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1961 Fleer basketball Wax Box BBCE

ElvisPElvisP Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
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As most of you know they have one listed for a mere $149,000. Doing the quick math that is $6,208 per pack and well over $1,000 per card. Knowing that many of the cards will be virtually worthless due to centering and other condition problems and wax and gum stains this seems way over priced. There is some doubt but I believe that there are 5 cards per pack. I opened one of these years ago and that is what I remember. Of course there is a premium just for the fact that it is a complete wax box and very rare. With that said if I won the lottery I would buy this box and just have a blast opening it.

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  • SpinFadeSplash23SpinFadeSplash23 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭

    If we could negotiate the price down to $120k, would $5k per pack be worth it? A PSA 7 pack went for $1575 back in July of 2016.

    Joe

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  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭

    PWCC has a PSA 7 pack auctioning currently as well. Let's see where that one lands.
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Fleer-Basketball-Wax-Pack-PSA-7-NRMT-PWCC-/352162851798?hash=item51fe8aabd6:g:PWAAAOSwRjtZtWqO

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  • ElvisPElvisP Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭

    The PSA 7 pack went for $1,625. Well below what the average pack from the BBCE box would be.

  • 49ersGuy49ersGuy Posts: 382 ✭✭

    Why would you want to break up the box. There are so few of these that exist that it would be a shame to break it up.

  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There's a decent amount of 1961 Fleer BKB unopened still sitting out there.

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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭

    @Nathaniel1960 said:
    There's a decent amount of 1961 Fleer BKB unopened still sitting out there.

    Like how much?

  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Last time I remember any appreciable amount of 61F Bkb was in the early 90s when the Prince of Cards had both BB and Bkb via SCD. Back then, if I remember, a pack would set ya back around 400 to 500.

    Mike
  • coinspackscoinspacks Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭

    Darin prince had nice stuff

  • shu4040shu4040 Posts: 982 ✭✭✭

    BBCE used to have packs fairly often in the 2011/2012 time period. kick myself that I didn't pick up any. I think they were on average maybe 800 or so? Remember a pack with Elgin Baylor on the front or back for about 1700 sitting for a while

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  • 1all1all Posts: 511 ✭✭✭
    edited September 25, 2017 8:35AM

    @1970s said:
    The wax community thought a 1965 topps football box would sell between 250-500k dollars.
    It sold between 1/4 to 1/2 that.

    If that 61 fleer box was sold at auction on ebay, it would sell for 50-75k at best, and even that
    may be a bit generous.

    Not true... 50-75k would be a steal (although $149,000 is high). A 1961 Fleer Basketball wax box sold 3 months ago for $108K on MileHigh...... LINK

    It does seem like a 1961 Fleer basketball box comes up for auction pretty regularly. REA sold one in the Spring (2017) for $120k (premium due to Chamberlain and Baylor on top packs) .... LINK

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