Somewhere out there, someone is looking at an old box of trading cards and wondering whether it should be insured, framed, or escorted by Rebel security. A sealed 1977 Topps Star Wars trading card trade counter box has sold at Vectis Auctions for more than £22,000, or over $25,000, according to Jedi News. Yes, a box of Star Wars cards just went for the price of a decent used car. And honestly, in the world of vintage Star Wars collecting, that is not even as ridiculous as it sounds. A Sealed Piece of 1977 Star Wars History The key word here is sealed. The original 1977 Topps Star Wars trading cards were not made to become museum pieces. They were made to be opened, traded, chewed over, shoved into pockets, bent in school bags, and eventually lost in the great childhood black hole where stickers, comics, and lunch money go…
