The Rosen '52 find

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

Does anyone remember "Find II" which happened shortly after the 1952 find? The Paris, TN find of unopened boxes of 1954 and 1955 Topps baseball, 1954 and 1955 Bowman baseball and 1954 and 1955 Bowman football. Apparently there were over 500 unopened boxes of the baseball, and 250 unopened boxes of the football.

I remember seeing photos in a magazine during the era with stacks of the boxes shown as found. Anyone remember what publication this was??

In the Nov 20, 1987 issue of SCD, Rosen was offering;

- 1954 Bowman baseball unopened packs for $125.00 each or $2500.00 per box (24 5 cent packs)
- 1955 Bowman baseball unopened packs for $150.00 each or $3000.00 per box (24 5 cent packs)
- 1955 Topps baseball unopened packs for $200.00 each or $3500.00 per box (24 5 cent packs)
- 1954 Bowman football unopened packs for $10.00 each or $1000.00 per box (120 1 cent packs)
- 1954 Bowman football unopened packs for $20.00 each or $425.00 per box (24 5 cent packs)

A majority of the boxes had bugs and were either opened or thrown away

[ruth-gehrig]

Also wasn't there significant moisture damage to alot of the packs?

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

A majority of the boxes had bugs and were either opened or thrown away

I remember reading about the unopened Bowman boxes when they were found, and then later hearing that many were damaged by bugs. They said that some packs were opened but the cards were ruined, even though there wasn't any obvious bug damage. I don't remember ever seeing any mint cards being shown off that were pulled from those packs.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

A majority of the boxes had bugs and were either opened or thrown away

& a bunch had moisture stains as well

Many years ago a friend bought a '54 Bowman Football pack on the cheap
& wanted to open it for kicks.

Every card was damaged, but the pack incl Otto Graham
I seemed more impressed then him, so he sold me the opened pack
& a few years later had SGC grade the 3 best cards.

& Yes! I still have 'em

[Jay Wolt]

Here's the Otto

[Rich Klein]

Paris Tennessee to be exact.

Many of the people who opened the packs did get sick for a while after opening them. But it was a kick to open some of those packs back in the day.

Rich

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Paris Tennessee to be exact.

Many of the people who opened the packs did get sick for a while after opening them.

Did they eat the gum?

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Did they eat the gum?

My own experience in that regard hasn't been very good. Back in 2005 or so I opened a pack of 1960 Topps Funny Valentines A cards which I'd bought for the wrapper:



I then ate the gum. It was crumbly and there was a bit of bitterness to it as well as the sweetness. Overall it wasn't very good.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

My own experience in that regard hasn't been very good. Back in 2005 or so I opened a pack of 1960 Topps Funny Valentines A cards which I'd bought for the wrapper: I then ate the gum. It was crumbly and there was a bit of bitterness to it as well as the sweetness. Overall it wasn't very good.

OMG! Better you than me. You chewed the gum, right, you didn't actually eat it?

[BRoberts]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Paris Tennessee to be exact.

Many of the people who opened the packs did get sick for a while after opening them.

Rich

And the Grim Reaper was right there, hovering and waiting, ready to post about their demise.

[judsonhamlin]

It was the salmon mousse.

Originally Posted by BRoberts

And the Grim Reaper was right there, hovering and waiting, ready to post about their demise.