I don't know how much more unopened I can take.....
Downtown1974
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before I get sucked into the web.
I'm pretty proud of myself that I have had the discipline to stay focused on 1 project for the last few years.
It is getting increasingly hard not to start an unopened collection.
It's not easy when guys like Tim have beautiful packs for sale on the BST forum, or the recent unopened BBCE boxes that have been over there as well. I just love the way graded packs and unopened boxes display.
I'm pretty proud of myself that I have had the discipline to stay focused on 1 project for the last few years.
It is getting increasingly hard not to start an unopened collection.
It's not easy when guys like Tim have beautiful packs for sale on the BST forum, or the recent unopened BBCE boxes that have been over there as well. I just love the way graded packs and unopened boxes display.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
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Jeff
<< <i> I just love the way graded packs and unopened boxes display. >>
And with that comment, it is just a matter of time before you join us. It's ok. Go to sleep and when you wake up, everything will be ok.
aconte
<< <i>I start every year thinking it will be the year I actually start an unopened collection. I do pretty well for about 4-5 months, then by the end of the year I just have more opened than I started with and zero unopened. >>
It's ok. Next time talk to us here first. We can help you.
aconte
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<< <i>I start every year thinking it will be the year I actually start an unopened collection. I do pretty well for about 4-5 months, then by the end of the year I just have more opened than I started with and zero unopened. >>
It's ok. Next time talk to us here first. We can help you.
aconte >>
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i love the way they display, too.
My intentions are good.
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.
Jmaciu's Collection
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
Love all the Phillies packs.
aconte
On the 74 wax tray, the product code on the back ends in a 9, yet the front graphics don't match either 69 or 79 wax trays? Did they just have a bunch of wax tray cellophane made in 1969 and then print new graphics on the front for each year?
<< <i>Nice packs Tim, perfect opportunity for me to learn something.
On the 74 wax tray, the product code on the back ends in a 9, yet the front graphics don't match either 69 or 79 wax trays? Did they just have a bunch of wax tray cellophane made in 1969 and then print new graphics on the front for each year? >>
Yes, the product code on back of a '74 tray should end in 9, and the tray (which Topps used from '70 forward) features the whale and battleship mail in promos. Topps finally changed the cardboard tray in '75. There are a number of '76 trays out there that are being advertised as '74 due to the fact that Topps reused wrappers from '74 on some packs in '76, but the way to tell for sure which is which is by the cardboard tray and also the pack price, which was 10c in '74 on the wax trays.
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.
1976 tray...notice the 15c pack price and different cardboard tray from '74, though the wrappers are from '74 packs..
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.
Topps modified the wax tray packaging once again for 1978, when the bar code was positioned on the cellophane instead of the tray itself
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.
<< <i>That's great info Tim, thanks. So all 1969-1974 wax trays should end in a 9? And the back advertisement for each of those years is the same as well? >>
Yes. The trays were consistent for that era (actually from 1970 through 1974, as in '69 Topps produced a tray with SIX packs, instead of 3, with two packs stacked on top of one another on the tray). 1979 trays have a product code ending in 8, atually, from the 1978 modification, so there should be no baseball trays in '79 with a product coide ending in 9 anyway.
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.
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.
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.
<< <i>Excellent, thanks. I noticed one of the 75 trays ends in a 4. I'm assuming Topps made new cellophane in 1974. Have you seen a 74 tray that ends in a 4? >>
No, never. The packaging for the packs was occasionally designed the year prior in anticipation of the next year's production, which is why both '75 and '76 trays have product codes ending in '4. This is also the reason why 1973 Topps baseball cello packs bear a product code on those packs ending with -2 because the wrapper was also designed a year prior to the production change.
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.
<< <i>Makes sense, thanks. >>
NP, Reggie. When you think about it, it also makes sense that Topps used the same tray packaging from 1970 through 1974, too, before changing it in 1975 when the price of the pack was changed from 10c to 15c. That would also explain why in '69 the trays contained six packs as the price per pack in 1969 was 5c.
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.
BTW I was strictly building PSA sets from the 70s, but then noticed 1970s unopened were drying up so started stashing some to rip later...next thing you know
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This was the last time I was home, it has probably doubled by now, and I have Tim and CPAMike to blame for this! My 2 1977 Topps vending were bought around 2009. I was told by a friend that he had only seen 3 in the previous decade and he ripped two. I have not seen one since
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Jmaciu's Collection
<< <i>Thanks for the pictures. Has anyone seen a 1971 or 1973 baseball wax tray? These seem to be the scarcest from the 1970s. >>
No, I have never even seen a photo of one, much less an actual tray come up for auction from either of those years. I have seen 1970 and 1972, but never a 1971 or a 1973.
Henry, sweet unopened haven there!!
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.
<< <i>Dude, you have an unhealthy relationship with 81 Donruss. >>
LOL, I have fond memories of 1981 DR and they are still cheap. Also, I figured based on how bad the cards are out of the box I'll need a van full to complete a high grade set and have to throw the rest away. I actually have almost double that number of boxes now
"I still say you gotta open that stuff at some point. To each their own. Its very impressive that youre keeping so many possible nice HOFers off the card market/collections."
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I'm sure to get a lot of grief for this, but...
It's a fact that there are way, way, way more '70s baseball cards out in the wild
than there are people who want to collect them. Yes, even Hall Of Famers.
So the only way to make them rare is to play the grading game. "Hey, this
is rare because it's a PSA 10. Yay me!!" All the while there are plenty of
PSA 6, 7, and 8s out there, either graded or raw, that are really nice cards,
but they're as common as sand on the beach.
So, why would you need to open more unopened packs? It's either to add
to the sand, or to play the grading game?
While unopened packs may be as common as sand "crabs" on the beach, at
least they're a magnitude more rare that single cards, so why not keep them
sealed??
...and that's all I have to say about that.
Carry on...
"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
<< <i>Bob, just took a quick trip downtown to 1974...
I remember saving up enough Bazooka comics to earn enough points to get the umpire ball and strike counter!!
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1980-1989 Cello Packs - Rookies
You always have something to make my jaw drop.