Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction April 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2024
Another in a myriad of beautiful unopened wax box offerings being offered to the hobby, this time in the form of an unopened 1988-89 Topps box, the set would feature a total of 198 cards with card #66, the first year offering of Brett Hull, having long been considered the set's key rookie card for collectors to acquire. Also featuring the first card of Wayne Gretzky in an NHL uniform that wasn't that of the Edmonton Oilers, instead showing him during his introductory press conference with the Los Angeles Kings, the box houses a total of thirty-six (36) sealed packs with each containing twelve (12) cards, one (1) sticker and one (1) stick of bubble gum. With packs originally costing fifty (50) cents a piece, an image of Mario Lemieux’s Topps card is featured on the top of the desirable offering, with the previously mentioned Brett Hull RC plus the one of Brendan Shanahan among the popular pulls for collectors to chase, as well as the Gretzky card picturing Wayne holding up his new Kings jersey, (featured on one side panel of the boxes), that we already made mention of. The folks at Baseball Card Exchange have recently checked/certified the packs and the company's shrink-wrap now encases the tempting brick, with BBCE stickers/labels on the bottom and partially covering the view of box bottom cards of Francis, Gretzky, LaFontaine and Smith. Remaining in overall good condition, wear is seen to the top lid, which folds over the edges on both sides, in the form of corner and edge wear all the way around that is heaviest at the bottom left point while the fold up display lid is partially perforated. Also sporing a black streak over the top of the box, light surface wear is observed as well between the "E" and "Y" in "Hockey". Also showing light surface wear to all four (4) sides plus light edge and corner wear as well, the BBCE label that has been affixed to the underside lists the piece as being a "1988/89 Topps Hockey Unopened Wax Box". A true surviving relic of the era, don't miss out on this one for your all-important collection!
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