Mike D's Adventures in Wax

[Mike D.]

So, I actually ended up buying one full and one almost full wax box of the "1988 Topps American Baseball", for a total of 90 packs.

[Mike D.]

90 packs, 5 cards per pack

[Mike D.]

These packs all have gum in them, too. Not the pink US gum, but a smaller, softer, Irish gum. I'm still not trying it (it IS over 30 years old), but it at least looks edible.

The gum did stain one card per pack, though, with a few exceptions.

So, 90 packs x 4 cards per pack is 360 cards.

There are 88 cards in the set, so with perfect collation, we'd get 4 sets. I know we won't but we'll see what we do get.

[Mike D.]

These are some decent looking cards. They're poorly centered left to right. I guess Topps wasn't looking to put it's best foot forward across the pond!

[Mike D.]

Here's the 1987 Topps Wax Box we picked up.

My son opened it all in one night, but has been dragging his feet on sorting the cards.

So, that means from a collecting standpoint, he's caught up to 99% of the rest of us.

[Mike D.]

I've started listing 4 card lots of the '89 Donruss cards on eBay with a starting bid of $1.49 delivered.

If they don't sell, I''ll put them as BIN for the same price for 30 days.

If they still don't sell, they'll go into the paper shredder and then the compost pile.

I figure it's a good way to get whatever value out of these cards there is, and get rid of the rest in an eco-friendly manner.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

These packs all have gum in them, too. Not the pink US gum, but a smaller, softer, Irish gum. I'm still not trying it (it IS over 30 years old), but it at least looks edible.

The gum did stain one card per pack, though, with a few exceptions.

So, 90 packs x 4 cards per pack is 360 cards.

There are 88 cards in the set, so with perfect collation, we'd get 4 sets. I know we won't but we'll see what we do get.

- Just as sure you shouldn't eat the yellow snow, don't eat the brown gum.


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[Mike D.]

Wow, the 1988 Topps American Baseball ended up having terrible collation. \

360 cards in the packs, and 88 cards in the set. I came up 2 cards short of a complete set. Some of the cards I had 7 or 8 of, but then some 1-2, and two cards I didn't get at all.

I'll be attempting to sell some extras off cheap on eBay. If I get any takers, maybe I"ll order the two missing cards off Sportlots to say I have the set!

[Mike D.]

Got a package in the mail today from board member Just_Collect containing some unopened boxes for my son and I! We had messaged back and forth, but I hadn't told my little guy cards were on the way until they arrived today on our doorstep.

He was super excited, and immediately starting tearing in!

Here's a photo of the haul. Thank you so much Just_Collect!

[Mike D.]

A couple photos mid-opening!