1991 NBA HOOPS Basketball Cards,
Wax Pack

Unopened pack of NBA Trading Cards, original from 1991. Legends like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson or Larry Bird played in the NBA and the Chicago Bulls won their second straight championship at the end of the season by beating the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Finals. These trading cards were distributed by NBA Properties Inc. and officially licensed by the NBA. A Centennial Patch (1891-1991) can be found on the back of the packets, as the basketball sport became 100 years old in the year of the card’s publication. For more information see below.

• Content of the pack: 15 Cards
• Release year: 1991
• Brand: NBA HOOPS
• Country: United States
• Series: Series 1 (330 cards total)
• The package (“Wax Pack”) comes from a “Wax Box” opened by Memorabilia Germany, which contains a total of 36 packages. Despite their age, all packages are in immaculate condition.
• Find original cards of NBA legends from 1991. This series contains card categories like “All-Stars East”, “All-Stars West”, “Supreme Court”, “USA Basketball 1976”, “Art Cards” or “League Leaders” and a “Centennial Card” can be found, honoring James Naismith, the inventor of basketball! Naismith invented the basketball sport exactly 100 years before this series appeared in 1891.
• Background information 1991: Movies like “Terminator 2” or “The Silence of the Lambs” were shown in cinemas, the Scorpions dominated the charts with their hit “Wind of Change” and the Soviet Union collapsed. Our “vintage” trading cards are a dream for every nostalgic and for every collector, since they are not reproductions of the earlier cards, but all the packs are original from the time they were published then.

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