Topps Wax Pack Run and Wrapper Run
frankhardy
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I thought I would share a minor area of focus on my collection. Even though there are much more elaborate pack and wrapper collections out there, I think this is kind of neat.
As I work my way down completing Topps sets, which is currently from 1969 to 2013 Topps (base and traded), I am adding to those sets an unopened wax pack from every series and traded down to 1975, which is my birth year. Also, I am adding a wax wrapper from 1991 (last year of wax paper) on down as I complete my Topps sets. I have a 1969 on the way, so it is not pictured below.
I started this a few years ago and have enjoyed watching the collection grow. The 1975 pack is GAI authenticated. 1976 through 1991 were bought from BBCE, so they are authentic and unopened. Every series, along with traded/update series are included in the pack run.
The first picture is the wax wrapper collection. Many even have gum behind the wrapper! The following pictures are the pack run.
As I work my way down completing Topps sets, which is currently from 1969 to 2013 Topps (base and traded), I am adding to those sets an unopened wax pack from every series and traded down to 1975, which is my birth year. Also, I am adding a wax wrapper from 1991 (last year of wax paper) on down as I complete my Topps sets. I have a 1969 on the way, so it is not pictured below.
I started this a few years ago and have enjoyed watching the collection grow. The 1975 pack is GAI authenticated. 1976 through 1991 were bought from BBCE, so they are authentic and unopened. Every series, along with traded/update series are included in the pack run.
The first picture is the wax wrapper collection. Many even have gum behind the wrapper! The following pictures are the pack run.
Shane
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Bosox1976
That is right up my alley. Great looking run of wrappers and packs.
Congrats!!!!
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Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
Well done.
Collecting:
post world war II HOF rookie
76 topps gem mint 10 commons 9 stars
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successful deals with Keevan, Grote15, 1954, mbogoman
The thing that I am immediately drawn to, is how much more artistic the vintage wrappers from 1970 to 1980 are from the modern ones (the post 1980 ones aren't much better than the modern ones). The modern wrappers have all the benefits of better technology and graphic design, but the vintage ones look so much motre appealing from an artistic standpoint and representative of pop culture from this era. It's almost like once Topps was no longer the only card company in town, they lost all their artistic design capabilities.
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>Nice collection!
The thing that I am immediately drawn to, is how much more artistic the vintage wrappers from 1970 to 1980 are from the modern ones (the post 1980 ones aren't much better than the modern ones). The modern wrappers have all the benefits of better technology and graphic design, but the vintage ones look so much motre appealing from an artistic standpoint and representative of pop culture from this era. It's almost like once Topps was no longer the only card company in town, they lost all their artistic design capabilities. >>
Thanks, guys.
One small counter-point to that observation is that once 1981 rolled around and Topps had some competition, they did change their logo to the one they now use from the logo that had the lowercase "t" with a curved bottom.
Shane
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<< <i>Nice collection!
The thing that I am immediately drawn to, is how much more artistic the vintage wrappers from 1970 to 1980 are from the modern ones (the post 1980 ones aren't much better than the modern ones). The modern wrappers have all the benefits of better technology and graphic design, but the vintage ones look so much motre appealing from an artistic standpoint and representative of pop culture from this era. It's almost like once Topps was no longer the only card company in town, they lost all their artistic design capabilities. >>
Thanks, guys.
One small counter-point to that observation is that once 1981 rolled around and Topps had some competition, they did change their logo to the once they now use from the logo that had the lowercase "t" with a curved bottom. >>
Beautiful run Shane.
And good observation on the "Topps" logo pre and post-81. Never thought about it.
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