Opening 1991 Topps Wax Packs...

[Harliduck]

I just stumbled across an internet article where the blogger mentioned in all the wax packs he opened in 1991, he never pulled a Vintage card. If you remember, in 1991 it was the 40th Anniversary and Topps placed one of each vintage card made in packs randomly. The blogger had only heard of two pulls, a 1971 and a 1975 common.

1991 was the last year I have ever opened a pack...and honestly I had been done for about a year. But I had found myself in a Costco and was suckered in to buying like 4 boxes. I remember at home that night I pulled a 1970 Topps Cito Gaston card. I actually put all the cards I opened, including the 70 card, back into the wax boxes and put them up in the attic. When I got back into collecting (vintage sets) I remembered that Cito and after digging for hours to find it, it is sitting in my binder with my complete 1970 set. I was born that year, so to me it is really cool I can say I pulled one of my 1970 cards out of a pack...myself.

Anyway...does anyone here have any good memories from 1991 pulling any Vintage cards, or knows someone who did? My local shop has about 8 boxes of 1991 wax..I was thinking it would be fun to rip into them. At 4.95 a box it sounds like cheap fun, although I wouldn't know what the heck to do with all those 91 Topps...haha...

Isn't the 91 Topps the first run of cards to insert random "lottery" type cards?

[Wolfgang427]

I remember opening about 8 boxes and getting a 69 common card(manager)...I was so disappointed it wasn't a Mantle...

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

I just stumbled across an internet article where the blogger mentioned in all the wax packs he opened in 1991, he never pulled a Vintage card. If you remember, in 1991 it was the 40th Anniversary and Topps placed one of each vintage card made in packs randomly. The blogger had only heard of two pulls, a 1971 and a 1975 common.

1991 was the last year I have ever opened a pack...and honestly I had been done for about a year. But I had found myself in a Costco and was suckered in to buying like 4 boxes. I remember at home that night I pulled a 1970 Topps Cito Gaston card. I actually put all the cards I opened, including the 70 card, back into the wax boxes and put them up in the attic. When I got back into collecting (vintage sets) I remembered that Cito and after digging for hours to find it, it is sitting in my binder with my complete 1970 set. I was born that year, so to me it is really cool I can say I pulled one of my 1970 cards out of a pack...myself.

Anyway...does anyone here have any good memories from 1991 pulling any Vintage cards, or knows someone who did? My local shop has about 8 boxes of 1991 wax..I was thinking it would be fun to rip into them. At 4.95 a box it sounds like cheap fun, although I wouldn't know what the heck to do with all those 91 Topps...haha...

Isn't the 91 Topps the first run of cards to insert random "lottery" type cards?

I just ran across another blog where they had tracked the redemptions from the 1991 Topps packs - identified in post #31 I think from this thread:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=165309&page=4

He listed a number of winners, but did not track all the vintage winners. I think it would be incredibly fun to pull a vintage from this set. I shudder to think of how many packs I would have to open to make a "hit".

Z Wheat

[bnorth]

I opened a ton of 91 Topps wax and all I got was a 1988 common.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I opened a ton of 91 Topps wax and all I got was a 1988 common.

Oh man, I would be so ticked...haha. An 88 common is probably worth LESS than a 91!

Great link Zack...thanks!

[ALR-bishop]

I still have four unopened boxes which I kept because of this promotion. Topps supposedly had gone into the market and had procured at least 3 of each card it had issued prior to 1991 for it's 40th anniversary celebration. The 51 sets were not included in the promo. For 52 to 56, and for any card with a then market value over $ 50 ( not sure how they determined that) they did not insert the actual card due to size or value, but rather had redemption/contest cards as inserts. I was always curious as to whether all the pre 1957 cards and value cards were redeemed.

You could also enter a contest through an insert card to win a grand prize which was a full Topps set run, or one of the complete sets in the run. The game cards said your odds of getting a older card in a pack was 1 in 1000.

The inserts say all redemptions had to be claimed prior to 4-1-92 and that unclaimed cards would not be awarded

There were 2 types of insert cards...Match The Stats and Instant Win Game. The Match The Stats involved a scratch off game for prizes. The Instant Win card involved a chance to win a prize based on the card itself, or a chance to enter a drawing for the Topps set run.



The Instant Win Game cards were sequentially numbered If anyone has any of these laying around, I need the following to complete a "set"

12411
12478
12545

Also, I like to collect variations, errors and print defects with my sets. In my opinion there are more variant cards involved in the 1991 set than any other Topps set.

Also in 1991 Topps offered a lot of other baseball products

Traded Set
Desert Shield Set
Box Panel Set
All Star Glossy Rookie Set
Glossy Rookies Set
East Coast National Reprints
Gallery Of Champions Aluminum, Bronze and Silver Sets
Golden Spike Award Card
Babe Ruth Set---from movie
The Garagiola business card
Super Stand Ups
53 Archives
Major League Debut Set
B Robinson Bronze card

[savedfrommyspokes]

I pulled a 75 Topps Brent Strom out of one of the 91Topps packs...I still have that card today....it was in about EX shape. Apparently Topps spared no expense in buying back the cards they inserted into these 1991 packs