Topps cut card case?

dalemurphycollector · February 19, 2008 10:59AM

Does anyone have any information on 1982 Topps cut card cases?

yankeeno7 · February 19, 2008 11:10AM

Like any cut case, the case is by the sheet letter. Sheet A, B, C, D, E, etc... I cant remember how many cards come in a cut case but its in the thousands. So, take 132 cards (specific sheet) and you get LOTS AND LOTS of duplicates of the same card. They are not at all packaged well. Top and bottom cards of the case can get really beat. Seems like the cut cases sometimes contain many wrongbacks and/or blank backs but no guarantee of that. You have to know for sure what letter sheet it is so you know exactly what players will be in the case. I imagine a cut case with Ripken rookie would go for good money. The rest is basically garbage. What do you do with 75 cards of the same player of 132 different players?

dalemurphycollector · February 19, 2008 11:16AM

Anyone know which sheet Dale Murphy was printed on?

Stone193 · February 19, 2008 1:37PM

<< <i>Anyone know which sheet Dale Murphy was printed on? >>

I'll give ya what I know.

Besides what was said - to add - most cut card cases have about 8650 cards - and if one sheet were represented, that would give that number divided by 132 of each card e.g.

They're packed without any kind of wrapping or boxes - so the condition can vary. These were wholesaled at the end of the season in this way - what people did with them back then? Varies I guess.

Now for the sheets - if ya look on the back of a card - the sheet designator is on the bottom - I think they did this in the 70s and the 80s.

So, if ya have the Murphy card, check the bottom.

Here's 2 83T Boggs cards and one can see that they came off the "E" sheet.

If the price is right, I think it's a great gamble to pick up some 9s and 10s.

mike

TheVon · February 19, 2008 1:41PM

Dave and Adams Card World have a bunch of these cases for sale right now. Here's is what they said on their web site about them if anyone is interested:

What is a cut card case?
One of the least common and misunderstood packaging options in trading cards, cut card cases were utilized by Topps and O-Pee-Chee throughout the 70s and 80s as a way to closeout year-end stock. These cases were not made available to regular candy wholesalers like wax, cello, and rack, but to a select few companies that specialized in buying excess inventory in bulk.

A typical cut card case consists of 8,650 cards, and may or may not have been sealed with glue or tape when it left the factory. After all, these cases were not meant to be resold in its current form. The contents of a case varied greatly when compared to its much more common counterpart, the vending case. In a vending case, Topps would randomly package 12,000 cards (500 cards to a vending box) from a particular sport/year, therefore ensuring the expectation of being able to make a certain quantity of sets. With a cut card case, a single sheet or combination of sheets are cut down to individual cards, then packed in bulk (without 500 count boxes) into a case that holds approximately 8500-9000 cards.

In order to determine what cards are available in a cut card case, one must determine what cards come on a particular sheet. For example, on the back of the 1987 Topps Barry Bonds rookie #320, the code found on the card indicates that it was cut from the "C" sheet. Therefore, in a cut card case with only the "C" sheet of cards, one can estimate there will be 65 of each card from the 132 card sheet (8,650 divided by 132 cards on a sheet = approximately 65.)

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Stone193 · February 19, 2008 4:00PM

Thanx for the link Von

We've discussed cuts before - and I save all the definitions that are discussed - but - I'm saving the link.

Cool pic - that looks like a beat up case - can't tell what year?

mike

dalemurphycollector · February 19, 2008 9:48PM

Great info guys. It's really nice to be able to pick the brains of this knowledgable board. Once again thanks.

Topps cut card case?

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