Offered are two 1963 Topps 5-Cent Wrappers, with 12 cards and gum from the packs, AND a 1962 Topps 1-Cent Wrapper with two 1963 Topps cards and the gum from the pack (this was known to happen early in a year's card run from Topps in the era). Cards from 5-Cent pack #1: #12 Barber, 22 Simmons, 27 Coleman, 28 Fornieles, 47 Lock and 75 Allison, EX-MT overall or just lesser. Cards from 5-Cent pack #2: #s 12 Barber, 18 Bucs Blasters, 51 Alusik, 67 Charles (gum adhered to back), 88 Hansen and 101 Gibbon, EX ocverall, with noted exceptions.Cards from 1-Cent pack: #549 Rookie Stars and 569 Arroyo, EX-MT, one with gum surface wear. The gum from each pack is in several pieces. The wrappers present with original folds but are all INTACT. Great color (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.