24 1969/70 Topps Basketball Wax Packs

This is what we in the hobby would call a “fun rip.”

These 24 GAI-graded 1969/70 Topps basketball wax packs were offered for sale together in Mastro’s April 2004 catalog. The original 24-count counter-sales display box was included, too.

Each 10-cent pack had ten cards and one of the year’s paper “rulers” inserts. The pack’s grades included GAI Perfect 10: 6 packs; GAI Gem Mint 9.5: 7 packs; GAI Min 9: 7 packs; GAI NM-MT+ 8.5: 1 pack; GAI NM-MT 8: 2 packs; GAI NM+ 7/5: 1 pack.

If you didn’t know, PSA started grading oversized packs around the fall of 2023, and most notably, Goldin sold a lot of 14 1969 Topps basketball tallboy packs in March 2024 for $148,840!

The packs’ grades included:

  • PSA NM 7: 1 pack
  • PSA EX-MT 6: 9 packs
  • PSA EX 5: 4 packs

At the time (June 2024), PSA’s Pop Report still only included those 14 packs.

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