1970 Topps Football Rack Pack-How Rare? Pricing?

Dragnet

Is anyone familiar with these? I consider myself fairly naive when it comes to rack packs in general, but haven't heard much nor have I seen much on the '70 football despite hours of researching online. I picked this up on eBay, but really had and continue to have little idea on how to price it. The best I found was a rack pack lot on one of the auction sites which included a mint '70 football with OJ Simpson front and center. However this was 1 of 7 or 8 rack packs in the lot I believe and it was in 2004! I think the lot sold for something like $3500.

I've posted pictures of the front and back here for viewing. All cards showing are 1st series, (1-132) but I don't know enough to know if the entire rack is likely to be 1st series. The exterior is noticeably dirty, in fact the plastic appears more yellow than clear. I suspect it is just the years of dust, dirt, etc. that have accumulated. There are no holes, tears or anything of the sort that I can find, so any dirt or marks you may see on the scans are likely limited to the outer plastic casing and wouldn't be affecting the cards. Along the same line, on close inspection, the cards themselves do not appear discolored or affected by the environment in which it was stored.

1970 Topps Football Rack Pack (Front)

1970 Topps Football Rack Pack (Back)

I'll also post this in the Buy/Sell/Trade Forum, as I'm guessing the regulars there may know something as well.

Thanks for looking!

-Josh

grote15

I don't collect football, but that rack has all the hallmarks of an authentic rack from that year~circular punch hole, wider seams between sections, correct header card, etc. That said, the rack does have several tears between sections.

ETA: At $499, I think you did get an excellent price.

dtkk49a

I would send that to Steve to get wrapped!

jmoran19

Josh, PM sent.

Thanks, John

summerof68

Great find Josh. An extremely rare rack from an era when football cards were not very popular. I can tell you that back in 1970 almost all my friends and I were avid collectors of baseball cards and there wasn't a single person in my whole school that I knew of who collected football cards. Baseball was king back then and during the '68 World Series the teachers at my 6th grade school were allowed have TV's in the classrooms so they could watch the games during class. The NFL was just an afterthought back in those days--at least in my hometown crowd of kids!!

gemint

<< <i>Josh, PM sent.

Thanks, John >>



Alright, fess up John. Is an OJ rookie hiding in that pack?

jmoran19

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<< <i>Josh, PM sent.

Thanks, John >>



Alright, fess up John. Is an OJ rookie hiding in that pack? >>



John, I swear to the big guy I haven't done that for this pack but I did make sure the front and back card make sense to me for at least one if not 2 sections