Offered are five 1962 Topps 5-Cent Wrappers, including all three variations. Also included are the 25 cards, gum pieces and five two-stamp panels from the packs. Cards include:b #32 Roseboro, 46 Basdschun, 66 Barragon, 77 Taylor anbd 84 Green; Stamps Daniels and Walker. Pack 2: #192 Checklist, 220 Sievers, 226 Giants, 237 Winners Celebrate and 254 Windhorn; Stamps Ramos and Cepeda (stuck to gum). Pack 3: #121 Hitchcock, 155 Miller, 159 Reniff, 171 Sisler and 176 Jost; Stamps Traindos and B. Wiliams (stuck to gum). Pack 4: #40 Cepeda (EX, wax stain), 105 Mossi, 216 Kline, 252 Francis and 270 Groat; Stamps McCarver and Tuttle (heavy staining). The gum from each of the first four packs is in several pieces. Pack 5: #s 12 Hitchcock (damage from gum), 137 Babe and Mrs. Huggins, 139 Babe Hits 60, 146 Demeter and 188 Hiller. The stamps (Mossi/Spangler) are stuck to the gum in from this pack. Cards present EX+ overall with some nicer, with noted exceptions. The wrappers present with original folds but are all INTACT. Great color, but some discoloration and mild staining (see photos).
About the Packs We Opened for this Auction
This pack comes from a collection of 100+ packs from a single-owner collection of Topps, Bowman and Fleer packs started in childhood and built with a passion all through a lifetime of collecting. While more than 100 packs were graded by PSA (and sold in our April 2024 Auction), the pack offered here was NOT encapsulated after review by PSA. While the offered pack and the ones like it in this auction may have been rejected due to physical attributes that differ from factory sealed packs--and may in fact have been previously opened and even repacked with other cards--we at Rockhurst thought it would still be interesting to collectors to have them opened and offer the contents and wrappers in this auction. Further, we thought it important not to let packs of this nature circulate as "sealed" packs. We hope you enjoy reviewing and bidding on these treasures as much as we have bringing them to you.