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vrooomed
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:23 PM | |
This past weekend, I was at a fundraiser for the K-8th grade school that my son recently attended (and my wife also attended, not quite so recently, shhh, don't tell her I said that). I bid on (and won) a silent auction for a package that included Baseball HOF tickets and "cards". The cards portion consisted of 4 sealed packs that contain 4 cards of 2014 Topps Series 1 cards. I saw no images of these in our packaging section, nor did I find anything similar on ebay.
I was wondering if anyone knew the origins of these (were they exclusive to the HOF shop or something) or anything else about them. From what I can see of the cards on top and bottom, they appear to be standard issue cards, nothing special about them or any markings. I have included a photo showing all 4 packs. I will take a better photo of one front and one back to add to the packaging section of this set.
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ComposerMike
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:35 PM | |
Are you able to determine if the packs are grouped by team? They might be stadium giveaways.
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vrooomed
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:45 PM | |
They are not grouped by teams. I only was able to shift cards in one pack, but I saw Mariners & Phillies in it, plus the teams of the front and back players do not match.
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jdogg1228
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:50 PM | |
I went to Oakland Colosseum recently and they had the exact same 4-card packs only of 2015 Topps.
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rmpaq5
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:52 PM | |
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BBCARDZ
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| Thursday, March 14, 2024 7:15 AM | |
Most likely they're 100% packaged and produced by Topps. I got a handful of similar 2023 Topps sample packs last year at Angel Stadium when the Topps Truck made a promotional appearance there. I posted some pictures of the truck and packs in this TCDb thread.
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vrooomed
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| Thursday, March 14, 2024 8:14 AM | |
Andy, thanks. That's probably what they were.
They are available for purchase or for trade. Please see this thread for more info.
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Karensjer
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| Thursday, March 14, 2024 10:28 AM | |
I’ve been to spring training and regular season games in the 2000’s where packs of Topps cards like this were given away to kids from stadium employees. Perhaps they were from a local team.
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C2Cigars
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| Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:39 PM | |
I thought plain, clear cellophane packs don't go in Packaging.
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vrooomed
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| Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:46 PM | |
If the cards were distributed that way, why not?
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