1972 Topps Information/Images Needed

[deweyinthehall]

On to one of the all-time classics, and we're getting back far enough to where information needed will exceed the amount actually available, I think.

1. Printing Sheet Images:

Series 2 - I have a frankenstein slit with Jim Brewer in the upper left; could use an authentic; also need whatever its counterpart is with the other 66 cards. It'd be the one with all the In Action cards

Series 3 - Need the slit WITHOUT Tommy John in the upper left

Series 6 - I have a frankenstein with Willie Crawford in the upper left - could use a real one and also need it's opposite, the one with the In Action cards.

2. I need larger, clear images of the wax wrappers with the lollipop candy and each of the ones with some sort of pennant advertised on the side.

3. I have an image of a wax box with a "series 5" sticker - it's the only one I've seen marked in this way. Were all boxes marked on the outside with stickers or was it selective/random?

4. Cello case image/information needed.

5. Rack case and box image/information needed.

6. Grocery pack case and display tray image/information needed. Also, and image of the grocery pack reverse showing whatever ads are on the back of the cardboard tray.

7. Vending case image needed.

Thank you!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Series 2 - I have a frankenstein slit with Jim Brewer in the upper left; could use an authentic; also need whatever its counterpart is with the other 66 cards. It'd be the one with all the In Action cards

Ugh, the 1972 pattern of three rows repeating is the worst ever.

[deweyinthehall]

As I move into the sale-by-series era (an era that had passed before I ever bought a pack of cards) I need to try to get a better handle on some things.

I have found several 1972 racks - including the one here - that feature cards from different series.

So, apparently sale-by-series was not an absolute.

Did all series following series 1 contain a mix? Were wax packs, perhaps, 'pure' by series, and did only racks or others contain a mix? It would ad to the scarcity explanation of high series if even high series packs were watered down with earlier series cards.

Is there any rule of thumb other, perhaps, than to say something like - while cards were marketed by series, each year some packs wound up containing a mix as Topps tried to get rid of earlier series cards?

[jmoran19]

Series 1 full 264 card sheet. This is how production sheets were made. Then they were cut into 132 card halves, then 66 card quarter sheets.

[jmoran19]

Series 2 right 132 card sheet.

[jmoran19]

Series 3 left half 66 card proof sheet. I then pasted together what the full left half would look like.