eBay Reprint Box

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I'm not sure you caught my point, which is that this isn't even a nostalgic item. Yes, it's an original box, but the box contained reprints. Who out there could possibly be interested in a box that once contained a reprint set? That's what I don't get - the marketability of this box.

That particular Topps Reprint set is very desirable and valuable and collected by a lot of people. It's licensed and made by Topps. The market for that box is bigger than you think.

The Mantle from that set sells for about $500 in a PSA 8 and $200 in a PSA 7.

[luciobar1980]

I don't think this is a "new low" in terms of the listing itself.. it's totally fine. It's more like... what are we doing with our lives if we're collecting old boxes of reprints sets? Haha. Seems a bridge too far into ridiculousness. But hey, you collect and pay for what you want I guess.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

That particular Topps Reprint set is very desirable and valuable and collected by a lot of people. It's licensed and made by Topps. The market for that box is bigger than you think.

The Mantle from that set sells for about $500 in a PSA 8 and $200 in a PSA 7.

Only way I was gonna see a 52 Mantle in my collection was through this reprint set. And by all means......TOPPS!!!!

I'm good!!

B. T.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

That particular Topps Reprint set is very desirable and valuable and collected by a lot of people. It's licensed and made by Topps. The market for that box is bigger than you think.

The Mantle from that set sells for about $500 in a PSA 8 and $200 in a PSA 7.

I confess to be totally dumbfounded by this revelation!

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I confess to be totally dumbfounded by this revelation!

What would really blow your mind is that I've seen people counterfeit the 1983 Reprint Mantle and sneak it past PSA. So we have a fake card of a reprint in a slab. You know a reprint set is popular when people start faking it.

Here is a link to a thread on the subject: https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544854

[ALR-bishop]

I have a full 52 set but also bought one of the Reprint sets. Sealed sets are generally worth quire a bit more. But the Reprint set lacks 5 players from the original, which are......

The box at issue would not appeal to me but is it over 40 years old.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I have a full 52 set but also bought one of the Reprint sets. Sealed sets are generally worth quire a bit more. But the Reprint set lacks 5 players from the original, which are......

The box at issue would not appeal to me but is it over 40 years old.

I added four of the missing players via real 52 Topps cards and Loes from one of the original Archives Sets (Brooklyn Dodgers). It went for a premium when I bought it in the year of issue maybe 5X other commons from the set. I added Ted Williams to my 54 reprint set using later "archive" releases, one of which came from Upper Deck-talk about convoluted!