How much will it sell for ? 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Wax Box Sealed Case

[finestkind]

It's all ready at $1,227,002.00 with 23 days to go.
http://collectauctions.net/1986_87_Fleer_Basketball_Wax_Box_Sealed_Case__12_3-LOT30285.aspx

 

[Letch77]

Bigger question...will it get shilled?
Even BIGGER question...will it get opened?

 

[Randy Shields]

Sealed cases command a premium and in this day and age I wouldn't be surprised if it went for $2 million or more.

I'm sure there are plenty of big pockets out there that would love to have the bragging rights to this case, so this will be interesting to see where it ends.

 

[finestkind]

Auction closed at $1,352,771. I thought It would go for a lot more than that the way people have been throwing money around at sports cards this year.

 

[banjar]

Wow.

I guess I just live on a different planet than the type of people who will bid that high on a thing like this.

 

[Randy Shields]

Auction closed at $1,352,771. I thought It would go for a lot more than that the way people have been throwing money around at sports cards this year.

Honestly I did too with all this madness and a huge spike in almost everything, plus the sheer bragging rights I'd spoken of.

I'm always going to be curious though because I used to work with a guy years ago that owned a little card shop here in town that said he had an unopened 86/87 Fleer case.
He said it wasn't for sale and he eventually retired and closed the shop as most little brick and mortar card shops did back then and I haven't run into him since. I don't even know if he's still with us because he was an older gentleman, but if he is man would he have quite the nest egg for his kids and grandkids.