And I loved it. Within the set were also several different subsets, including: While the hobby may have mixed opinions on the aesthetic appeal of this set, there's no doubting that it contains huge star power and great value overall. @rmilin said: Just relax and take the time to read more than you type. Billy Smith Dabbs, age 86, of Saline, Michigan, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, February 13th, 2023 with his family by his side. What amazes me about the junk wax era is that nobody figured out if everybody is saving everything then how could anything really go up in value if there are a million examples of the same card out there. But so much bitterness and negativity in every post. November 18, 2008 - From the perspective of a standard-issue company set collector, 1968 was not a great year for The Topps Company. 1968 TOPPS BASEBALL WAX PACK PSA GRADED 8 NM-MT $5,500.00 jerseygirl13dee (383) 100% or Best Offer +$35.99 shipping 12 watchers Sponsored 1968 Topps Football 5 Cent Wax Pack Sealed Unopened PSA 6 Brand New $1,999.00 one-of-ones (15,103) 100% or Best Offer +$10.00 shipping Sponsored 1968 Topps Football Wax Box Empty- Near mint mint Condition GAI 8.5 Can I buy a high grade Koosman rookie off ya to get signed? For even more information, check out our article about detailingNolan Ryan rookie card valuethrough the years. Please see my other l. Well, we feel we can clear up the controversy once and for all with this once in a lifetime opportunity for advanced basketball card collectors. We now know that test packs actually do exist, the contents of the packs and the likely date of production. Many people think the 1968 Topps series is one of the easier collections from the decade to find GEM MINT examples but the PSA pop report numbers tell a different story as less than 3% of all submission to PSA came back GEM MINT. The 1968 season would be Mantle's last as a professional baseball player. However, the end result is both are worthless. Nolan Ryan RC? 1968 Topps Baseball #1 - #60 Complete your set. No I dont have them I opened them back in 1968 but at least I bought them you never did that was the point I was making. Need Help? 1985 TOPPS PRO WWF PRO WRESTLING STARS ONE SEALED WAX PACK, HULK HOGAN!! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. dtkk49a Posts: 2,484 January 26, 2014 8:46AM Koosman may not have had the career Ryan did but he would go on to be named to two All-Star teams and even once finished second in voting for the Cy Young award. i thing mr rmilin may have a rather short stay in these parts unless he lightens up and starts to actually contribute. Something went wrong. Ive never witnessed so much cash changing hands on the back of one card as I did during that period. We loved to collect cards and look at Beckett BV monthly. You aren't better, or smarter than anyone else simply because you opened packs in 1968. The St. Louis Hawks had been sold and the new owner announced the franchise was moving to Atlanta well ahead of the 1968-69 season, though the cards still list the team as the St. Louis Hawks. . Yaz Master Set#1 Gino Cappelletti master set#1 John Hannah master setAlso collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox, 1968 Venz Sox. 1979 Topps Hockey Factory Sealed Wax Pack , Wayne Gretzky Rookie year ! For the first 20 years or so of its existence, the Johnny Bench rookie card ruled the roost of the 1968 Topps set. My neighbor bought 2 boxes of 1986 Fleer Basketball in 1986 for about $10 a piece. Customs services and international tracking provided, (1) Unopened Mint Wax Pack 1968 Donruss "The Flying Nun", RARE Unopened 1968 Topps Baseball Posters Wax Pack possible Mantle Clemente , 1968 Topps Football empty Wax Pack Box in great condition. Certification numbers appear in the lower right of the encapsulated label or on the oval DNA sticker. Trust P123 to Sell Your Cards, Auto's, TCG, & More! I only have 1 of these. Poor to VG 1968 commons are worth about as much as 1989 Donruss commons in mint condition. Collectors Corner | I can't wait! LETTER TO THE EDITOR: In Support of Saline Police Dispatchers. The OP has had one heck of a fiery first month here. The Mick was larger than life and fans adored the Yankees slugger. More to explore: Topps Basketball 1996-97 Season Sports Trading Card Sets, Topps Chuck Hinton Baseball 1969 Season Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Topps Finest Basketball 1996-97 Season Sports Trading Card Sets, Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh. I've recently been grading and reselling the ones I don't want. Major League Baseball did well in creating the Roberto Clemente Award which is given annually to the player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team.". 1968 Topps Baseball (1st Series) Unopened Wax Pack GAI NM+ 7.5. PSE | Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) & PSA/DNA are divisions of Collectors Universe, Inc. Get free collecting news from leading hobby professionals, in-depth articles, breaking news, insightful videos & more! This pack contains (1) poster. This site contains links to affiliate websites, and we may receive an affiliate commission for any purchases made on the affiliate website using such links. And thats just one set. Our community is loaded with great guys that have a seemingly endless knowledge of every era and niche of collecting, and there is definitely a place for you here rmilin, but you have to act more like a contributor and less like a teacher. If you continue to use this site, we'll assume you're OK with that. Ok I'll go ahead and say it; rmilin, you are an idiot. Contact him at [emailprotected]. The first packs I remember collecting as a kid were Wacky Packages. 1968 Topps Tom Seaver (#45) After Pete Rose turned the hobby on its ear with his 1963 Topps rookie card, and before Ryan became the Kardboard King, the 1967 Topps Tom Seaver rookie card was untouchable. The only thing that saved any value for the junk wax era is getting a card graded a 10 by PSA otherwise your Mattingly rookie is worth around $10 dollars if that. More PSA 10s have surfaced from the lackluster 1968 Topps Baseball set, for example, than from every other Topps Baseball issue of the entire 1960s combined. Presented is a 1968 Topps Test pack, the only unopened one known to exist. Unopened Pack Grading Autograph Authentication Funko Pop! Offered is a Topps baseball wax pack from the 1st series of their 1968 set. FREE MANTLE! 1968 Topps All Star Baseball Plaks. 1968 Topps Baseball Cards Population - Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 1968 Topps Baseball Cards Population - Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) . It's the same cycle. And in this guide, I'll run through the ten most valuable to look for. Look for Rookies including Tom Glavine and Hall of Famers and Superstars including Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Many More . Feb 13 2023. Lastbut definitely not leastis legendary slugger Hank Aaron. Offered is a special cello pack from 1968 that features the Chicago Cubs' 500+ home run Club representative Ernie Banks as the top card and is in immaculate condition! The Sporting News All Stars subset returned after a hiatus. All these years later, the 68s seem to strike collectors about the same way they must have back then we love them or well, not so much. I mean, just a year before, Topps had issued one of the most classic and understated designs in their history, and then in 1968 burlap?!? Regardless, his performance on the field was still good enough to land him his 14th All-Star appearance in a row. This is one of the few sets he appears in where Mantle has to settle for anything less than the top spot when it comes to card values. Gum is whole. This page was last updated: 01-Mar 19:48. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1968 Topps Game. Id love to hear about the 68s that make your collector heart sing. Hint: Im not referring to differences in punctuation which Im pretty sure they also had in 1968. Original Topps 1968 1st Series Baseball Unopened Wax Pack Graded GAI At 9.0 Mint, 1968 Topps Baseball Wax Pack 1st Series - GAI 7.5, 1968 TOPPS BASEBALL WAX PACK GAI GRADED MINT 9, 1968 TOPPS BASEBALL WAX PACK PSA GRADED 8 NM-MT, 1968 TOPPS FOOTBALL EMPTY WAX BOX , GREAT GRAPHICS, SUPER BOWL I SCENE, PACKERS. All of his cards ended up in the spokes of his bicycle but he did pass on some great information. This set was quite large as it contained a total of 598 cards. Back to home page Return to top. This is a fantastic card depicting three of the game's all-time greats in Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. Sports cards - new and vintage booster boxes/packs. One of the fun things all us youngins used to look forward to before Interleague Play came along was seeing big names from the National League and American League all lumped together under one roof (or sky) in the middle of the summer for the All-Star Game. Not even close to a record, even if only considering PSA message board/forum members. Only, Henry just heated up over the next six years or so en route to breaking Babe Ruths all-time home run record. CardFacts Baseball Cards 1968 Topps Hank Aaron Bert Campaneris Rich Reese Hank Aaron 1968 Topps THE PLAYER ARTICLES Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (February 5, 1934-January 22, 2021) established himself early in his career as one of the greatest power hitters in baseball. You can expect to pay $150-200 or more for a PSA 7 specimen. Ross is the founder of Old Sports Cards and has been collecting sports cards for over 30 years. 2019 Topps Silver Pack Chrome Blue Refractor 24 Robin Yount (#/150), Brewers HOF, 1968 Topps Andy Etchebarren # 204 NM-MT PACK FRESH Baltimore Orioles 8, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #300 Rusty Staub, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #259 Ken Boyer, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps Raw NMMT 0r better #240 Al Kaline, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #208 Willie Davis, 1968 Topps Baseball #231 - #315 Complete your set - Pick your card, 1968 Topps Baseball #316 - #450 Complete your set - Pick your card, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #315 Zoilo Versalles, 1968 TOPPS JIM KAAT, #450, NM OR BETTER, HOF (Free Shipping on Any 3 Cards), 1968 Topps # 330 Roger Maris MINT ( straight from cello pack), 1968 Topps Baseball #146 - #230 Complete your set - Pick your card, VINTAGE - 1968 TOPPS BASEBALL CARD "BRAVES ROOKIE STARS" #76 - PACK FRESH, 1968 TOPPS BOB GIBSON, #100, SGC 6, HOF (Free Shipping on Any 3 Cards), Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT 0r better #365 Brooks Robinson All star, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #260 Jim Wynn, 1968 TOPPS HARMON KILLEBREW, #220, NR-MINT, HOF (Free Shipping on Any 3 Cards). SINGLE WAX PACK: 1979 Topps Hockey Wayne Gretzky Rookie Year VERY CLEAN RARE!! Get the best deals for 1968 unopened pack at eBay.com. 320 W Michigan Ave You put yours in the spokes of your bike and we put ours in plastic pages. Offered is a Topps baseball wax pack from the 1st series of their 1968 set. Sign Up To Receive Information on Sales and Weekly Specials! Presented is a 1968 Topps Test pack, the only unopened one known to exist. 1968 Topps 3-D was innovative and something of a precursor to the high-end, short printed card of today but they vanished almost as quickly as they appeared, never to be offered as a widely available set. My generation is experiencing what the old timers did. Saline American Legion 2008 DERECK JETER TOPPS #TCHC40 1968 TOPPS MINT. The simple black and white design was very similar to 1960 Leaf baseball cards and contains 15 Hall of Famers, 14 of which were listed in the top-50 all-time as of 1996. I'm sure there are collector's still around who opened 52 Topps as a kid.now what? Steve Hart of Baseball Card Exchange, the foremost authority on unopened material, has examined the pack and verified its authenticity. The other key rookie card in this set would belong to Johnny Bench. Expect to pay $350-450 for one in graded NM condition. Officer John Belknap says Saline Police dispatchers do much more than answer phones and send cops out on service calls. Does your favorite Burlap Beauty fall here among our list of the most valuable 1968 Topps baseball cards? This burlap beauty of The King sells for $275-325 in PSA 7. 1968 Topps NFL Football unopened 5 Cent Wax Pack graded 7.5 Near Mint+ by GAI! PRICES POP APR FACTS REGISTRY SHOP WITH AFFILIATES. Do you consider 70s junk wax? Now, you cant really say that the Ryan rookie card built the hobby as we know it, or even the rookie card craze. Possibly recently retired who, with too much time confined in his house (like most of us these days), stumbled upon a box in his attic with some cards which prompted him to do some googling and found this site. And have always enjoyed having a good troll to lively up the place so long as it doesn't go overboard. I am selling my collection of GAI Unopened graded Wax Packs. This pack comes from the family of a rival trading card company who likely acquired it from a Topps executive in order to get their feedback, since they also operated a confectionery company that distributed trading cards but was not a competitor in the sports card market. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Mile High Card Co. Software Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Simple Auction Site. 1968 Topps Football Wax Pack GAI 9 !!! Yesterday our moderator asked you to "tone it down." Somebody bought packs of cards back in 1968 (I didn't realize people walked the earth way back then). My money is on him being an alt. So there you have it, the ten most valuable 1968 Topps baseball cards. It also puts to rest the question as to whether there really is a booklet included in the pack or it was something that might be added at a later date, since it wasn't required for NBA licensing. I think he broke your record. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2022 by Old Sports Cards, LLC, World Series Game 1-7 and Summary (#151 - 158). Of all his regular Topps issues, this is his least valuable. One of the rarer test sets released by Topps during the 1960s, the 1968 Topps Plaks baseball set consisted of 24 players with each connected similarly to model airplanes and cars on a plastic sheet. Each trio of player's carried holding player busts that needed to be snapped off and could be displayed in a special base that held the player's name. Unopened Pack Grading Autograph Authentication Funko Pop! ), 1968 Topps Baseball Posters Wax Pack sealed possible mantle clemente mint, Pack Fresh 1968 Topps NMMT or better #275 Tim McCarver. Saline Fiddlers To Host Trivia Night Fundraiser March 11, Saline Spring Craft Show Feature: Donnibelle Studio. Frankly, they're . 1968 Topps Baseball Xmas Cello 12 Card Rack Pack Mint! We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1984-85 TOPPS HOCKEY NEAR COMPLETE SET YZERMAN ROOKIE 162/165 EX-MT/NM DL159 at the best online prices at eBay! During my career with Dictaphone Corporation, now retired for 30 years, part of my responsibilities was planning, installing and servicing 911 systems. 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