I just opened 3 boxes of 1991 Topps and....

DetroitSquirreL

I just opened 3 boxes of 1991 Topps and.... not even 1 Chipper Jones card!!!

saucywombat

I bet no Nolan Ryan either.

They are almost always in the same pack (Griffey, Sr., Tony Gwynn, Ronnie Walden as well)

DetroitSquirreL

I bought the 3 boxes thinking at the minimum I'd get 3, 1 per box.

cpamike

Sorry to hear that Scott. At least they were regular Topps and not Desert Shield.

Dodgerfanjohn

<< <i>I bought the 3 boxes thinking at the minimum I'd get 3, 1 per box. >>



Depending on the type of box, thats not even close.

Wax, I don't think you even average 2 of any given card per 3 wax boxes.

CubsKiller99

DodgerFanJohn is correct.

Perfect collation for 1991 Topps would be almost exactly 2 cards for every 3 boxes.

The best is when you get that one card you're looking for -- and it's
back is marred by wax. Or the front is the top card and gum-stained.

If every pack has 2 marred cards then 13 per pack * 36 packs = 468 good cards per box.
1991 Topps set is 792 so each box is .59 of the set with perfect collation. Need 5 boxes to get
three potntially gradeable good cards on average. But I've had runs of at least 5 boxes from 1991
without getting a card that I'm looking for.

jmmiller777

Yep, I have a monster box of 3500-4000 cards and I can't make a set. And I'm not just short a few cards either.

saucywombat

Ripped a box today and the Chipper was again in the same pack with Griffey, Sr., Ronnie Walden and Nolan Ryan.

ToadMan

I just finished opening a box a few weeks ago and in my very last pack of the box, bottom right corner, was a chipper that also included the Ryan.

DetroitSquirreL

a VERY gracious soul sent me free of charge a psa 9 chipper not long after I posted this....just got it today!!

gemint

Does anyone still pull vintage cards from those packs? If I recall, cards with a Beckett value below a certain amount at the time ($50?) were inserted in the packs while those more valuable were represented by a redeemable certificate.

PSamp77

<< <i>Does anyone still pull vintage cards from those packs? If I recall, cards with a Beckett value below a certain amount at the time ($50?) were inserted in the packs while those more valuable were represented by a redeemable certificate. >>



Drink up.

CubsKiller99

<< <i>Does anyone still pull vintage cards from those packs? If I recall, cards with a Beckett value below a certain amount at the time ($50?) were inserted in the packs while those more valuable were represented by a redeemable certificate. >>



I've gotten several from wax packs in the last two years.

They're usually a common that is at best ex-mt condition.

mets

I picked this one out of some of the variation wax (really a cello type pack) Steve had on his website last year

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mets

One more try.



I think that's better now