March Premium Auction Ending April 3, 5 & 6
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2021
This is a complete, unopened wax box containing 36 sealed and intact, 30¢ wax packs of never-touched collectibles from Topps' 1981-82 basketball card release. This year's Topps issue consists of 198 cards, in total, with 66 cards (including the first stand-alone cards of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, as well as entries picturing Kareem and "Dr. J") released around the country as part of the series' National segment. The set's remaining 132 cards were put out regionally, in 44-card East, Midwest and West groups. The "East Region" box offered here incubates a mixture of cards from the issue's National and East components. (The "East" group holds a second depiction of Larry Bird and a Kevin McHale RC that are found only in that region's segment of the 1981-82 set.) The packs remain undisturbed in their counter-sales box, which itself reflects a bare minimum of routine wear from past handling and is protected by securely sealed "Baseball Card Exchange" plastic wrapping.