The Unopened Market Report #3

1959 Fleer Ted Williams Packs, 1938 R326 Goudey Baseball Movie Wrappers, Recent Sales, And A 1968 OPC Hockey 2nd Series Wax Pack

Welcome to the Third Unopened Market Report!

Are the exponential curves I put on the 1976 Vending and 1954 Bowman sales charts in the last two newsletters more representative of rising unopened prices or the dollar's purchasing power going down? I’ll leave a conversation like that to more competent economists; however, do you think it would be valuable to try to tie an inflation adjustment to my charts somehow? But then, what really IS the inflation rate? Perhaps I’ll add a note about inflation in the footnotes…

This week, I’m covering an unopened theory about 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 8-card vs. 6-card wax packs, 1938 R326 Goudey Baseball Movie Wrappers, a few notable sales, and a crazy rare vintage hockey pack that might be worth >$20k.

Also, in case you're new here, Thursday’s Post War Cards Newsletter remains free weekly; the Unopened Market Report is the newsletter’s paid tier.

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⚾️ 1959 Fleer Ted Williams 8-Card & 6-Card Packs

I write a lot about Ted Williams on the blog and in The Post War Cards newsletter—so why should The Unopened Market Report be any different? Many collectors are familiar with the 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set’s elusive card #68, Ted Signs for 1959, which shows Williams signing his 1959 contract with Boston Red Sox GM Bucky Harris. The problem? Harris was under contract with Topps. So, early in the printing process, Ted Signs was pulled from distribution, making it the most expensive card in the set today. We’ve even seen it appear on uncut sheets, but one of the great hobby mysteries remains: was it ever inserted into packs?