View Full Version : Those irresistible 5 cent baseball card packs
tcrowntom
07-15-2009, 08:44 AM
How can a 4or5 year old kid in the early 1960's NOT open packs within reach?
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5758-Chicago-Sports-Memorabilia-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Hobbies-101Where-to-find-those-irresistible-baseball-card-packs
canjond
07-15-2009, 09:51 AM
"A few years ago a caller to my radio show at the time had found a few boxes of 1954 Topps packs when tearing up their Kitchen floor for a remodeling job. The boxes had been placed there for inexpensive insulation. After opening a bunch of packs, they decided to call our show to find if the rest of the unopened boxes were worth anything. If my memory serves me correctly, they had 4 more unopened boxes that sold for around $85,000....EACH!"
WOW.....
GrayGhost
07-15-2009, 09:58 AM
Nice tax issues there, tho something tells me they ignored them :)
As an adult, I could not have a wax box in the house because I would open all the packs. I have opened entire cases that I didn't purchase to open in an hour. It's like, do you know how I don't eat a whole bag of cheetoes or box of twinkies? I don't have a bag of cheatos or twinkies in the house.
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