Topps Uncut Sheets

[deweyinthehall]

Thanks - larger scans would be great if it were possible. I'm really surprised there's no single reference site (that i know of) that captures what we know and what we conjecture about Topps sheets, 1952-1972.

I even have a couple questions about 1974 and 1976 - at 132 cards you'd have an even 5 sheets. But the Traded cards were mixed in , so I assume there were 6 sheets each of those years?

Also, in the 1972 set, series 1 has 132 cards, and each subsequent series has 131 - this is because each subsequent series contains the checklist for its own series which is numbered as part of the previous series, and the checklst for the next series. For series 6, with no "next" series, I assume all 4 checklists across both slits were the 6th series.

So for 1972, it seems that the series 1 checklist was printed at half the rate of the other 5 - sound about right? And therefore, the other 5 were printed at twice the rate of the other cards in the set?

[G1911]

The series 1 checklist was a lower percentage most years, for the same reasons. But, they’re still usually the easiest or close to it because series 1 almost every year was printed in far more quantity than the other series.

[Kevvyg1026]

For many of the releases from the mid-60s to late 60s, series 1 printings contained 110 cards, so 10 different rows of 11 cards each. Typically, the series 1 sheet had 4 of these rows printed 3x each, and the other 6 rows were printed 2x each.

However, checklist 1 was printed in two different rows while checklist 2 was printed in only one of those rows. So, while it is true that checklist 2 was printed again in the next series, checklist 1 had two copies in the 1st series printing.

Now the 2nd series printing often had 88 unique cards, which meant that each of the 8 rows were printed 3x each across the sheet. So checklist 2 usually had 5 copies printed from series 1 and series 2 combined (2 from series 1, 3 from series 2) whereas checklist 1 could have anywhere from 4 to 6 copies, depending on which rows that card was in.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Thanks - larger scans would be great if it were possible. I'm really surprised there's no single reference site (that i know of) that captures what we know and what we conjecture about Topps sheets, 1952-1972.

I even have a couple questions about 1974 and 1976 - at 132 cards you'd have an even 5 sheets. But the Traded cards were mixed in , so I assume there were 6 sheets each of those years?

Also, in the 1972 set, series 1 has 132 cards, and each subsequent series has 131 - this is because each subsequent series contains the checklist for its own series which is numbered as part of the previous series, and the checklst for the next series. For series 6, with no "next" series, I assume all 4 checklists across both slits were the 6th series.

So for 1972, it seems that the series 1 checklist was printed at half the rate of the other 5 - sound about right? And therefore, the other 5 were printed at twice the rate of the other cards in the set?

complicating things is the actual sheets being double sheets that were then cut down to 132.

I can't recall how the traded cards were done in 74 or 76, The local shop had a bunch of sheets a couple times between late 77 and 83 and they must have been there, so I would have seen them.

[Kevvyg1026]

couple of panels are shown.

1976_panel_1.jpg

1976_panel_2.jpg

[jmoran19]

Will find sheets tomorrow but for 1976 topps took one 132 card half sheet and split into two 132 card half’s with traded cards printed 3 times in 22 card blocks on each sheet

[Cliff Bowman]

There are several on the internet from auction houses. ETA, apparently 1974 Traded was only printed on its own sheet.

[jmoran19]

really crappy pic of the 1976 half (right) slit that was split into two for the traded card printing

The 74 traded cards I believe were printed on own sheet as well in blocks of 44 (44x3=132)

john1976yanbench_nostars.jpg