Anyone recognize these? 1993 Topps Gold Cello Pack

PROMETHIUS88

It's a box of 1993 Topps gold baseball with 39 cards in a sealed cello pack inside. This much I know. but what I'm curious about is how these were distributed. Were they given out as prizes for the game cards or to dealers, etc. Anyone?

countdouglas

Oh, gosh, 25 years ago... I'm trying to recall... and I feel a memory trying to bubble up...I may be completely off on this, but I believe there was some kind of scratch off insert game inside of each pack, where you could win free Topps gold cards. Topps failed to realize until well into the distribution of the game pieces that all you had to do was hold them up to a light bulb and you could tell which ones to scratch off. What you have is likely one of the early prizes. After being flooded with winner redemptions, they began stamping the later prizes in gold foil with the word winner above the player name. I'm not sure how accurate my memory is, but it sure seems like it was something along those lines.

countdouglas

Oooops! I think I was off by a year. 1992 had the word winner stamped on. I guess I have no idea what you have.

PROMETHIUS88

@countdouglas said:
Oh, gosh, 25 years ago... I'm trying to recall... and I feel a memory trying to bubble up...I may be completely off on this, but I believe there was some kind of scratch off insert game inside of each pack, where you could win free Topps gold cards. Topps failed to realize until well into the distribution of the game pieces that all you had to do was hold them up to a light bulb and you could tell which ones to scratch off. What you have is likely one of the early prizes. After being flooded with winner redemptions, they began stamping the later prizes in gold foil with the word winner above the player name. I'm not sure how accurate my memory is, but it sure seems like it was something along those lines.

Those were in 1992. These are the winner redemption packs you are thinking of....

countdouglas

Just came across this. First time I'm aware of seeing this type of packaging. The numbers don't quite match up. 36 or 40 vs 39. I don't have a good explanation, but it's cool to see something I've never seen before, both this photo and yours.

bishop

The Topps 1992 Gold full set was 792, same as base set. There was also a traded set of 132 and a God Winner set of 792. In 1993 the Gold set was 825 and in 1994 792

PROMETHIUS88

I knew they did a some years of full gold sets but I just can't figure out what the heck this pack is from or why 39 cards

Stone193

Brien Taylor - if memory serves, he was #6 in the 1992 Topps set?

Did you get the "gold set" in '92, Al?

FINESTKIND

The 1993 gold card were inserts in packs.

PROMETHIUS88

Putting this back to the top in case there are any new eyes that might have an idea.

Time4aGansett

Perhaps Reed knows?

artee

Redemption prize pack perhaps? Factory set bonus or dealer sample?

What player is on the bottom of the cello? If the card number or printing year is different, then that may provide a clue of pre-production status.

PROMETHIUS88

BLUEJAYWAY

Have you tried an Email/call to Topps?

_EagleEyeKid_

Where in the world did you get that cello from? I used to love those cards.

maddux69

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Have you tried an Email/call to Topps?

Yes, with the product code 1-996-39-01-3 they must have some records of how they were distributed.

PROMETHIUS88

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Have you tried an Email/call to Topps?

Not yet. That thought only crossed my mind yesterday.

EagleEyeKid said:
Where in the world did you get that cello from? I used to love those cards.

Just in with some old store inventory. I can't say where originally.

bishop

The 93 and 94 Gold sets are pretty easy to put together but getting both variations of the winner cards, certified ( redeemed) and uncertified ( never redeemed) can be tough and expensive, especialły the uncertified versions. There are 14 possible checklists for both sets... A, B, C, D, A/B, C/D, A/B/C/D cards, certified and uncertified