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I was recently made aware of the 1990 Donruss Wedge variation and now I have to go through my 2444 1990 Donruss Andre Dawson cards to check for it and of course I want it in the INC and INC. variations
ooOOooohhh...what is the wedge variation? Do tell!
In 1991 Topps celebrated 40th anniversary in the business of baseball trading cards with a sweepstakes and instant win game where 300,000 old Topps cards were randomly inserted into packs.
According to an newspaper interview with Topps spokesman Dennis Liss, buy-back cards with a value of less than $50 were inserted into packs, while cards worth more than $50 and issued before 1957 would be redemptions.
Based on data from collectors who opened large quantities of 1991 Topps packs, the buy-backs and redemption coupons were seeded into packs at the "case hit" level. Topps advertised that they spent $1 million on prior-year cards for this promotion.
The contest consisted of:
One contest card was seeded in every pack. Collectors could fill out the card with their name and address for a chance to win one of 41 different prizes.
The first-place prize was every Topps complete set from 1952 to 1991. The forty second-place prizes was one Topps complete set from a random year.
Contest cards, which were seeded at one in every 1000 packs, contained an X were "instant winners" and could be redeemed for a vintage buy-back card.
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Did Topps ever explain, or does anyone have any theories, as to how some of the 1991 Topps Baseball product ended up with 1990 Topps Football backs? It seems like one of the more ridiculous printing errors with the mixing of two sports.
Picked up the Puckett on COMC today for half of what it had sold for on eBay in recent months, then the same seller listed another of the Puckett on COMC for considerably more this afternoon, so I was pleased about that good fortune.
Also, for the record, 25-year-old Topps gum is gross. It has about 3 seconds of flavor, still, but turns to a mess in your mouth that is somehow dusty and squishy at the same time. Whatever makes it 'gummy' is gone.