This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/19/2024
Offered are two 1964 Topps 5-Cent Wrappers. Also included are the 10 Cards, two 1964 Topps Coins and gum (in pieces) from within the pack. Cards include: Pack 1: #114 Lock, 140 Dodgers Celebrate, 170 Radatz, 178 Bauer (wax on front, stains on back), 193 Lynch (heavy gum staining). Coin: 121 Pepitone (mild oxidation); Pack 2: #480 Purkey, 482 Phillies' Rookie Stars, 534 Bell, 541 Niekro Rookie (wax on front), and 556 Mets' Rookie Stars (gum stain on back). Coin: 159 Koufax (mild oxidation). Cards present in EX condition overall, with noted issues, some nicer. The wrappers present with original folds, with solid color and minor separations at factory folds. One has "1964" written on the edge. (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.