1952 Topps Hi # Empty Wax Case - $50K!

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Volod

Agree on the blatantly obvious point. If someone came across a wooden shipping pallet that once held Topps case boxes in 1952, I wonder what an over-zealous collector might pay for it?

LOL And then the forklift that carried that pallet, and prior to that...

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Paul S

LOL And then the forklift that carried that pallet

And, of course, a Topps exclusive memorabilia card with a swatch from the overalls of the guy driving the forklift

[KCRfan1]

Too funny! Somewhere there is a junior executive at Topps reading the posts here and thinking " hmmmmm, I wonder......."

[steve B]

There's a whole series in it for them. Rags used to wipe down the press, Bits of the ink containers, (with rare 1/1 can lid box toppers) uniform swatches from the truck driver who dropped off the blank paper, and the one who picked up the shipments......

Get after it Topps! I demand these in the 2014 Set at the latest!

Steve B

[Volod]

Hey, I opened this can of worms...I mean brilliant marketing strategy. I was planning to get the pallet graded, put it through a chipper and sell authenticated toothpicks for a buck.

[Paul S]

Yup, and you could float a rumor that Mantle, in a Wagneresque manner, had his card withdrawn because he didn't want the youth of America getting splinters in their gums.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Volod

Hey, I opened this can of worms...I mean brilliant marketing strategy. I was planning to get the pallet graded, put it through a chipper and sell authenticated toothpicks for a buck.

Steve,

I think you're on to something here

Best,

Eric