Okay, lets say 1968 Topps, how many of each card were made??
ar18
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were all cards printed the same amount of times?? Were there roughly say 10k of each card made? Are there any records of quantity??
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as for the same amt of times.....no some sheets have double prints on them.
steve
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I don't think the rarity is really measureable when you take condition into consideration. I think there are a lot of old cards out there, but not many that are in good condition. The only near measure we have is the PSA population report.
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<< <i>were all cards printed the same amount of times?? Were there roughly say 10k of each card made? Are there any records of quantity?? >>
Tex
I think these are the most guarded secrets akin to the Manhattan Project!
Back then, not only is there the possibility of single, double and triple prints but short prints as well.
To complicate the issue - some series were not printed in high number - some say the last series since it was so close to football season that Topps was affraid candy stores would not sell much product.
And finally, you're talking about surviving 40 yrs. It's hard to say how much of the product is just plain gone forever?
Let someone go to the New York Times and put in a full page ad paying 20 thousand dollars for every PSA 9 that they can produce and we would have to see what shakes out of the tree!
mike
Cards aren't like coins whereby with coins the exact mintage amounts have been basically kept accurately by the federal government, and is public information readily listed in coin collecting books. Perhaps you already knew that about cards.
I have read some "estimated" amounts on card production but who knows if they are accurate. "Everybody" always talks about maybe the possibility of a "hoard" of vintage mint cards being uncovered someday - I doubt that very much.
I have heard that management at Topps kept almost no records on things like this, which makes it a very difficult thing to answer. That said, there have to be former Topps employees out there who could shed some light on it. Hell, Sy Berger is still alive and doesn't he know the answer to everything about Topps?
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I have heard this figure a number of times for cards of the 1960's. Figuring roughly 600 cards to a set, times 100,000 cards equals 60,000,000 cards, at approximately 1 penny each, retail value would equal $600,000. Not a small amount in 1960's dollars so that 100,000 each figure I always considered a possibility.
You would have to get sales figures for Topps in those years, hopefully broken down by category but if not, a rough good guestimate could maybe be gotten. Don't forget Topps had other sports cards also as well as non-sports cards, and of course other candy and gum sales. Microfilmed New York newspapers in libraries might probably list Topps sales. Topps may have these sales figures somewhere, if not on their website, they might give them out in a phone call. Topps was a private company back then so perhaps these figures actually may not be available.
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