Jurassic Packs, Disney Gems, & National Finds

People Like Uncle Walt, Don't They, Mickey?

Aug 05, 2026

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I wanted to start things off today with one of the best-looking packs in the hobby: 1993 Topps Jurassic Park Cellos! On July 31, this PSA Gem Mint 10 example sold for $118.50.

If you’re interested, there’s a PSA 9 on eBay now too, but at a premium price. There are only 23 total graded copies across both series, but boxes and packs aren’t really that rare; you can regularly pick up factory-sealed boxes on eBay, usually for under $200. Both series are made up of a few subsets, with the artwork for the first series done by Mark “Crash” McCreery and the second series artwork by Tom Cranham, Craig Mullins, and David Negron. RIP, Sam Neill.

Now, onto last weekend’s main event: The National Sports Collectors Convention. I wrote a few words in yesterday’s PWC NL #348 about the convention, but I wanted to share a few more non-sports-related observations.

First, The National is HUGE. So when I ran into a buddy of mine, an industry executive, who said he couldn’t find any Disney stuff, I laughed out loud and showed him these two photos!

I’m a bit of a sucker for some of the popular non-sports issues, so seeing a 1935 Mickey Mouse People Like Uncle Walt #92 card in person was a highlight. It’s tough to see above, so here’s a copy of the PSA 1 example that was being offered for $850.

For reference, here are the last five sales of the card, in any grade, according to Card Ladder.

Also, if you didn’t know what the Type I/Type II distinction is for the set: the Type I cards (cards 1–24) were part of the set’s initial print run and include the phrase “This Picture Answers Question on Other Side” printed on the front. The first 24 cards were later reprinted alongside cards 25–96 in a format where the artwork and dialogue on each card answered the question asked on the previous card. So, cards 1–24 can be either Type I or Type II, while cards 25–96 exist only as Type IIs.

Here’s an example of a Type I card that’s currently listed for $1,000 on eBay (they command a significant premium over Type IIs).

I also recall seeing a display with a bunch of old Disney booklets, including the Mickey Mouse Picture Card Albums that held the cards just discussed, along with various others, but it doesn’t look like I took a photo (among the 200+ I snapped).

Next, I think Adam Warshaw put it well when, on August 1, he wrote:

One interesting thing I have noticed is that the penetration and prices are through the roof on the 1960s-1970s non-sports iconic sets. I suspect that most of this pricing is aspirational because the numbers do not look like what I have seen on eBay; I don’t think they went up 4x since last week. I simply cannot believe how much there is and how incredibly high the prices are on sets like 1966 Donruss Marvel, all 1966 Batman series, and a few others, like the various 1977 Star Wars issues. Prices at least as marked are through the roof on high grade cards. Even lower end cards are quite expensive. The number one card in the Batman black bat series (“the Batman”) is offered at high three and low for figure prices even in lousy condition.

I’d probably add the 1940 Superman and President’s sets to his list.

But there were deals to be had. One of my favorite booths had a ton of complete non-sports sets for sale.

Much, much, much more from this National, and previous ones too, to augment future Non-Sports Reports!

Now, how about another piece of non-sports card history? Here are a pair of what were originally nine 8” × 10” contact sheets intended for the 1966 Donruss Green Hornet card issue (Van Williams and Bruce Lee!) that were ultimately rejected and never used in the set. In total, the nine contact sheets included 44 small images of the characters and scenes from the program, along with another 16 larger images of Van Williams reviewing scripts. They were offered for sale in August 2003 and were described as coming from the Donruss archives.

Finally, here are a few interesting items I spotted for sale this week that you might want to check out.

Stay curious, and happy collecting!

The Non Sport Report

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