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Antiques Roadshow Find: 312 Unopened 1958 Topps Football Cellos

thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭
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Fun story! The kind we always dream of.

This lady comes on with just six unopened packs as samples (312 packs total). One cello had Johnny Unitas on the front, and another had Bart Starr on the front. Her family thought they might be worth something, but they weren't sure so they just stored them away. The antiques "expert" gave her a beginner's lesson only (ie condition of the cello, mentioned the stars are worth more, and that it's Jim Brown's rookie card year). He didn't mention anything about professional grading of any kind whether it's PSA for the individual cards or GAI for the pack grading. Now I don't follow this set, but he said the cellos might be worth $500-1000 each. Again no mention of grading services. Can any of our resident football experts guide us as to their value graded or ungraded. The only '58 pack I see on Ebay was a best offer of $2,550 for a GAI 9 Wax pack.

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  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,238 ✭✭✭
    Looking into my crystal ball, I see a softer market ahead for these cellos.
    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
  • AISAVDBBALLINPHILLYAISAVDBBALLINPHILLY Posts: 249



    << <i>Looking into my crystal ball, I see a softer market ahead for these cellos. >>




    And also the '58 set in general.
    Lawrence Taylor #1 Basic/Master
    1993 Pro Set Power All-Power-Defense Gold #1
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,608 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good story though
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is 318 cello packs going to dent the market that much? With the probable low percentage of real quality in those packs I wouldn't think so. Also, how many of those packs IF they are even sold get ripped? Again, not many I bet.

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • ironrangerironranger Posts: 167 ✭✭
    I tend to agree with softparade. I would imagine the 58 cello pack market will be softer, but I do not think that it will affect the market for 58 cards too significantly. As softparade mentioned, many and maybe most of the cellos will never be opened. And if you have ever seen vintage sets that were put together in their year of issue, the quality control back then was just terrible...between print defects and centering issues, the vast majority of cards would never grade 8 or higher.

    I would guess that any damaged cellos will be opened and some mint cards will be pulled.
  • LEDFOOTLEDFOOT Posts: 117 ✭
    Since I had one of the top 58 sets before selling, I know for a fact these are some of the hardest cards to find in PSA 8 or higher, Due to red backs, centering, quality control. Of the 50's my opinion this set is the most condition sensitive.
    All I can say is WOW what a find, I would be scared to open them
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