The Unopened Market Report #2
1954 Bowman Packs, Topps Case Codes, Heritage And Other Unopened Sales Highlights, And Early OPC Premier Cases
Welcome to the Second Unopened Market Report!
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This week, I’m featuring 1954 Bowman Baseball 5-Cent Wax Packs, a 101 on deciphering Topps case codes, Heritage Auctions and other recent unopened sales highlights, and the differences between 1990-91 and 1991-92 OPC Premier Hockey Cases.
⚾️ 1954 Bowman Baseball 5-Cent Wax Packs
Today’s focus piece was motivated by two recent 1954 Bowman Baseball 5-Cent PSA pack sales on eBay: a PSA 8 for $5,778 in October 2024 and a PSA 7 for $3,950 in December 2024.
In 2004, Mastro Auctions featured the OPC archives, which included 24 GAI-graded packs of 1954 Bowman baseball as lot 1701, pictured below. Paired with the empty display box, they sold for $28,000.
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