What is the Difference Between Regular and "X-Out" or "X-Marked" Boxes of 1980s

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• MrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭

  January 7, 2014 2:59PM

  I think the boxes with marks on them were returned to topps by dealers.

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• grote15 Posts: 29,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 7, 2014 2:59PM

  The "X out" boxes were store returns marked for final sale by Topps. They are generally less desirable among unopened collectors because there is a chance that the box consists of a compilation of packs from different boxes to fill the box, rather than a box that is intact from the factory in its original state, but because Topps did not shrinkwrap or seal wax or cello boxes in this era, there really is no way to know with 100% certainty that a box is original even if the box is not an X-out as the packs are easily switched out. Also, X-outs may very well be original and intact boxes in their own right, as the boxes in an unsold partial case would also be marked this way, even if the box were not broken down for retail sale.

  
  
  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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