1974 Topps Information/Images Needed

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Very cool!

I love the tray offers on these.

I still have one of those ball strike indicators!

[moeson]

1974 Rack Pack 2 box mini case long since opened1974rackbox.jpg

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

I still have one of those ball strike indicators!

Could you possibly post an image? I am trying to collect images of every Topps-related doo dad like those.

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Could you possibly post an image? I am trying to collect images of every Topps-related doo dad like those.

It will be in a few days, gotta get swelling down before we attempt stairs

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

It will be in a few days, gotta get swelling down before we attempt stairs

Absolutely - please take care of that knee!

[deweyinthehall]

Questions on 1974 Packs -

Were the Team Checklist included wrappers issued later in the year? The team checklists were a later thing, like the Traded set, right?

Were the 15 and 10 cent packs issued simultaneously or did they release one first and the other variety later on?

Thanks!

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Questions on 1974 Packs -

Were the Team Checklist included wrappers issued later in the year? The team checklists were a later thing, like the Traded set, right?

Were the 15 and 10 cent packs issued simultaneously or did they release one first and the other variety later on?

Thanks!

I remember getting them in regular packs. Had to be July - August time frame.
I also got a fair amount of Washington Nat’l cards when they first hit the streets too. Still have them. : - )

[deweyinthehall]

I was reading up on the 1974 Factory Sets in an old thread on this site. Best estimates are that it was sold be Sears and possibly(?) Penny's, and that it included the Traded set but not the red team checklists.

Any memories run counter to this?

But the biggest surprise I found in that old thread was this document from the April, 1974 edition of Ballcard Collector.

The author indicates he purchased his first batch of '74s on March 25th.

From the way this reads it seems that not only the team checklists, but the traded cards as well were included in the initial runs. This runs counter to everything I've heard, but it seems fairly plain here.

What do we make of this? Were the Traded cards available from the get-go?

I read somewhere that the last trade accounted for occurred 12/10/73 - was that enough time?

He also notes getting 9 cards for a dime, which indicates that initial offerings were of the 8-card packs, in the BONUS team checklist wrapper. I have to think that Topps issued both the smaller packs and larger packs simultaneously to see if there was a difference in interest.