1991 Topps Desert Shield Production Figures

[Zach Wheat]

Ever since the original posts about the set, a lot has happened. Mile High (2018) sold the #1 rated PSA set for $106K with recent pack sales at REA (2022) going for over $1K a pack. However, until recently the actual production figures were never known. Post War Cards has a good blog (www.postwarcards.com):::>

http://postwarcards.com

detailing the actual production figures and congratulating the employees. Topps appeared to have rushed to get the set produced prior to Christmas break. In the letter, Topps execs detailed that 500 cases were produced or 6,818 of each card (500 cases X 20 boxes per case X 36 packs per box X 15 cards per pack = 5,400,000 total cards / 792 players in set or 6,818 cards of each player. The letter was dated Dec. 21, 1990.

This confirms much of what we speculated about the set, but could not confirm until now. The series of posts about the set were interesting. Great job John!