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1975 Topps Information Sought
Hello - me again.
Appreciate any information/images regarding the 1975 Topps set - minis are of interest when specifically noted. 1) Have 4 of 5 printing sheets - upper left corners featuring Giusti, Taveras, Alou and Washington - need #5. 2) need image of wax wrapper with uncut team checklist ad 3) Grocery packs - info/images of potential 192-pack case/display stand 4) was there a 6-box rack case? 5) Minis: Cello case, rack box, rack case images; Were there mini grocery packs? If so, images would be great; Any uncut sheet images On the distribution of the minis - I've here at net54 and other places that they were sold from Northern California up the coast to Washington, in Michigan and New Jersey. Any other known areas? Even though prices have evened out in recent years we still believe they are rarer than the full sized - by a wide margin or not so wide? Thanks! |
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Thank you!
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I "think" this is the full size wax case
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That must be a full size wax case - I thought I already had and image of one, but the serial number or whatever it is (332-75) is different and I know that minis were in an identically marked case.
Thanks! PS These are minis then.... |
Man lots of tough cards on that sheet. 380 bando is just so tough. Grimsley upper right ain’t no picnic either. Tommy Davis up top is notorious for color bleed. 646 Checklist lower left also quite hard.
Been working on this set for over two years. It’s a lot of fun. There must be 40 or more condition sensitive cards in the set. |
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Have I heard correctly - did the uncut team checklists in 1975 come in both regular card stock as well as the lighter white card stock of later years?
I have the version on regular stock. If they did also come on the white stock, would that be the rarer version? If anyone could provide an image of the white stock version, particularly the reverse, it would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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1975 Bando sheet
I have a scan of the back, if interested.
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Very much so!
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Minis definitely distributed in Washington. Bought thousands of them from my local pharmacy.
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Although it's possible the store got them from a wholesaler or someone he knew in NJ. |
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I don't have many wax pack wrappers, but I do have one 1975 Mini wrapper....just not the one you are requesting, there is no ad for uncut team checklists...sorry |
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I had one packs worth I'd bought new. Had no idea about them until I moved to a town with a card shop in late 77. I suspect he really did get a box from someone in NY/NJ. The store I went to as a kid got raided by the FBI at one point.:eek: It was where everyone local got their "football cards" something that totally baffled young me. Why was the FBI interested in football cards. I had a whole boxful. Was I in trouble? No, these are different foot ball cards. Well how do I get them, how may in the set? It's not those wonder bread ones is it? :confused::confused::confused: Soooo many questions. That also went unanswered until about 3 years later. Tried getting one for the collection, but they were not easy to get, being used for "accounting purposes" by the issuer. |
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A lot of the towns were pretty small.
My "neighborhood" store was on the end of town near Pittsfield, right in with some subdivisions, and a couple hundred yards from a park that was used for little league. There was another that had them a couple streets over from school but I only went there once or twice. K mart had a vending machine, and another chain had rack packs usually in a 4x4 display just piled loose. Mom found me a Hank Aaron card there that I really wanted in 74. The smaller towns - not like Dalton was huge or anything, may not have had much since the stores were pretty far away from where kids would usually be. |
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