Topps Unopened Supplemental Wax Packs

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:49AM

1985 TOPPS 3-D

1985 TOPPS PHOTO RUB DOWNS

1985 TOPPS STICKERS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:50AM

1985 TOPPS SUPER

1985 TOPPS TRADED

1986 TOPPS 3-D

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:51AM

1986 TOPPS LEAGUE LEADERS

1986 TOPPS STICKERS

1986 TOPPS TATTOOS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:53AM

1987 TOPPS COINS

1987 TOPPS LEAGUE LEADERS

1987 TOPPS STICKERS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:55AM

1988 TOPPS AMERICAN BASEBALL

1988 TOPPS BIG BASEBALL (3 Series)

1988 TOPPS COINS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:56AM

1988 TOPPS LEAGUE LEADERS

1988 TOPPS METS/YANKEES DOUBLEHEADERS PROTOTYPE

1988 TOPPS STICKERS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:58AM

1989 TOPPS AMERICAN BASEBALL

1989 TOPPS BIG BASEBALL (3 Series)

1989 TOPPS COINS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 10:59AM

1989 TOPPS DOUBLEHEADERS

1989 TOPPS HEADS UP!

1989 TOPPS LEAGUE LEADERS

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 11:01AM

1989 TOPPS METS/YANKEES DOUBLEHEADERS

1989 TOPPS STICKERS

1990 TOPPS BIG BASEBALL (3 Series)

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 11:02AM

1990 TOPPS COINS

1990 TOPPS DOUBLEHEADERS

1990 TOPPS HEADS UP!

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 11:04AM

1990 TOPPS STICKERS

1991 TOPPS DESERT SHIELD

1991 TOPPS STAND-UPS

1991 TOPPS TRIPLE HEADERS

HoofHearted · April 2, 2006 11:23AM

Holy cow, Bob! What a colorful, fun collection! I see you just posted the 1981 Topps Scratchoff that I just scanned to see if you had it. I also see the 5x7 Photos pack, which is the same one I have.

Anyway, here are the scans I had PMed you about. (Sorry about the large scans. Photobucket just bit the dust for awhile the way it looks. I'll work on reducing the size later.)

You have this unopened '80T 5x7...

and you have this 1981 Topps Scratchoff...

and you almost didn't have this (off by one year) 1989 Topps Mini League Leader...

but you did need this unopened 1990 Sportsflic right?!

I'll keep looking through my stuff to see if there's anything else I might have that you need. You seem to have everything I've got from 1981 on and then some. Keep up the good work. You'll have to open a museum some day. I'd make the pilgrimage!

hh

jackstraw · April 2, 2006 11:58AM

How I missed this thread is beyond me? I check these boards each and every day from the day I joined? Anywho nice stuff Bob! If you don't mind me asking is the Griffey 89 Heads up test the same head shot as the 90?

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 12:18PM

John,

I believe so, but I don't know for sure. I've never opened the box of '90s that I have since I know that one box = one complete set. Luckily, they have the copyright year on the back so you can tell the difference.

Bob

bobsbbcards · April 2, 2006 12:18PM

Mike,

Yep, the '90 Sportflics is one that I need. Thanks!

Bob

Ripken · April 2, 2006 5:37PM

Bob,

Don't forget the '79 test comics...I remember when they first came out, we lucked into a few boxes, took them to a show and sold the case in about 20 minutes. That was the era when ANYTHING new and different from Topps was really anticipated & appreciated. Simpler times but fun and MUCH less expensive! We really thought we could collect everything back then and not die trying.

divecchia · April 2, 2006 6:28PM

<< 1979 TOPPS COMICS

>>

Ripken...

Posted earlier on in the thread.

Donato

mikeschmidt · April 3, 2006 12:18AM

Bob - you rock

jackstraw · April 3, 2006 12:23AM

Bob
Do you know how the 1990 Topps Kmart LL mini cards were issued? Not the standard Topps Mini LL they have the Batting Avg. of each player on the front and I am sure they are tough?

bobsbbcards · April 3, 2006 12:53AM

<< Bob
Do you know how the 1990 Topps Kmart LL mini cards were issued? Not the standard Topps Mini LL they have the Batting Avg. of each player on the front and I am sure they are tough? >>

John,
They were issued one per pack in the K-Mart cellos. Not sure how many cards you had to buy to get one of the league leader cards, but if I remember correctly, it looked like about 72 of them. Same answer for the '89s.
Bob

flatfoot816 · April 3, 2006 2:42AM

Bob--awesome stuff from someone who loves vintage unopened wax and has a decent collection. I was lucky enpough to pick up a
GAI-8 '68 Action All Star pack, and a '69 Topps Super pack. Rare stuff as you know. I actually shared your thread on the eBay vintage wax pack board and it got great reviews. Do you sell on eBay? If so, what is your ID? Do you have a web site? I assume you sell, if so, how? I am sure you have stuff I would be interested in...
Thanks--Manny

bobsbbcards · April 3, 2006 4:16AM

<< Bob--awesome stuff from someone who loves vintage unopened wax and has a decent collection. I was lucky enpough to pick up a
GAI-8 '68 Action All Star pack, and a '69 Topps Super pack. Rare stuff as you know. I actually shared your thread on the eBay vintage wax pack board and it got great reviews. Do you sell on eBay? If so, what is your ID? Do you have a web site? I assume you sell, if so, how? I am sure you have stuff I would be interested in...
Thanks--Manny >>

Hi Manny,

Congrats on landing the Action All-Star and '69 Super packs. Amazingly rare. Is your Super pack graded?

I didn't know there was an eBay vintage wax pack board. I'll have to go check it out.

My eBay ID is the same as my CU login. I've sold only a few things on eBay and nothing for the last few months. I sold my backup set of '68 3-D cards last year as my first adventure with eBay selling. It did OK.

Bob

flatfoot816 · April 3, 2006 10:14AM

Bob--here is a link to the eBay wax pack group. Some novices, some vets who have great collections. null

I got the '69 Super pack from Sportscards Plus a few years back. He had an auction of some great stuff--3 super packs, a complete set of '67 Stand Ups, etc. It is not graded. I cannot stand GAI anymore and am waiting to see if PSA does jump into pack grading. GAI does nothing for me as a customer. I do buy slabbed packs, but have not sent any in for some time. Another nice item I have is a '60 BB Rak with Yaz on top--GAI-7.5. If I knew how to post pics on this board, I would.

flatfoot816 · April 3, 2006 10:15AM

Looks like the link did not work--here it goes again

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bobsbbcards · April 3, 2006 10:39AM

Manny,
Thanks for the link! I searched around on eBay for a while today, but I was looking in a different place. I requested membership, so I'll just have to wait and see if I'm allowed in. Is there an initiation test?

What is your favorite color? Blue. No yel-- Auuuuuuuugh!

Bob

P.S. I'm also waiting for PSA to start grading packs.

CON40 · April 3, 2006 11:41AM

Bob, your run of modern packs is astounding... you are a true collector in every sense of the word! You are the first person I've met who has actually bothered to keep so many of those late '80s oddball issues... and thnaks for posting the '51 Connie Mack pack... it's gorgeous! Looks like that's a picture of Teddy ballgame on the wrapper which is ironic considering that it would be 3 more years before Topps actually had him under contract!

flatfoot816 · April 3, 2006 12:29PM

Bob--no test to join the vintage wax group. But you have to agree to bust open a pre-75 pack. Have fun and good luck. See you on the board!

Griffins · April 3, 2006 3:12PM

Mams- don't let Bob off so easily. He's got to bust that Plak pack and build them.

bobsbbcards · April 3, 2006 8:27PM

<< Mams- don't let Bob off so easily. He's got to bust that Plak pack and build them. >>

I could probably bust the pack open, but heck if I could build the darn thing. I've still got glue stuck between my fingers from building my Aurora Incredible Hulk model in '67.

Keith,
It wasn't just Topps unopened crap that I kept. This is the proverbial tip o' the crap iceberg.
Bob

mikeschmidt · April 3, 2006 9:14PM

<< Mams- don't let Bob off so easily. He's got to bust that Plak pack and build them. >>

I would have a hard time not busting that particular pack, just because that checklist is the most beautiful baseball checklist ever produced

bishop · April 4, 2006 12:36AM

mikeschmidt · January 13, 2010 3:52PM

I usually don't put an old thread to the top, simply because it is a cool old thread, but I ran across this one this evening, and thought it was worth putting back up here. Very very cool to look through this thread. Hope those that joined in the last four years enjoy :-)

flatfoot816 · January 14, 2010 1:33AM

good idea!

Bob's collection is awesome!

Saw t einterest in the '67 Yaz Punch Out. When I get home I'll try and remember to scan it and post it. Mine is PSA-5.

Bob--get any of the boxes in the last Mastro...errr Legendary Auction? Many went unsold. Many nice and rare boxes!

bobsbbcards · January 14, 2010 3:21AM

<< Bob--get any of the boxes in the last Mastro...errr Legendary Auction? Many went unsold. Many nice and rare boxes! >>

I lusted after them in my heart, but I did not bid. They would have been great to have, but I knew I couldn't afford to start down another collecting path.

It's fun to see this thread resurrected. I've gained a few of the things that I didn't have when this thread was started.

I also found a '64 Topps Tattoos pack with the red wrapper, but I haven't scanned it yet (lazy).

HoofHearted · January 21, 2010 3:13PM

Hey, Bob,

I've posted this image elsewhere of a '64 Push-Pull I got from a neighbor when he was moving back in the mid-60s. It's not in the best shape, but it's sure a conversation piece!

cougar701 · January 21, 2010 11:18PM

This is a kewl post! Very fun to see all the crazy stuff that was out there.

itzagoner · January 22, 2010 1:59AM

awesome thread, thanks.

1954 · January 22, 2010 3:13AM

Bob
What a collection of unopened packs you have there. I don't think we will ever see this pack come up and if it does I am sure it will go for over $15K if it does.

Regards,
Shane

1971 TOPPS GREATEST MOMENTS

Don't have.

bobsbbcards · January 22, 2010 5:35AM

<< I don't think we will ever see a 1971 Topps Greatest Moments pack come up and if it does I am sure it will go for over $15K. >>

Shane,

I think you're probably right. At this point, I'd just love to see one.

Bob

jmoran19 · January 22, 2010 7:10AM

forget an unopened pack, has anyone ever seen a wrapper for the 71 greatest moment set? The topps vault had a proof box a few years ago.

Griffins · January 22, 2010 7:10AM

Were they even issued in packs? The cards seem more plentiful that other sets ('68 3d, Plaks, etc) but I don't think a circulated wrapper has ever appeared, much less a pack. Wondering if it's like '61 Dice.
Shane, I think $15k might be conservative, Bob and Al R. both would be opening up their deep, bottomless pockets for that one!

bobsbbcards · January 22, 2010 7:54AM

<< Bob and Al R. both would be opening up their deep, bottomless pockets for that one! >>

Al maybe, but my pockets definitely have bottoms.

bishop · January 23, 2010 2:33AM

Maybe, but you won't know until you get down a lot further

packCollector · August 27, 2013 6:20AM

an old thread that came up when I was doing some google research.

lots of great stuff

bishop · June 24, 2017 2:00PM

Came back across this thread researching difference between 1970 and 1971 Super packs. Bob still has not found the bottom of his pockets

bishop · June 24, 2017 2:03PM

But I still do not know how to tell the difference between a 70 and 71 Super pack and hope someone can explain it in a way that is easier to apply than Bob did above

Griffins · June 25, 2017 8:37AM

@bishop said:
But I still do not know how to tell the difference between a 70 and 71 Super pack and hope someone can explain it in a way that is easier to apply than Bob did above

Easy. Open it.

bishop · June 26, 2017 12:14PM

Clear pack version of Yankee/Met 1988 Double Header Prototypes Bob Posted above

Topps Unopened Supplemental Wax Packs

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