1971 Topps Information/Images Needed

[obcbeatle]

Is it possible Topps issued some of the 1971 last series in a cello brick? Not rack pack. I have a distinct memory of my Mom buying said brick in a toy store in SF just days or weeks before we moved from SF to Miami, probably September/October 1971. Kind of a parting gift for the long drive across the country. Distinct because all Summer long I bought cards in wax packs, and the cello brick was a pleasant shock to my understanding of how baseball cards were distributed. And the brick held a lot of cards, with many players I didn't have already, and I suspect they were high numbers because I discovered a bunch of high numbers in a shoe box when I got back into the hobby in the middle 1980's. Just curious if anyone else is familiar with cards being packaged in a cello brick back then?

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by obcbeatle

Is it possible Topps issued some of the 1971 last series in a cello brick? Not rack pack. I have a distinct memory of my Mom buying said brick in a toy store in SF just days or weeks before we moved from SF to Miami, probably September/October 1971. Kind of a parting gift for the long drive across the country. Distinct because all Summer long I bought cards in wax packs, and the cello brick was a pleasant shock to my understanding of how baseball cards were distributed. And the brick held a lot of cards, with many players I didn't have already, and I suspect they were high numbers because I discovered a bunch of high numbers in a shoe box when I got back into the hobby in the middle 1980's. Just curious if anyone else is familiar with cards being packaged in a cello brick back then?

Absolutely, cello packs were standard issue in addition to wax and rak packs. 1971 cellos contained 30 cards, examples below

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

Absolutely, cello packs were standard issue in addition to wax and rak packs. 1971 cellos contained 30 cards, examples below

Thanks jmoran19, those are cool, although, the cello bricks I vaguely remember had no cardboard packaging, in your example the blue perimeter with Topps branding. It was just the clear cello wrapping, with more than 30 cards. I've never seen one since. But, at my age it could just be my faulty memory

[Exhibitman]

In 1976 I found a half box of cellos in the cardboard boxes. Cleaned those out. Wish I’d not busted them but I was eleven years old and that’s what eleven year old boys do with packs