1966 Topps Get Smart 5-Cent Display Box - Topps File-Copy Example with Topps LOA

Sold For:

$720

Year:

1966

Auction:

2017 Fall

Lot #:

2758

Category:

Non-Sports Cards/Sheets/Card Artwork

Scarce 1966 Topps Get Smart 5-cent display box. This particular box comes with the unique provenance of having been the Topps file-copy example and is accompanied by a COA from The Topps Vault. The box, which was produced to hold twenty-four five-cent packs of Get Smart cards, features a photo of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), and Fang (Max's canine assistant) on the lid. The side of the box advertises the "Free Secret Agent Kit" included in each package of cards. This is only the second example of this box we have ever offered and we have only seen a few other examples over the years. Get Smart, which debuted in 1965, was the brainchild of Mel Brooks and will forever stand as the ultimate send-up of the spy genre. The show, which introduced the world to KAOS, the cone of silence, Hymie the robot, and shoe phones, was also memorable for its repeated use of a number of key catch phrases that are still widely referenced today, including "Missed it by that much," "And loving it," and "Would you believe..." The box (8 x 5 x 2 inches) displays a thin layer of paper residue on the bottom and is otherwise in Excellent to Mint condition. Accompanied by 3 cards from the set (#22, 23, and 27; Ex-Mt). Reserve $200. Estimate (open).