At last, the boxing price surge???

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

It's not just boxing, but the same can be said about everything. Are there suddenly more Pele fans out there? More Messi fans? Are there more people watching Barcelona games on TV? Are there more hockey fans? More Gretzky fans? The answer is a big NO! It IS ridiculous and absurd - you got that right!



Now where the hell did you find that? I love it!

Ahh, the saga of the NX5s. The issue was known to Burdick since it is in the ACC, but never came up for sale. I do not recall seeing any examples in Burdick's collection at the Met when I went there to research. I know of three total accumulations, all surfacing in the 2000s. A quartet of the exercise cards came up for sale, as did a single specimen of a boxer. A large lot went in the Legendary Auctions liquidation of the Dreier Collection. That big group was won by them in an earlier auction.





My strong suspicion is that the few existing cards were carried back to the USA by American servicemen posted to the former US colony and sat for decades until those men passed away and their estates were liquidated. There is also one wrapper known, which I suspect made its way here the same way.



I would guess that whatever there was of these cards in the P.I. were destroyed in the war.

That is the only known Louis. I've posted it for sale on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/203342001750. 10% off if sold here instead.

[maniac_73]

In December, I was buying sealed boxes of Kayo cards for 10 bucks. Last night I saw them ending auction at 80. It's bonkers

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

In December, I was buying sealed boxes of Kayo cards for 10 bucks. Last night I saw them ending auction at 80. It's bonkers

They were going for about $160-170 or so for a brief period before they started heading back down.

I thought something funny was going on when I sold like 15 boxes off my website in a couple days span for about 40 bucks each..........and I thought I was probably high on them already. I jacked up the price right away just so I could hold onto a few myself for now.

I think people suddenly realized it's Roy Jones true Rookie card, even if it is really plentiful. So are all of Ken Griffey Jr's Rookie cards.

People are casting out for the greats in the various other sports as they are getting priced out of the Big 4 or 5 Sports.

The AW boxes from the same year have a great selection of old-time boxers and are probably more attractive then the Kayo cards, but there's no notable Rookies in that set, so are still pretty affordable.

[Exhibitman]

The other 1991 set that is definitely worth considering is the Ringlords for the nicest looking (IMO) Lennox Lewis RC.