1971 Topps Questions

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Originally Posted by tschock

I opened quite a few back then, including some of the high numbers. I don't remember seeing much chipping at all and still have quite a few of those cards. I also remember having all the cards from the 3rd or 4th series at the time and still buying more packs from that series. LOL

To Dave's point, I do not doubt that but at all, but all of mine came from wax packs because that's what was at the local store. I probably 90-95% of the non-high numbers and maybe half of the high numbers by the time I was done buying them.

IIRC most of the wax I got back in 70-72 came from either the local Colonial Maid Ice Cream Truck (a vital source of Wacky's in '73 as well) or the local Luncheonette, which had a candy rack off to the side of the counter. The dime stores (and I think supermarkets) had the cello packs and the bigger toy outlets had Raks. The only true Topps packaging breakdowns I've ever seen were vending vs. non vending in the 50's-would love to see year-to-year how they actually did things. Vending was a very small % of the overall sales but must have had a higher margin. One store I went to back them had Raks inside and a vending machine in the vestibule.