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Rooster67
Posts: 33
Joined: Jan 2019
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| Saturday, November 2, 2019 7:17 PM | |
Just curious, does anybody else besides me collect the wrappers that the cards come in, or the advertising cards that used to get put in packs ?
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KMack
Posts: 560
Joined: Aug 2017
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| Saturday, November 2, 2019 7:31 PM | |
I do. I have every wrapper for Topps, Score, Sportflics, Donruss, Fleer, Upper Deck, and other smaller sets going back to 1970. I have no idea why.....
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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,463
Joined: Oct 2014
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| Saturday, November 2, 2019 7:59 PM | |
I do. And like KMack "I have no idea why".
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obxyankeefan
Posts: 756
Joined: Aug 2017
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| Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:35 PM | |
Wrappers no, but I have used them as padding in a few trades.
The advertising cards, I will keep 1 for my collection then use any others I get as a buffer/protection in trades.
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reakins
Posts: 509
Joined: Jan 2015
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| Saturday, November 2, 2019 8:51 PM | |
I collect them as well. But I have my reasons. Not only are they neat piece of nostalgia, but the information on them is very useful. Older wax packs showed which insert was inside (if any), while newer packs provide the odds of finding inserts in any given pack. This information is typically more reliable than what is found in the "Guide".
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~Rob~ Hockey set collector including inserts, ERR, COR, VAR. Knowledgeable about 1968-69 to 1994-95 hockey. All 1990 and newer cards for trade are NRMT. Expect the same in return. 1989 and older are assigned a grade. Everything on my trade list is available for sale. Reasonable prices based on condition. If it's not on my tradelist, it's not available. |
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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bbcardz
Posts: 1,127
Joined: Feb 2018
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| Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:08 AM | |
I collect the wrappers and ad cards too. I put one of each version into the set binder.
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My hobby blog: www.stadiumfantasium.com: Baseball, baseball cards and fantasy baseball. Ain't life a pitch? |
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aussiewayne
Posts: 411
Joined: Jun 2014
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| Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:21 AM | |
Yes and the boxes as well, normally only one of each wrapper unless there are variations - see 1990 pro set football which has three different backs
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NJDevils
Posts: 6,343
Joined: Sep 2010
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| Sunday, November 3, 2019 7:47 AM | |
Several years back, I dumped every post 1985 wrapper......and I know why.
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bkim
Posts: 842
Joined: Jul 2016
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| Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:07 AM | |
<------- (waving hands and jumping around) I do and there are some sets that have vaccuumed sealed gum from mid 60's when I bought packs for the gum and chance for a Arron Mantle or Mays
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Robert “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped and summer was gone.”
― A. Bartlett Giamatti robertkimble.us/tradingcards |
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