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Real Wax Packs Are Back? With Pearl Jam Wax Pack

Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
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So my buddy came in to work today. He was in Chicago for the Pearl Jam Concert at Wrigley. He knows I collect cards and he hands me a pack of Pearl Jam cards. I think they were only available at the concert.
So he hands them to me and I notice they are wrapped tight and then it hits me. It's a real wax pack. I thought I read that all of the old wax pack machines broke and the card companies went to the new style packs.

Does anyone know who made the cards and who has the wax pack sealer machine?
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  • sportscardtheorysportscardtheory Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭
    Where can I get some of these packs or cards???
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  • arexarex Posts: 999 ✭
    Does anyone know where I can get some of those!
    Pearl Jam is the band of my youth!
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    Scanning the pack now
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for posting!!!

    I just snagged a pack from EBAY.

    I never got to see them live. I had tickets in 1998 and didn't get to use them.

  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That pack has clearly been resealed..


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • beef316beef316 Posts: 174
    What an awesome souvenir.
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭
    The cards look to be in the 1972 Topps baseball design, but with black borders. They look super cool.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    image

    NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!
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  • letsgocapitalsletsgocapitals Posts: 177 ✭✭
    Nothing but Pearl Jam on my jogging IPOD. Saw em a few years ago when they came to DC. Awesome concert... they play til Eddie can't sing anymore.
  • mark34mark34 Posts: 106
    Get it graded!
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    Cool.
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  • sportscardtheorysportscardtheory Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭
    Still have yet to see a back scan of any card.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 71/72 motif is really sharp...that would make a terrific baseball card.


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  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    I tweeted Pearl Jam for you, let's see if they respond telling me who the manufacturer of the sets is. You can buy these for about $50.00 a pack on eBay right now (ouch!). Here is a photo of an open set from eBay in case you want to see the cards:

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  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    And there is this sticker as well:

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  • calgarycollectorcalgarycollector Posts: 356
    Very cool find, this listing shows the box but doesn't give any clues as to origin

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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Are any of the members baseball or baseball card fanatics?
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    There are two pretty cool posters also. One "Cracker Jack" and one "Monster". Check 'em out:

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pearl Jam


    It looks like a baseball theme due to the venue.


    Here is a cool looking hat.


    Pearl Jam Hat


  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Are any of the members baseball or baseball card fanatics? >>



    If memory serves, the band was originally called Mookie Blaylock. So someone at least likes sports.
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Are any of the members baseball or baseball card fanatics? >>



    If memory serves, the band was originally called Mookie Blaylock. So someone at least likes sports. >>



    excellent memory. in the early days they were also expert crowd surfers and encouraged their fans to toss high-top sneakers on the stage.

    then, they would throw them back. one of those sneakers hit me in the head. ow. image
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    They must love baseball because they had Ernie Banks out on stage and I think they were singing a baseball song they wrote for Wrigley.
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    sportscardtheory - I saw on card back but they are puzzle pieces and I didn't see any manufacture info on it. I have a question it to the guy who has an empty box on eBay.

    dytch2220 - Let me know if you hear anything back from the Tweet.


    Thanks for the help guys and if I find out anything out I will let you know.
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And there is this sticker as well:

    image >>



    How the hell does that big round sticker fit into the smaller square pack???
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    7 cards


    I am guessing that one of the cards in this lot is actually a sticker. I have seen a few lots with 7 cards.

  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    The puzzle.

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  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't this belong in the non-sports forum? Sorry, forum-nazi background.

    Cool cards and packs nonetheless.
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  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    I created the thread about the wax pack and the lack of real Sports Card Wax packs and not what were in the packs. If it needs to be moved, have it moved.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    you're in the right place. this is a pretty cool thread, actually. let's keep it here and make good use of it.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nascar see if you can find out how much a pack cost at the show.

    A few of the listings indicated that there was a big storm and many got their cards wet. This could be a good thing from an investment standpoint.

    I have purchased two packs so far at an average cost of $44. If they come down in price after this initial pop I will be buying more for sure. If not then at least I grabbed a few.


  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    Dpeck, the packs were $5.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Are any of the members baseball or baseball card fanatics? >>



    If memory serves, the band was originally called Mookie Blaylock. So someone at least likes sports. >>



    I saw them sometime in the mid-late 90s. Wasn't really a fan, but hey, they came to my small college town, so we went. Anyway, I remember noticing about 10-12 different basketball Starting Lineup figures affixed to the top of the bass player's amp. I thought that was pretty cool
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I figured they were in that range.

    Thanks Maurice.
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    They were $5 at the show. The show did get held for 2 hours due to a thunder storm. I will ask him how much it rained.
  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    There was also a limit of 2 packs per person and sold out quickly.
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    "When we were recording our first record, we had a per diem of about $10. So when we got lunch at the store across the street, we'd always buy a pack of basketball cards. When we turned in our tape, we didn't have a name for the band yet so we put a Mookie Blaylock card in the case. We were about to go on a tour and still didn't have a name and needed one quickly. We were told it didn't need to be the name that we were going to use forever, just something for the tour. Someone saw the Mookie Blaylock card and said, ‘How about Mookie Blaylock?' We decided to go with it and did a 10-show tour with Alice in Chains as Mookie Blaylock. Mookie was cool about it, too—he didn't sue us. I actually got to meet him later on and shoot around a little bit. We also made a Pearl Jam T-shirt with a picture of him on it. I guess we owe Mookie a lot."
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    I was told that the folks on the floor got moved inside before the rain started. I am not sure about the folks in the stands so the fact that some cards got messed up due to rain might be true.

    There was a limit of 2 packs per person and my buddy said he did not see stacks of wax boxes.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pearl Jam Cards


    Here is the Watchcount list.
  • FavreFan1971FavreFan1971 Posts: 3,103 ✭✭✭
    Wait? Where are the auto inserts or the swatch of a sweaty shirt? Clearly these are not modern cards - image
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Much like PJ20, fans traveled to Chicago from both near and far and were treated to a setlist that included gems like Mother Love Bone's "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns."

    This is such an awesome song!

    It says there was a crowd of over 40,000 in attendance.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Box



    This ended earlier tonight. This is the first image I have seen of what a complete box looked like. There was another listing a few days ago with what appeared to be a portion of the box but not a complete one.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    EBAY sales


    These cards are on fire. There are recent sales of single packs in the high $60 range now.

  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Impressive! Talk about a steal for all those who purchased them at $5 a pop at the shows. I wonder if other bands will start doing this soon?
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    It would have been great if Jeff Ament had written a certain phrase on the bat knob.
  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭

    Will PSA grade these? Seems like an easy set to get approved. Wondering if anyone has tried and gotten rejected for any reason.

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I tried a few years ago and they got rejected.

    SGC and BGS grade them so perhaps PSA does now or will.

    I have a nice little batch of blazers from the packs I bought and sold the rest.

    Sealed packs are still very strong on eBay.

  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭

    Seems strange that they wouldn’t grade them. It’s a pretty straight forward set with plenty of available information about them.. the packs would be cool slabbed

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭

    I see a bunch of Pearl Jam packs that are in the vain of 1990 Pro Set NBA on eBay. Kind of cool looking!!

  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭

    And it appears they did some that resemble 1991 Topps!!

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