Posted By:
Mike McGrailGreetings,
I am sure that many of you have seen the "flagship" lot in the current MastroNet auction. Kind of hard to miss a 1952 Topps wax box, seeing that the catalog was designed to look like a big wax pack from that year. After I finished drooling on the pages, I started to wonder about the chances of actually finding any high number cards within the 24 packs. Assuming the winner (it won't be me!) actually opens them.
From what I understand of the 1952 Topps set, the high number cards (311 - 407) were issued quite late during the 1952 season. So late, that Topps found themselves with a huge inventory at the end of the season. A large quantity were even dumped into the ocean.
Now, the wax box being auctioned strikes me as a promotional thing that would have been created and distributed before (or at latest early into) the 1952 season. And would then only contain cards 1 thru 310.
Along these lines, I would think that there is no real chance that any of the 24 packs contain high number cards.
Would do you folks think? Am I overlooking something here?
Ciao for now
Mike