Lot # 15: 1978 Topps Vending Box

Starting Bid: $25.00

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Item was in Auction "Post War Sports Cards & Collectibles XV",
which ran from 3/16/2022 10:00 PM to
4/3/2022 10:00 PM



500 count vending box. Shows the zebra pattern consistent with a machine packed, unsearched box. Comes from an opened partial case, BBCE only wraps vending boxes from sealed cases.

Have had a couple questions on this particular box. the pattern starts wider on the right and about 1/3 of the way across switches to narrower, but still very consistent. The one white "stripe" is very odd. It appears to be the same width as the other "stripes" but is possibly backwards? if you've ever cracked vending you know how hard it would be to do this manually. Pull out exactly the right amount of cards and them put them back backward. especially because vending cards seem to almost always have a very slight curve that would make putting cards back backwards extremely difficult. Of course there's no safe way for us to investigate further, but the consignor is someone we trust, and the original owner of the cases these boxes came from.

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