Funny you should mention 1986 Fleer Basketball. Unopened Pack Grading Autograph Authentication Funko Pop! This one also features the Topps All-Star Rookie logo and a nice posed shot of the Hall of Famer with a baseball in his hand. Not enough good things can be said about Clemente. Well. (1) 1988 Topps Football Wax Pack - Bo Jackson RC, Chris Doleman RC? Beatiful Sharp !!! During my career with Dictaphone Corporation, now retired for 30 years, part of my responsibilities was planning, installing and servicing 911 systems. Saline's boys' basketball program celebrated senior night by winning its 15th game of the season, 65-44, over Olivet. I bought $10,000 dollars worth of wax for a buck that must be some kind of record don't you think? Here are important questions to ask when selecting the perfect tree for your space. I'm sure there are collector's still around who opened 52 Topps as a kid.now what? The OP has had one heck of a fiery first month here. As Topps usually did with their test packs, the cards are wrapped in a plain white sealed envelope with a label pasted to the front. Look for Rookies including Tom Glavine and Hall of Famers and . How many of you actually bought a 1968 Topps baseball wax pack for 5 cents like I did? Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. More PSA 10s have surfaced from the lackluster 1968 Topps Baseball set, for example, than from every other Topps Baseball issue of the entire 1960s combined. This page was last updated: 01-Mar 19:48. 1978 Topps Football Unopened Sealed Wax Pack, 1966 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Pack GAI 7.5 NM / Possible #50 Mickey Mantle, 1981-82 Topps Basketball Unopened Sealed Wax Pack. Offered is a Topps baseball wax pack from the 1st series of their 1968 set. More than 50 years later, this is a $450-500 card in PSA 7. Regardless, he was an amazing baseball player. you know, lightweight stuff). The simple black and white design was very similar to 1960 Leaf baseball cards and contains 15 Hall of Famers, 14 of which were listed in the top-50 all-time as of 1996. And it seems that a smile is worth just as much as a college degree in the work force these days. I was 13 years old, like a lot of us on the board, we were kid collectors. For the first 20 years or so of its existence, the Johnny Bench rookie card ruled the roost of the 1968 Topps set. So many of his posts seem to be talking to all of us like we are young kids that only collect shiny new cards with no concept of the vintage era, and now that he's here he should take his rightful place at the head of the table and regale us with stories we've only thought to be urban legend. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. $525.00 4 interest-free installments or from $47.39/mo with View sample plans Add to cart Pickup available at BBCE Warehouse Usually ready in 24 hours View store information Item Description 1968 Topps Baseball Posters Unopened Wax Pack (1970 Wrapper). 1968 Topps Football 5 Cent Wax Pack Sealed Unopened PSA 6, 1968 Topps Football Wax Box Empty- Near mint mint Condition GAI 8.5, 1968 Topps Football unopened wax pck GAI 7.5, 1979-80 Topps (1) Hockey Wax Pack ?Possible Gretzky #18 RC(Read Description). That goes for all three of these guys and thankfully, Topps created this wonderful card as a nice tribute to them. It looks like you're new here. 1968 Topps 3-D was innovative and something of a precursor to the high-end, short printed card of today but they vanished almost as quickly as they appeared, never to be offered as a widely available set. PRICES POP APR FACTS REGISTRY SHOP WITH AFFILIATES. 1985 TOPPS PRO WWF PRO WRESTLING STARS ONE SEALED WAX PACK, HULK HOGAN!! 1968 Topps Baseball (1st Series) Unopened Wax Pack GAI NM+ 7.5. Most of the 50s and 60s cards aren't exactly rare. Emmitt was MY guy. Hint: Im not referring to differences in punctuation which Im pretty sure they also had in 1968. . 1979 Vintage Topps Baseball Wax Pack Unopened Factory Sealed Ozzie Smith RC Pos? The OP has had one heck of a fiery first month here. The card wasnt rare, really, but whenever one appeared at a card show, an audible group gasp filled the air as everyone rushed to see it. As Topps usually did with their test packs, the cards are wrapped in a plain white sealed envelope with a label pasted to the front. Can you imagine how collectors must have felt ripping open the first packs of 1968 Topps baseball cards early that spring? Check the set registry. I'm waiting for that dude to quote us a loaf of white bread price in 1968. I still have them all. Saline American Legion Most of you bought junk was for 35 cents a pack and its still worth 35 cents my packs worth $500 a piece. Rose will always be surrounded by controversy due to his involvement in gambling on baseball but you can't argue how good of a hitter he was. NFL. I've recently been grading and reselling the ones I don't want. Each trio of player's carried holding player busts that needed to be snapped off and could be displayed in a special base that held the player's name. By entering your email address you agree to receive email versions of the Baseball Card Market Report. Grading Original Photograph Authentication . . Thats a pretty good theory. Ive never witnessed so much cash changing hands on the back of one card as I did during that period. ), 1968 Topps Baseball Posters Wax Pack sealed possible mantle clemente mint, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #275 Tim McCarver. 1968 unopened pack for sale: Search Result | eBay Skip to main content Shop by category Shop by category Enter your search keyword Sign Up & Get Started @ dcsports87-com, Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than U.S. dollars and are approximate conversions to U.S. dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) & PSA/DNA Authentication Services, Professional Sports Memorabilia Authentication. 1980 TOPPS FOOTBALL UNOPENED GROCERY PACK 3 WAX PACKS CHEAP! Before releasing their iconic 1969 basketball set, Topps toyed with the idea of getting back into the basketball biz the previous year, producing a 22-card black and white test issue that was never meant for distribution to the general public. The Mick was larger than life and fans adored the Yankees slugger. Description Card Number EX 5 EX-MT 6 . Instantly recognizable due to their burlap-colored borders, the 1968 Topps baseball card set is packed with Hall of Famers and anchored by two key rookie cards. Ruby Ellen Phillips, age 96 passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 12, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimers disease. Between this trio of bombers, they hit a jaw-dropping 1,769 home runs with Mays topping the list: Had Killebrew played on a larger market team, we would likely hear a lot more about him. How many of you actually bought a 1968 Topps baseball wax pack for 5 cents like I did? Look for Rookies including Tom Glavine and Hall of Famers and Superstars including Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Many More . But he shared that one with Bill Denehy, which makes this Seaver's solo debut. And in this guide, I'll run through the ten most valuable to look for. Feb 13 2023. The leader in unopened vintage product for over 30 years! However, the end result is both are worthless. From how old you keep saying you are, sounds like youre the one thats sagging. When I was a kid, my dad would wear a baseball cap to work in the yard (which for him usually meant digging trenches, moving boulders, etc. 1979 Topps Hockey Factory Sealed Wax Pack , Wayne Gretzky Rookie year ! Lastbut definitely not leastis legendary slugger Hank Aaron. I get tired of the junk wax era stigma. Sports cards - new and vintage booster boxes/packs. This Ryan stands on the shoulders of cards like 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, 1963 Topps Pete Rose, 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly, and a few others in that regard, after all. The subsets for the 1968 Topps set are League Leaders (1-12), World Series Highlights (151-158), and the Sporting New All-Stars (361-380). You were so busy hoarding the baseball cards and making them worthless you completely dropped the ball on the basketball cards and avoided them which actually that act is what made them so valuable today. He could hit, field, and run at incredible levels that are rarely seen by themselves, let alone all in one package of a single player. Just sold a Jordan insert for $500. The first packs I remember collecting as a kid were Wacky Packages. CardFacts Baseball Cards 1968 Topps Hank Aaron Bert Campaneris Rich Reese Hank Aaron 1968 Topps THE PLAYER ARTICLES Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (February 5, 1934-January 22, 2021) established himself early in his career as one of the greatest power hitters in baseball. Includes At Least One Original Unopened Pack of Topps Vintage Baseball Cards That Is At Least 25 Years Old! document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Mile High Card Co. Software Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Simple Auction Site. I had assumed he was just drunk. Never one to miss an opportunity to make us happy, Topps was pretty good about snapping pics of these meetings and pushing them out on cardboard. Love them or hate them, this set definitely has its place in the vintage card collecting circle. Pitchers with 300 Wins and Their Baseball Cards. While many collectors don't rank the 1968 Topps set among the most aesthetically pleasing of the Topps issue from the 1960s, mostly due to the dot matrix borders that tend to vary from a light tan to a dark brown, there's no doubting that the central image photography is superb, the bright yellow and deep black contrast of the reverse is pleasant, and of course, the rookie cards of Johnny Bench and Nolan Ryan, as well as the card of Mickey Mantle, are very appealing. Please see my other l. The uptick in "junk wax" era card prices are no fluke. However, the end result is both are worthless. Save 1968 topps wax pack to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. 95. VINTAGE SEALED BASEBALL CARD PACKS FROM AN ESTATE SALE! 1968 TOPPS FOOTBALL WAX PACK INSERT NFL/AFL RARE!! Only, Henry just heated up over the next six years or so en route to breaking Babe Ruths all-time home run record. For even more information, check out our article about detailingNolan Ryan rookie card valuethrough the years. There's a lot of speculation around this amazingly rare set, the most plausible theory being that Topps made a small number of cards and test packs to distribute to suppliers, executives and NBA offices, which required a sample of the product to be approved for licensing. Since we were able to acquire an opened test pack, also featured in this auction, we can confirm that the pack consists of three cards, a stick of gum and a booklet on how to play better basketball, just as advertised on the label. No matter how you feel about the design, though, you cant deny the 1968 set sports some of the most coveted cardboard swatches of the decade. @rmilin said: High number cards, those numbered #498 to 598, were printed in smaller quantities and do carry price premiums versus other cards in the set. 1968 Topps Baseball #1 - #60 Complete your set. 1968 Topps Baseball Cards Population - Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 1968 Topps Baseball Cards Population - Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) . You aren't better, or smarter than anyone else simply because you opened packs in 1968. I am quite old, but not old enough. @rmilin said: Collectors Corner | MIKE CLEVINGER 2021 TOPPS CHROME 35th ANNIVERSARY Red /5 SILVER PACK #86TC-29, 2018 Topps Silver Pack Chrome Green Refractor 126 Ernie Banks (#/99), Cubs HOF, 1975 Topps Baseball "MVP's (3) Year "Value Pack") (1952, 1959, 1968) "NICE", Dick Rich Allen Phillies White Sox 1968 Topps Game Card Inserts #23 A14, (1) Unopened Mint Wax Pack 1968 Donruss "The Flying Nun", 2017 Topps Heritage Hobby Box-Topper PACK 1 Original 1968 Card NEW, 1968 TOPPS TOM SEAVER, #45, SGC 6.5, ROOKIE CARD, HOF (Free Shipping on Any 3! Best to know the uptrending deals on the market! @rmilin said: The 1968 Topps Baseball Card Set features 598 standard size cards, which measure 2" by 3", printed with an unique burlap frame. I think the point was those packs would have been valuable had he kept them unopened, unlike people who grew up in the junk wax era whose packs would still be worthless if left unopened. dtkk49a Posts: 2,484 January 26, 2014 8:46AM Mantle? Pick your card. Its like you were zigging when you should of been sagging and vice versa talk about being stuck on stupid sorry for the insults but really what would you call collectors from the junk wax era that actually thought 1 million examples of Don Mattingly would be worth something similar to the Mickey Mantle rookie card. Far fewer white letter variations exist so collectors are willing to pay huge premiums for the card to complete an entire master set. Baseball Card Values; 1968 Topps; 1968 Topps. Collectors often joke that their Jerry Koosman rookie card is the most valuable in the set since Ryan actually shares this card with him. All these years later, the 68s seem to strike collectors about the same way they must have back then we love them or well, not so much. Sports Memorabilia, Fan Shop & Sports Cards, 1968 Topps Baseball Posters 5 Original Wax Pack Wrapper CCG13. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. 1968 Topps NFL Football unopened 5 Cent Wax Pack graded 7.5 Near Mint+ by GAI! The official price guide for PSA-certified collectibles. ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240, I look forward to his edgy new discussions. I just hope junior is smarter then you but when you look at todays cards with the artificial rarity these cards are also worthless you just dont know it yet but all the cards today will eventually fall in value like the eTopps cards because the value is just on pure speculation. I notice this idiocy is never discussed by any of you on how collectors made baseball cards worthless because of your thinking that they would be valuable one day and would oneday send junior through college. Ross is the founder of Old Sports Cards and has been collecting sports cards for over 30 years. JV BASKETBALL: Saline Streaks to 8th Straight Win. The Sporting News All Stars subset returned after a hiatus. Quick Links: 2018 Topps Silver Pack Chrome Blue Refractor 126 Ernie Banks (#/149), Cubs HOF. What really cracks me up is the 1986 baseball and basketball cards. This is it the Holy Grail of post-1950s baseball cards. Possible stars/HoFers include a dozen different League Leaders, Robinson, McLain, Seaver, Mays, Mathews, Carew, Stargell, Gibson, plus one or more scarce lettering color variations. Do you consider 70s junk wax? Certification numbers appear in the lower right of the encapsulated label or on the oval DNA sticker. In fact, a Nolan Ryan rookie graded in PSA 10 Gem Mint condition sold for an incredible $612,360 at auction in 2016. Now im going to be frank Rmilin. I can't wait! Saline High School alum Taybor Pepper, long snapper for the San Francisco 49ers, is getting national attention for a video he posted to announce his 3-year contract extension. He also loves to write about the hobby and has written for Beckett, Topps, SABR and of course, this website. CU | This pack contains (1) poster. The card to Complete an entire master set is At Least 25 years old: Im not referring to in. That a smile is worth just as much as a kid.now what i was years! 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