Friday, August 17, 2018

Allen, Texas






This box of 175 cards was sent by Nick of Allen, Texas.  Nick is by, at least by my estimation, the only other devoted Wallach collector out there.  I've ran into a good number of other Wallach fans, but most aren't card collectors. Thankfully, he's a collector of the more reasonable variety, and only needs one of each card.  So I've sent a few odd-balls his way that he was in need of (I know it goes against my stated mission, but there's enough to go around), and in return he has been wildly generous in sending me duplicates.

A couple of odd things jumped out in the process of adding up these cards.  Some how the 1989 Topps Sticker is the first new one I've picked up since 2012.  The 1988 Fleer Award Winner also ends a multi-year drought without adding any.  It's strange the cards that seem to end up being scarce.  I don't know if it's actually a by product of low print runs, or just a statistical anomaly, but either way I find it interesting.

As always, thank you for the cards Nick.

Updated Totals:

1982 Topps x2: 1,191
1983 Fleer: 113
1985 O-Pee-Chee: 23
1986 Donruss: 143
1986 Donruss All-Star: 28
1986 Fleer Mini: 38
1986 Leaf: 27
1986 Topps: 309
1986 Topps All-Star: 622
1987 Donruss: 418
1987 Sportflics Tri-Stars x2: 13
1987 Topps x2: 864
1988 Donruss x8: 747
1988 Donruss All-Star x2: 45
1988 Fleer: 245
1988 Fleer Award Winners: 19
1988 Leaf Canadian Greats x2: 31
1988 O-Pee-Chee: 15
1988 Score: 252
1988 Topps x3: 676
1988 Topps All-Star x5: 668
1988 Topps Big: 62
1988 Topps Mini Leaders: 33
1988 Topps Stickers: 25
1989 Bowman: 149
1989 Donruss x3: 371
1989 Fleer x2: 338
1989 K-Mart x2: 49
1989 Topps x4: 662
1989 Topps Stickers: 5
1989 Upper Deck: 186
1990 Bowman x4: 98
1990 Donruss Baseball's Best: 10
1990 Fleer: 323
1990 Leaf x2: 95
1990 Topps x9: 495
1990 Topps Coins: 9
1990 Topps Mini Leaders x2: 15
1990 Topps Super Star: 21
1990 Upper Deck x2: 282
1990 U.S. Playing Cards: 29
1991 Donruss x3: 251
1991 Donruss MVP x3: 234
1991 Fleer x3: 171
1991 Leaf x2: 118
1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier: 70
1991 Post: 14
1991 Stadium Club x5: 121
1991 Studio: 70
1991 Topps x6: 237
1991 Ultra x3: 81
1991 Upper Deck x3: 276
1991 Upper Deck Checklist x7: 215
1992 Bowman: 51
1992 Donruss: 189
1992 Leaf: 91
1992 Leaf Black Gold: 14
1992 Pinnacle: 98
1992 Stadium Club x4: 53
1992 Studio: 59
1992 Topps x2: 202
1992 Topps Kids x2: 41
1992 Triple Play x2: 90
1992 Ultra: 133
1992 Upper Deck x3: 269
1993 Bowman: 22
1993 Fleer Final Edition: 12
1993 Leaf: 74
1993 Studio: 43
1993 Topps x3: 188
1993 Topps Traded: 28
1993 Ultra: 40
1993 Upper Deck x4: 136
1994 Collector's Choice Silver Sig: 4
1994 Pacific: 11
1994 Pinnacle: 30
1994 Stadium Club x2: 41
1994 Topps x5: 115
1994 Upper Deck: 76
1995 Collector's Choice SE: 38
1995 Donruss x2: 46
1995 Stadium Club x2: 21
1995 Topps x4: 53
1996 Collector's Choice Ser.II: 26
1996 Pinnacle: 44
1997 Collector's Choice x2: 25





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