1951 Topps Wax Wrapper

On an impulse, I bought a 1951 Topps wax wrapper on eBay. It wasn't too expensive (<$10). For some reason, I find stuff like this cool. I also have an empty wax box (box that held several packs of cards for display at the store) from the 1956 Topps set.
I'll have to buy a few cheap '51 Topps to display with it. That year was the first for Topps. The cards came two to a pack along with a piece of caramel. The cards were intended to be used as as game, although I haven't found any specific information on how that was played.


It's been an expensive week, even though I don't have anything to show for it yet. I decided to add a 16x20 to my Willie Mays purchase so I mailed a check for that. I also sent a ball and 2008 Goudey to a Cal Ripken Jr. signing.

Finally, today I ordered a signed Joe Mauer jersey from Ironclad Authentics. They are having a 30% off sale. Mauer was one of the cheapest jerseys on their site to begin with, so it was reasonably cheap after the discount. If he wins the MVP award this year, it will be a long time before I get another chance to buy a jersey this cheap.

Gene Hermanski Return Today

One return in the mail today. Gene Hermanski signed a 1948 Leaf. This one was out for about a month so I was starting to get worried.

I'm going to be spending off a couple of baseballs to a Cal Ripken Jr. signing. I'm going to get a regular ball signed as well as a HHH Metrodome Commemorative ball signed, since he got his 3000th hit at the Dome.

I'm also sending off a Metrodome ball to get signed by Rick Aguilera, who is signing at a Jack Berke signing later this month. Aguilera doesn't sign much, so I'll get this while I can.