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Conference school::sports_memorabilia

Title:	Sports Memorabilia
Notice:	Wanted: 3.; For_sale: 4.; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:	SCHOOL::KOPACKO

Created:	Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:	Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	730
Total number of notes:	8547

723.0. "'96 Topps Baseball" by DRAGN::BOURQUARD (This is not here) Fri Feb 16 1996 10:33

Wow!  Are these hard to find!

After all the collecting frenzie over the past few years I decided a while back
to just stick with what was fun and what I started with back in the mid '60s;
Topps Baseball!  Now, I missed last year's set entirely, but I wanted to get
back into it this year.  I wanted to stay away from all the high priced premium
stuff like Stadium Club, Pinnacle, etc... and just collect a set of regular
Topps baseball.

What the hell has happened???  I can't find it anywhere!  I talked to a dealer
in Westford MA. yesterday and he said he was getting some boxes in next week
but they'd go for probably $60.00!  

He did have something called a "Factory Box".  It's not a complete set, and
it's not a wax box but it's the contents of a regular wax box without the packs.
The same number of inserts come inside as well.  It contains 540 cards and they
were asking 47.50.  I was able to buy it for $45.  

These are the only one's I've been able to find.

Question:

In the box were 2 inserts with the front completely black!  What's the deal
with these?  I skip a year and some new gimmick comes out!  

Can someone explain what these black cards are?

Dan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
723.1	The Scoop	STRATA::EMCGREW		`Fri Feb 16 1996 11:53`	9
	My advice would be to check in Tuff Stuff magazine for deals on complete sets. Usually they are not difficult to find. Topps sets are fairly common, even in today's chase card driven market. As for your insert cards with completely black fronts, those most likely are Topps Finest previews. In the last couple of years, Topps has gone to putting a film coating on their Finest insert cards and probably this year it is all black. I highly recommend leaving the film on the card (it can be removed) as removing this will degrade the card's value by more than 50%.
723.2		DRAGN::BOURQUARD	This is not here	`Fri Feb 16 1996 13:48`	14
	Great! :-) I figured as much! I have no idea what these cards look like and by keeping it that way I maintain their value. What a scam! :-) I'm mainly interested in collecting the basic set. I toss the inserts! Not really, but I would sell them. You may be seeing a post in the Sale note when I get through them. The guy said that I'm almost assured of 1 complete regular set from that box. I've never seen the regular Topps set in such hot demand. They're almost as hot as the first issue Stadium Club. Dan
723.3		PENUTS::JST_ONGE	John St.Onge MCS/PSG DTN 237-5978	`Mon Feb 19 1996 09:06`	5
	I think the big interest was in the Mantle inserts. I've seen the set itself advertised for 15$. I've also seen packs in some stores like Caldor's etc. John
723.4	Do you have to leave to return	USCTR1::KELLY_M		`Wed Jul 17 1996 09:11`	8
	Hi Dan, If you hold the black fronts on an angle and try to see the outline of the player you can turn the card over and pick out who it is from the back. Also check the bottom left hand corner of the back. Does it say Topps or Topps R Mike