I thought some of you might enjoy reading about this motherload of 1976 Topps Football Cello cases that REA auctioned off in July 2000 (the auction with eBay that presented ‘The Wagner Card’).
At the top, you can see that the three lots included five full unopened cello cases, four full cello boxes, 43 cello packs, and ~2,000 loose cards. And as mentioned, 1976 Topps has Walter Payton’s rookie card!
More recently, BBCE had a case with one of the same product code (same case?) at the National in 2015 and one with wrapped boxes ($110k) at the 2018 National.
These days, BBCE-authenticated 1976 Topps Football Cello Boxes sell for $10-15k.