Here’s one you don’t see every day, especially in triplicate: a 1984 Topps Football Cut Card Case! One of each sheet (“A”, “B”, and “C”)
Mastro offered these cases in his April 2004 Sports Premier Catalog Auction. While described as an “aftermarket” product, they included a small white sticker with Topps’ distinctive coding information.
Each 35-pound case had 8,650 cards packed in solid, “crisply patterned” rows. Here’s a photo of those rows; I couldn’t get a clean scan since the catalog is so thick, hence the dark color on the left.
With 25,920 cards, there would be enough to create more than 60 complete 396-card sets; that’s a lot of Marino and Elway rookies!
The lot’s description mentioned that the 18” x 12” x 7-1/2” cartons were retaped to ensure structural viability but were unsearched.
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