Just looking to update this thread.. was able to find a happy medium collecting Topps packs... I collected sealed packs from 1970 to present... I collected wrappers for all the 1960 packs and just put 10 modern cards in them.. and folded them back up to look sealed..
for the 1950s I actually just printed out an image of an unfolded wrapper off google.. and put 10 cards in them... and folded it up and taped it shut.. haha it actually looks ok... (the 1951 pack is the only real one from the 1950s-1960s)
My amazing wife was kind enough to get me the display that I asked for... for christmas... and I put the whole thing together... 1950s at the top... each row is a new decade.. present day at the bottom..
I like the way it came out... Hope you guys like it.
