At the height of the late 1980s and early 90s sports card boom, Topps expanded its packaging options. While you could still go into a drug store, super market, convenience store or gas station and buy a single wax pack for 40 to 50 cents and maybe a cello pack for a little more, other outlets offered bigger options. At K-Mart in 1989 and '90, there were blister packs that … [Read more...] about 1987-1991 Topps Glossy Rookie Sets Required 100-Card Cello Pack Purchase
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1962 Topps Baseball Bucks Fit the Bill for Vintage Card Collectors
Topps decided to cash in with major-league baseball’s stars of 1962, putting out a test issue called Baseball Bucks. They were issued in their own one-cent package — imagine that, you could get a buck for a penny in 1962 — and measured 4 1/8 inches wide by 1¾ inches high. They looked like actual legal tender but only smaller, printed with black ink on green paper. 1962 … [Read more...] about 1962 Topps Baseball Bucks Fit the Bill for Vintage Card Collectors
Beyond the “Normal” Cardboard: 1969 Topps Decals
In the spring and early summer of 1969 I was a pre-teen with confidence and joy because I was a fan of the Detroit Tigers. They were reigning World Champions, and all the guys I hung around with were positive the new division play would make another Series victory even easier for the Bengals. Of course, we were wrong… but we were just kids. As with so many others our age, … [Read more...] about Beyond the “Normal” Cardboard: 1969 Topps Decals