TheCardFrog's Wax Pack Collection

[TheCardFrog]

Well I thought I would show you my wax pack collection, for those of you who do not know or do not collect wax packs they are old vintage factory sealed wax packets produced before the nice foil like packets of today were produced.

Some packets are very hard to find and very expensive to buy, these types of cards were around when some of us older guys were kids and they way we treated them is shocking.

They range from the 1960's to the 1990's and still have that lovely bit of now stale and sometimes broken stick of gum, I currently have 91 mint packets in my collection but a few of those are doubles (the ones in the boxes at the back).

Anyone else here collect wax packets? I have to look into importing some sports wax packets soon as all mine are Non-Sport.

 

[GoldenBoy23]

wow. that's a ton of old wax packs. thanks for sharing.

 

[Matt26]

Awesome collection. The Mash cards would be cool!

 

[chadjaja]

I have wax packs. Mostly 70's and 80's basketball all sealed. I'm thinking about getting them slabbed by GAI for eg.

Even my wedding invitation came in a wax pack based on the 1970 topps design LOL

 

[TheCardFrog]

Even my wedding invitation came in a wax pack based on the 1970 topps design LOL

How did you do that? lol, that would have looked great.

 

[saintscardsonly]

hey frog
did the series "V" come out in a wax pack, that woulda been around then maybe...??

 

[TheCardFrog]

yes Fleer released "V" trading cards in a black wax pack with a red V in 1984 but for some reason I don't have any lol, Ill have tog get some now.

 

[graham]

Ive got packs of each of the 1980 empire strikes back series. And a series 1 rack pack of the same. Not much else though

 

[juddcollector]

they're sick, I knew that there were a lot of tv series wax packs but I didn't know that many!!! love the Freddy Krueger, takes u back.
what's your white whale?

 

[chadjaja]

How did you do that? lol, that would have looked great.

The invite was an exact copy of the 1970 topps tall boy design but with my now wife and I on the front. The back had 'our' stats on it and the info on where and when instead of the usual text. Even the cartoon that was on the back of each card that year was changed to one about me. Invites were printed and placed in toploaders. Then they were wrapped up in the wax wrapper and sealed all to scale, same colours etc etc as the original wax product. A mate of mine in the US designed cards for donrus (NFL product) and did all the work for me. We printed them out ourselves, cut them out and did all the other work. They turned out great.

Some family got a traditional invitation as it seems its 'not proper' to have invites as we had Some lucky people got both

 

[saintscardsonly]

be interesting to see a price on a box
i wouldnt mind a base set

 

[edd1e66]

Was looking at some wax pack cards today. Might go back and snap up a few. (were going for about $5 a pack)

 

[loafic]

wow now thats a different mailday... awesome stuff!!

 

[Moses]

That's really cool.