1978 Topps Wax boxes
Dennis88
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Can somebody explain the value of these to me?
1978 looks like a much better year than 1977, yet the former go for less than half of the latter. 1978's also appear to have been dropping in price lately. With the popularity of the 1978 set I'm just surprised that price differential between those 2 years isn't less than what it is right now.
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Packs from 77 (in all forms) are harder to find than 78s. So supply trumps demand in this case. The popularity of 78 is probably why their price gap isn't even larger. There's a pretty dramatic dropoff in availability of packs once you get earlier than 1978.
78 has the better rookie crop and is the more popular set but 77s are tougher to find, particularly in rack and cello form.
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.
IIRC, I think there were rolls of 77 wrappers that got out and turned into hundreds of homemade packs. I've always been leary of loose wax from that year unless Steve has looked at them.
That is correct. Fortunately, they are easy to identify as the seal on back looks completely different from a factory seal.
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.
nobody posting photos yet?? i might have to dig some up
I agree with the supply and demand theory. Over time that shifts too. I remember when 70's unopened was not too rare, then it became anything after 1973, then 1975, now it's about 1977. There seems to be a lot of 1978 and 1979 unopened out there and I noticed the prices dropped a lot recently. Late 70's stuff I bought a few years ago it now going for much less.
1977 also has a softer card stock, making it difficult for high-grade conditions over time
Erik