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  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would guess pack registry competitors, pop 18 none higher.

    Edit: Were you questioning the price or how it got a 9?
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  • mattyc_collectionmattyc_collection Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As the Doobie Brothers once said, or sung...

    "...what a fool believes he sees
    No wise man has the power...
    To reason away.
    What seems to be...
    Is always better than nothing."

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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    looks kinda like it has a hitch in its gitalong.
  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    Imagine if there were more than 18 hard core cocanie addicts in a room with a very limited amount of cocaine and the worlds only manufacturer put an indefinite halt on production. I think $426 is light for this registry eligible holder.
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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like the kind of pack PSA loves....gum stuck firmly to the front card. Can't have any of that loose gum that occurs in beautiful, well-preserved fresh packs!
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  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would guess pack registry competitors, pop 18 none higher.

    Edit: Were you questioning the price or how it got a 9? >>



    The price. Even considering the registry this is still WAY off from other packs sold before and after. I thought it might be a case of dueling bananas snipes but that wasn't the case.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>. I thought it might be a case of dueling bananas.

    << <i>.

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    Wrong thread- please stay on topic.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wasn't there an 81T BB wax pack that went for insane money a couple months ago as well? Pack prices seem to be all over the place, recent 81 packs in PSA8 typically sell in the $40-45 range, but there were a couple sales at $100 & $130.

    It could just be two people with nuclear bids gone awry.
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  • mattyc_collectionmattyc_collection Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Imagine if there were more than 18 hard core cocanie addicts in a room with a very limited amount of cocaine... >>



    Too true. I would only add that the cocaine in question has been stepped on a ton and is only about 2% pure. But addicts and will go for it anyway. As Patrick Bateman once said, "If we do enough of it, I think we'll be alright."

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  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    It may have to do with the wrapper, which is actually a 1974 style wrapper. I believe these are much more uncommon among 1976s.


    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wasn't there an 81T BB wax pack that went for insane money a couple months ago as well? Pack prices seem to be all over the place, recent 81 packs in PSA8 typically sell in the $40-45 range, but there were a couple sales at $100 & $130.

    It could just be two people with nuclear bids gone awry. >>



    I think it was even more that that. It was very shortly after PSA stopped grading mint packs with appropriately loose gum.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Simply put, the power of the low pop and the set registry. 1976 wax is a very tough pack to find in PSA 9, too. If a 1978 PSA 9 pack ever surfaces, it will probably even eclipse this price. The 1976 wrapper variation is actually even tougher to find in PSA 9 grade, at least.

    It does seem bizarre, but then again, paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a low pop PSA 9 or 10 1970s common card seems bizarre to many, too. To each their own.



    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • mdkuommdkuom Posts: 969 ✭✭✭
    I think there was pent up demand for this years pack in a 9. It had been quite a while since one was listed. Someone really had to have it.
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Simply put, the power of the low pop and the set registry. 1976 wax is a very tough pack to find in PSA 9, too. If a 1978 PSA 9 pack ever surfaces, it will probably even eclipse this price. The 1976 wrapper variation is actually even tougher to find in PSA 9 grade, at least.

    It does seem bizarre, but then again, paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a low pop PSA 9 or 10 1970s common card seems bizarre to many, too. To each their own. >>



    Okay, if there's a wrapper variation then I suppose it can make sense. But this went for more than double what all previous 76 PSA 9 packs sold for. Like LC mentioned earlier, there were some other real oddball outliers in the last few months as well, with some packs selling for 2x-3x what anything previously sold for, and then dipping back down to norm after that.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Simply put, the power of the low pop and the set registry. 1976 wax is a very tough pack to find in PSA 9, too. If a 1978 PSA 9 pack ever surfaces, it will probably even eclipse this price. The 1976 wrapper variation is actually even tougher to find in PSA 9 grade, at least.

    It does seem bizarre, but then again, paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a low pop PSA 9 or 10 1970s common card seems bizarre to many, too. To each their own. >>



    Okay, if there's a wrapper variation then I suppose it can make sense. But this went for more than double what all previous 76 PSA 9 packs sold for. Like LC mentioned earlier, there were some other real oddball outliers in the last few months as well, with some packs selling for 2x-3x what anything previously sold for, and then dipping back down to norm after that. >>



    A PSA 8 1975 regular sized wax pack sold for $460+ a while back, also. Certain issues/years are very tough to find in Mint 9 or even NM-MT 8 grade. The wrapper variation on this pack really didn't have much if any effect on the price. It's the grade and the year. PSA 9 1976 Topps baseball wax packs are very tough to find. If a PSA 9 1978 pack ever surfaces, it'll be at least a $400 pack.

    Mark is also spot in. A PSA 9 1976 wax pack hadn't come up for sale in a long while (and hasn't since) so pent up demand was also a key factor.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • 3BoyzTrading3BoyzTrading Posts: 798 ✭✭
    So what happens when the new holder comes out? Do prices take a dip when people start sending them in? Oh, now I feel bad about breaking my 76 packs on a whim.
  • mikelowell25mikelowell25 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭
    The bottom line: this stuff is just getting harder and harder to find with each passing day. Just ask steve at bbce; it wasnt that long ago that his website was littered with a plethora of vintage unopened, literally pages upon pages of just 60's packs alone!! Not so much anymore!!!!

    And speaking of the 76 psa 9 pack, was wondering if anyone saw what this 68 pack sold for a little over a month ago:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-Original-BASEBALL-Series-1-Unopened-Wax-Pack-PSA-9-/390916281233?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item5b046d1391

    (Sorry, I'm still illiterate when it comes to pasting live links!!)

    This had to be a record for a 68 psa 9 pack. And that pack makes this auction I won a couple months ago look like a steal and a half!!!! (At least according to tim it was!!!!image)

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEGA-WAX-PACK-HOARD-51-UNOPENED-TOPPS-BASEBALL-HOCKEY-1968-1977-MUST-SEE-PSA-GAI-/221520738165?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=6kOwWao%2FhDwVy3GiYFLaspFkFWw%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The bottom line: this stuff is just getting harder and harder to find with each passing day. Just ask steve at bbce; it wasnt that long ago that his website was littered with a plethora of vintage unopened, literally pages upon pages of just 60's packs alone!! Not so much anymore!!!!

    And speaking of the 76 psa 9 pack, was wondering if anyone saw what this 68 pack sold for a little over a month ago:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-Original-BASEBALL-Series-1-Unopened-Wax-Pack-PSA-9-/390916281233?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item5b046d1391

    (Sorry, I'm still illiterate when it comes to pasting live links!!)

    This had to be a record for a 68 psa 9 pack. And that pack makes this auction I won a couple months ago look like a steal and a half!!!! (At least according to tim it was!!!!image)

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEGA-WAX-PACK-HOARD-51-UNOPENED-TOPPS-BASEBALL-HOCKEY-1968-1977-MUST-SEE-PSA-GAI-/221520738165?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=6kOwWao%2FhDwVy3GiYFLaspFkFWw%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc >>



    There's more 70s stuff on Steve site than in the past few years. I'm not saying there's a plethora (it's a SWEATER!) of this stuff out there but I seriously doubt basic supply had anything to do with this. Graded supply? Maybe a different story. But this is definitely new registry activity as I hadn't seen this type of price disparity before.
  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it may have come FASC.
    Daniel
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If a 1978 PSA 9 pack ever surfaces, it will probably even eclipse this price. >>



    Steve had one, sold for $95. Still listed on his site. Hope you got it, Tim.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>If a 1978 PSA 9 pack ever surfaces, it will probably even eclipse this price. >>



    Steve had one, sold for $95. Still listed on his site. Hope you got it, Tim. >>



    Thanks, Arthur, but I missed it while at work~bizarrely enough, the pop report on PSA 9 1978 wax packs went from none to nine virtually overenight, so I hope to pick one up at some point. As nice as nine 9s was for the submitter, the value of one or even two would have been a lot more lucrative had the pop report not exploded like that. It's better for collectors, though, as the insane amounts bid up for some of these lower pop packs are more about label collecting and less about pack collecting, imho...


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    So are you going as a unopened PSA 9 for Halloween Reggie ?
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  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>So what are you going as a unopened PSA 9 for Halloween Reggie ? >>



    With the gum poking through the wrapper?
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The bottom line: this stuff is just getting harder and harder to find with each passing day. Just ask steve at bbce; it wasnt that long ago that his website was littered with a plethora of vintage unopened, literally pages upon pages of just 60's packs alone!! Not so much anymore!!!!

    And speaking of the 76 psa 9 pack, was wondering if anyone saw what this 68 pack sold for a little over a month ago:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Topps-Original-BASEBALL-Series-1-Unopened-Wax-Pack-PSA-9-/390916281233?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item5b046d1391

    (Sorry, I'm still illiterate when it comes to pasting live links!!)

    This had to be a record for a 68 psa 9 pack. And that pack makes this auction I won a couple months ago look like a steal and a half!!!! (At least according to tim it was!!!!image)

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEGA-WAX-PACK-HOARD-51-UNOPENED-TOPPS-BASEBALL-HOCKEY-1968-1977-MUST-SEE-PSA-GAI-/221520738165?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=6kOwWao%2FhDwVy3GiYFLaspFkFWw%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc >>



    Okay then. I'll offer my 1968 pack up for sale here. $10k only. It's a real 9 with no gum tears and even has Aaron showing to boot! What a bargain! image

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    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2K a card plus a game piece, hurry, buy now, LOL!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • jmoran19jmoran19 Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭
    well if that is the back of the aaron all star card showing on top Im pretty sure PSA can label it Aaron AS, Carew AS and Jim Brewer showing image

    Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972

  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>2K a card plus a game piece, hurry, buy now, LOL! >>



    Don't forget the gum!
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>well if that is the back of the aaron all star card showing on top Im pretty sure PSA can label it Aaron AS, Carew AS and Jim Brewer showing image >>



    What, no Ryan RC in there?
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • jmoran19jmoran19 Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>well if that is the back of the aaron all star card showing on top Im pretty sure PSA can label it Aaron AS, Carew AS and Jim Brewer showing image >>



    What, no Ryan RC in there? >>



    Only one way to find out John!!!

    Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972

  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seriously, though, John, that is a sweet pack!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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