Fun time....Show-n-Tell us of experiences pulling cards from wax-packs in your youth

[JollyElm]

The strangest pack opening I ever experienced was walking away from the drugstore in 1980 and finding every single card in it was Dave Winfield. Literally a pack full of Winfields, with nothing else but a stick of gum. Too bad they weren't Rickey Hendersons. Oh well. I'm sure I've picked up more over the years, but here's some pages from my old album that still houses them...

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[theuclakid]

1960 Easter Sunday, Dad shocked me by giving me an unopened wax box of 1960 Topps...opened the whole box...Mantle series, remember getting one Mantle at least....dont recall what else...and no, I don't have the Mantle any longer, but I kept it until the early 80's as I recall...something like receiving that wax box as an 8 year old card collector you dont forget

Bruce Perry

[rats60]

Originally Posted by theuclakid

1960 Easter Sunday, Dad shocked me by giving me an unopened wax box of 1960 Topps...opened the whole box...Mantle series, remember getting one Mantle at least....dont recall what else...and no, I don't have the Mantle any longer, but I kept it until the early 80's as I recall...something like receiving that wax box as an 8 year old card collector you dont forget

Bruce Perry

That was a good one. Clemente, Koufax, Aaron, McCovey RC. Though you probably didn't realize how good at the time.

[theuclakid]

I watched two nationals dealers open a 1960 cello box from the same series in the early 90's..most cards were way off center as I recall

Bruce Perry

[chriskim]

To recap all of our childhood dream, it might make sense to buy packs that already has star card showing like these....

69-70 Topps tallboy with Alcindor RC showing
https://goldinauctions.com/LotDetail...entoryid=73259


86-87 Fleer Jordan showing
https://goldinauctions.com/1986_87_F...-LOT79741.aspx

[Pat R]

The first packs that I purchased were 1973 topps and I continued to buy packs through
1979. There were two stores in our small town that carried them and
my best friend and I would go over town after school and buy a few
packs at each store.

I still have a few hundred cards, I had a lot more than that but I'm not sure
what happened to them. The majority of them aren't in great condition due
to handling and flipping them as a kid, anything earlier than 1973 I won
flipping or I got them in a trade.

I remember how strange it seemed to pull cards of the Toronto Blue Jays
and the Seattle Mariners in their 1977 expansion season.

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[egri]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The strangest pack opening I ever experienced was walking away from the drugstore in 1980 and finding every single card in it was Dave Winfield. Literally a pack full of Winfields, with nothing else but a stick of gum. Too bad they weren't Rickey Hendersons. Oh well. I'm sure I've picked up more over the years, but here's some pages from my old album that still houses them...

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There were probably a bunch of Padres fans scratching their heads and wondering why they can't find a Dave Winfield anywhere.