WIREPHOTO: Michael Jordan - [10/03/91] 'Air Time' (Bulls)
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Topps Legendary Vault
From early 1950's on up, Topps has been gathering their rare, unique,
1-of-1 items.
In 1989 they chose Guernsey's Auction House to start unloading
their special rare collectibles. This was such a huge event that
even the auction catalog is a collectible. The auction took place
August 19th and 20th in New York City.
Click to see our current and past
Topps Vault, Proofs & Blank-Backs
They sold everything !!!
Topps work product included mockups, design alternatives,
artwork, photos, negatives, transparencies, flexichromes,
proof sheets, color separations, uncut sheets...
Also: Player's contracts, Canceled checks, Letters,
Unredeemedand redemption prizes, Special Binders of card sets...
Final proceeds of over 3,000 items was around $1.6 million,
a stunning amount in the day. There were (4) additional pages
of non-sport items via mail-only auctions that remained open
until year end. Collector Keith Olbermann attended the auction
and described it to Sports Illustrated, "It's like an archaeological dig."
Topps archive material continued to accumulate after the auction
ending up with another treasure of over 250,000 transparencies,
uncut sheets, color separations, art, photos, slides, proof sheets
& wrappers, canceled checks, contracts and one-of-a-kind
items to sell.
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High Numbers - vintage cards were issued in the ‘50s-‘70s in a series. During the baseball season, the largest number of cards were made. As the schedule progressed into September, when there would be less interest in baseball cards , Topps for one, specifically decreased production and hence much less product was available. As a result, a scarcity-factor was created and a premium holds for these first type of "short-printed" cards.
Inserts - special randomly-inserted cards which are not part of the regular set. Many modern inserts are sequentially-numbered and rarer than the card sets into which they are inserted.
O-Pee-Chee / OPC - a subsidiary of Topps, this card issue was produced specifically for distribution in Canada.
Promotional Card - generally referred to as cards issued to show what the product will look like on release and intended to help spur future sales. Often called a "promo" card.
Reprint - cards issued to reproduce the originals. With the current trend of vintage reprints, the new versions have a distinguishing characteristic evidenced by numbering.
Restored - a card or piece of memorabilia which someone has tried to return to a "like-new" condition. A restored card is considered to be of very little value.
Rookie Card - any league-licensed, widely distributed card to feature a player in his first year of trading cards.
