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Best wax box in the last 25 to secure a high R.O.I?

VolverVolver Posts: 753
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Is there any? I was thinking about busting some boxes in the coming weeks to sell and maybe put together a set. Of course the cards will be graded once the box is busted.

I have my eyes on 84 Topps baseball and football....are there any others that may yield some good returns?

Thanks

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  • MS70DreamsMS70Dreams Posts: 165
    84 Donruss has quite a following if you can score some 10's or low pop high grade commons.

    Mike
    Reds Team Set Collector (Raw)
    Pete Rose PSA Basic Set
    Johnny Bench PSA Basic Set
  • MikeyLikesItMikeyLikesIt Posts: 501
    I've been fairly lucky with 86 Topps Baseball racks. Dirt cheap and I've been able to get a couple of 10's out of them which have done well on eBay.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    84 Topps FB- BAD. Stay away!!! At $450 a box, you could get PSA 9 copies of both Elway and Marino (near impossible) and still not break even.

    You want a box where you can have a slightly better than average break and still end up ok.

    - 87 Topps FB is cheap and fun, and if you get a low pop or big RC 10 you could easily double your money. There are a ton of people collecting 85 Topps FB, so if you get a clean box it could yield some high dollar 10s or even 9s (Payton..).

    - I did well with a 1993 SP football box and I didn't even pull a Bettis. A lot of smaller RCs (Bledsoe, Lynch, Brunell etc....) and big names (Marino, Favre, Montana) to give you a chance at a high dollar 10. I paid $90 for my box and came out ahead after grading and selling.

    - 1986 Topps baseball rack boxes can yield a few 10s. If you get the right card (any low pop 10 HOFer) you could make a killing with very little invested.


    I ran an experiment for an entire year where I did nothing but buy, bust, grade and sell to see if I could make a profit. For the most part, you want to avoid any set where 1 or 2 big cards are driving the price up (84 and 86 Topps FB, 82 Topps BB.....).

    Lee
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    I think 83 and 84 Topps Baseball are both undervalued at the moment considering the amount of Rookie hall of famers are in the 83 set, and 2nd years in the 84 set.You can still get an 84 rack case for around $150.
    you may want to check out the 86 tiffany sets as well.
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