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Blast from unopened past - BBCE prices 2003

jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭
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I was just clearing out old paperwork and I came across a file from my past purchases. I found a printout of BBCE prices from 2003. Back then they listed all of their inventory on ebay with BIN prices. It's a five page text listing. I'm not sure if they even had a website back then. Anyway here are some prices from March 2003 for your enjoyment. I'm not posting everything but just some of the highlights. The price increases are amazing on some of this stuff.

1972 T BB 3rd wax box $3,500
1975 T BB cello pack $100
1975 T BB wax box $2,900
1976 T BB wax box $1,500
1977 T BB cello box $850
1977 T BB wax box $800
1978 T BB wax box $550
1978 T BB cello box $550
1979 T BB wax box $315
1979 T BB cello box $320
1978 T BB 3 box rack case $3,000
1979 T BB wax tray $40
1979 T BB rack box $675
1980 T BB vending box $125
1980 T BB wax box $240
1980 T BB rack box $425
1981 T BB wax box $70
1981 T BB vending box $30
1981 F BB wax box $35
1982 T BB traded sealed set case $13,000
1982 F BB wax box $75
1983 T BB Michigan wax box $140
1983 D BB wax box $70
1984 T BB cello box $40
1984 D BB wax box $140
1987 F BB wax box $85
1985 T BB wax box $135
1986 T BB vending case $100
1987 T BB vending case $150

1974 T FB wax box $1,000
1976 T FB cello box $1,250
1978 T FB wax box $300
1979 T FB 3 wax tray $25
1979 T FB cello box $325
1980 T FB wax box $75
1981 T FB wax box $400
1981 T FB cello box $525
1982 T FB wax box $125
1984 T FB wax box $400
1984 T FB cello box $475
1986 T FB wax box $325
1987 T FB wax box $42

77/78 T BSKB wax box $450
88/89 F BSKB wax box $450
89/90 F BSKB wax box $45
Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying

Comments

  • SultanOfSwatSultanOfSwat Posts: 344 ✭
    McFly, get the DeLorean ready. image

    Man, I wish I knew then what I know now.
  • RaulsmasterRaulsmaster Posts: 663 ✭✭
    They're not as ridiculous as I was expecting considering it was over a decade ago. To no surprise the biggest discrepancies come w the trays and the racks
    It never leaves you...
  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    It's interesting to me how close many of these baseball unopened prices in 2003 were to prices in 2013.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shares of apple traded at around $15 in March 2003

    Today - $125.

    Kiss me once, shame on you.
    Kiss me twice.....let's party.
  • jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭
    It seems like during the recession years things maybe dropped a little. It's crazy how much prices went up the past couple of years. It seems like the major gains have been recent. The question now is will it keep going up or not? I think price increases might stall out a little and cool down before going up again.
    Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funny how some items are cheaper today. Ah, steroids.

    Arthur
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,764 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd say market has plateaued for most unopened product over past year or so but I can recall 2003 prices being in effect for quite a while after 2003, too. The real run up was from 2010-2013.


    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.
  • jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭
    The one thing that changed is the supply. As more product was opened and hoarded the supply dropped and they aren't making any more of the old stuff. That might help the pre 1980 stuff hold on to the gains and keep rising. What about the 30's and 40's age crowd who is rediscovering cards? With more money to spend they might also help prop up the prices going forward.
    Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
  • shu4040shu4040 Posts: 982 ✭✭✭
    "Shares of apple traded at around $15 in March 2003

    Today - $125.
    "

    ACTUALLY, apple split 7:1.

    so really $15 to $875/share now adjusted.

    yep, wow.
  • olb31olb31 Posts: 3,561 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"Shares of apple traded at around $15 in March 2003

    Today - $125.
    "

    ACTUALLY, apple split 7:1.

    so really $15 to $875/share now adjusted.

    yep, wow. >>



    don't confuse the thread with facts please.
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  • jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭

    Looks like prices have gone up since I posted this in 2015

    Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bought multiple ‘78 Baseball wax boxes at that 550 price and ripped them all....

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These prices still don’t seem crazy low to me as much as current prices seem stupidly high.

    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,439 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd like to find the invoices I got back in the early 90s.

    Mike
  • GilbeyGilbey Posts: 205 ✭✭✭

    @linuxabuser said:
    1980 Topps Wax boxes have the best return in the baseball category from what I can see.

    PWCC sold one the other day for $2077

  • jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭
    edited March 24, 2019 6:34PM

    That is crazy for 1980 wax boxes

    I guess the 1980 cello and rack box I bought in 2015 was a smart move. They were hard to come by back then.

    Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are some photos I found from the National a few years ago.


  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 25, 2019 6:22AM

    @KendallCat said:
    Here are some photos I found from the National a few years ago.


    Goooooooodness...... GRACIOUS

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • krisd3279krisd3279 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭✭

    I'll take that box of 71T.

    Kris

    My 1971 Topps adventure - Davis Men in Black

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