year carboard of HOFer Tim Raines spearheading the rookie contingent while HOFers such as Rickey Henderson, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt and many others are found dotted throughout the 605-card checklist, as are the notable RC’s of Mookie Wilson, Jeff Reardon and Danny Ainge. Costing .30 cents back in the day, three dozen 18-card packs are housed inside the cardboard structure with this one and its contents examined and certified by the unopened experts, Baseball Ball Card Exchange (BBCE). Presenting with surface wear, some colour loss and creasing over the top lid, the fold up display has only been partially perforated while the piece of tape over the front lip is no longer intact. For the rest of the box, the story is much the same with some surface wear and colour loss being observed over all four sides and the bottom, heaviest on the bottom, reverse and front sides while other things worth noting include some creasing and wear/dings to the corners and edges along with a folded over right edge. A true beauty that has survived all this time, the relic has been sealed with BBCE shrink wrap, with the firm’s identifying label and tamper-proof hologram affixed to the underside overtop of the cellophane. Awaiting it’s new home, the box offers our lucky winning bidder numerous possibilities.
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