I appreciate your detailed request, but I need to clarify what information is actually available to answer your question properly.
The search results provided contain auction records for various collectibles, including some trading card boxes and comic books. However, the search results do not contain comprehensive data about how many first edition boxes exist in auction records overall. The results mention a few specific items like a Pokemon 1st Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box and references to various comic book auctions, but they do not provide a complete inventory or count of all first edition boxes that have appeared in auction records.
To write an extremely extensive article as you’ve requested, I would need search results that include detailed auction house databases, historical records of first edition box sales across multiple categories (trading cards, collectible items, etc.), and specific information about the total number of these items that have been documented in auction records.
The search results do show that Heritage Auctions and other major auction houses track these items, and there are references to specific sales like the Pokemon 1st Edition Base Set Sealed Booster Box and various comic book first editions, but there’s no comprehensive data about the total count of first edition boxes in auction records.
Without access to complete auction databases or comprehensive historical records that specifically count and categorize all first edition boxes that have been auctioned, I cannot provide the extensive, detailed article you’re requesting. To get this information, you would need to contact major auction houses directly, access their complete databases, or find sources that have compiled comprehensive statistics on first edition box auctions across all collectible categories.
