1976 topps vending boxes
lwehlers
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helllo i want to know what a 76 topps baseball vending box collation normally is. also what kind of condition are the cards in most of the time. the reason i ask this i see that there is a vending box for sale on ebay right now by a seller mattks. most of the time i see some nice sets by him. i bought a 77 from him this past summer and was happy with the set. the item number360226334649. i am thinking about bidding on it. i need to upgrade some of my commons in my 76 set.
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Hate to sound like a broken record, but BBCE has some available for a probably a little more than this one will sell for. However, you can feel much more comfy about the claim of unopened and unsearched if you get one from BBCE.
Just my opinion of course, but I would not trust the "unopened" claim by the seller of the one on eBay. Inluding pics of some cards that at least appear to have been pulled from the "unopened" box is not a good idea.
To answer your question about condition, I have seen a few people on here bust 76 Topps vending. Felicia busted a case and condition was excellent but centering was all over the place from 50/50 to severely miscut in the same box. I bought a half box of leftovers on the BST board from another forum user and subbed about 30 of them with none grading lower than 8 with a few 10's.
It was relisted due to non-payment. First time around it sold for $118, which is about what I expected
And I think the auction title shows pretty clearly it's been OPENED
And yes, the description states the big names have been removed ie Brett, Aaron, Eck. So it has indeed been cherry-picked.
To the OP: many stars are still there, like Schmidt, Munson, Morgan, I think a Guidry RC and others, can't remember all of them.
But if you want a shot at a sharp but O/C Brett, Aaron or Eck, I'd definitely pay $700 at BBCE
As far as collation, I didn't count, but it looks like the collation's pretty good. I'm guessing around 60%+ of the set should be there
Having said that - I'm clueless about that year with respect to what you're gonna get in quality.
My experience is that vending is a big crapshoot - if the run is OC - it could wind up being - almost - totally OC.
The earliest vending I've ever opened was 78T - and it had lots of really nice cards - but also tons of OCs and dinged cards.
mike
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.
I have also purchased 79 and 80 topps vending before and have had sometimes 15+ dupes per box.