What's your daydream unopened "find"

[tedzan]

No need to "daydream" for me.

Exactly, 68 years ago this month.....I spent all my weekly allowance (50 cents) and purchased ten 1952 TOPPS wax-packs.

When I opened the last pack and started shuffling thru the cards, there he was.......Mickey Mantle.
That was the end of my BB card collecting. I moved on to Comics, Girls, and Cars

Truly guys, I still remember this event as if it had occurred this morning. I will never forget it.





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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[GRock]

1951 Bowman or 1933 Goudey would be fun

[Yoda]

How about a pack of last series 1951 Bowmans? Well, it happened to me, and, yes, I pulled a beautiful Mantle rookie. Kept it for years, then made a trade blunder and it was gone forever. Seventy years later, that one still hurts.

[hcv123]

of 1959 Bazooka bubble gum boxes incuding the short print boxes. Mmmmm, can practically smell the gum.

That's an AWESOME story Ted!

[uniship]

Ted - is that THE ACTUAL mantle you pulled from the pack? And - is that also the actual wrapper too?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by uniship

Ted - is that THE ACTUAL mantle you pulled from the pack? And - is that also the actual wrapper too?

Eric

These 5 cards which I have displayed in Post #36 are my original 1952 TOPPS which were in a 5-cent waxpack that I acquired 68 years ago this month.
It was the very last pack of 1952 TOPPS cards I purchased.....and, that's probably why I remember it so well.

I purchased the wrapper in 1981 at the Willow Grove Show here in Pennsylvania.

I need 29 mid-series Gray backs to complete my 1952 TOPPS master set (approx. 555 cards).

Originally Posted by tedzan

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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[conor912]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Eric

These 5 cards which I have displayed in Post #36 are my original 1952 TOPPS which were in a 5-cent waxpack that I acquired 68 years ago this month.
It was the very last pack of 1952 TOPPS cards I purchased.....and, that's probably why I remember it so well.

This is so great.

[chriskim]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Eric

These 5 cards which I have displayed in Post #36 are my original 1952 TOPPS which were in a 5-cent waxpack that I acquired 68 years ago this month.
It was the very last pack of 1952 TOPPS cards I purchased.....and, that's probably why I remember it so well.

I purchased the wrapper in 1981 at the Willow Grove Show here in Pennsylvania.

I need 29 mid-series Gray backs to complete my 1952 TOPPS master set (approx. 555 cards).

Ted, I assume u have handled those 5 cards quite a bit correct? or they really came out with such "round corners" from the pack??