1952 and 1953 Topps store displays

[ALR-bishop]

If you had a way back machine would you go back to 1952 or to 11-7-22 ?

[toppcat]

Love these. That particular shelf has four consecutive Topps products that I can ID:, from L-R: Clor-Aid Gum, Wings, 1953 Baseball, Bazooka nickel roll. Clor-aid was like Clorets (too close in fact, they got sued by American Chicle over it in a massive suit around this time) and it had no comics or inserts but those Bazooka nickel rolls did (looks like three for ten cents) and the comics wrapped up in those are the toughest ones to find, predating Bazooka Joe by a year. Wings was massively overproduced despite its popularity. You can still find nice raw sets of those in the mid-hundreds of dollars.

[Zach Wheat]

Cool pics, still love seeing them

[ocjack]

Love the Post display. I'm assuming most stores put the promo pieces into the trash when the promotion was over. Those are probably worth for than the cards now. If I can't get a way-back machine, how about a Delorean?

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

If you had a way back machine would you go back to 1952 or to 11-7-22 ?

Hmm, I think the latter, if the convenience store in my area was still selling:

Nov 7, 2022 — After an hours long delay stretching into Tuesday morning, one winner in California received the record-breaking $2.04 billion grand prize.

That would buy a lot of 1952 and 1953 Topps cards, I guess.