Christmas Gift

I'm not sure I've ever been given Tim Wallach cards as a Christmas gift.  For one, I don't talk about my baseball card collecting very much with the people in my day to day life, the sort of people who would be inclined to give me a Christmas gift in the first place.  These tend to be people who don't know much about my collecting, aren't collector's themselves, and probably find it a little daunting.  I'm sure the majority of my family wouldn't be sure where to even look for cards beyond the card isle in Target.  Which is fine.  As collector's, we tend to be fussy, and I'm more than capable of buying myself cards throughout the year.  I don't need gifts.

So I was a little shocked when a friend pulled out an all too familiar white rectangle box and handed it to me this year.  I thought I hit the jackpot, a hodge podge of someone's cast away card collection.  But it was even better, it wasn't a random mix junk wax, but rather, a box full of Tim Wallach cards.  531 to be exact.  This person actually learned how to use eBay for this.  Thank you. It's an awesome and unexpected gift.

Updated Totals:

1982 Donrusss x2: 173
1982 Fleer: 242
1982 Topps x2: 1,187
1983 Donruss x3: 102
1983 Fleer x2: 108
1983 Topps x4: 250
1984 Donruss: 117
1984 Topps x3: 304
1985 Donruss x3: 78
1985 Topps x3: 284
1986 Donruss x4: 142
1986 Donruss All-Star x3: 14
1986 Fleer: 116
1986 Fleer Mini: 36
1986 Topps x7: 295
1986 Topps All-Star x10: 597
1987 Donruss x4: 400
1987 Donruss Opening Day: 34
1987 Fleer x6: 201
1987 Fleer Glossy: 26
1987 Sportflics: 46
1987 Topps x11: 817
1988 Donruss x11: 729
1988 Fleer x5: 227
1988 Fleer MVP: 17
1988 Revco: 39
1988 Score x4: 245
1988 Topps x13: 623
1988 Topps All-Star x11: 604
1988 Topps Glossy All-Star: 16
1988 Topps UK Mini: 85
1989 Bowman: 142
1989 Donruss x7: 340
1989 Donruss Baseball's Best: 19
1989 Fleer x13: 281
1989 Score x6: 171
1989 Topps x19: 645
1989 Upper Deck: 179
1990 Bowman x2: 90
1990 Donruss x28: 398
1990 Fleer x22: 306
1990 Score x46: 247
1990 Sportflics: 10
1990 Topps x29: 445
1990 Topps Super Star: 20
1990 Upper Deck x13: 250
1991 Bowman x2: 50
1991 Donruss x24: 230
1991 Donruss MVP x24: 207
1991 Fleer x6: 162
1991 Leaf x9: 87
1991 Score x14: 216
1991 Score The Franchise x23: 174
1991 Topps x11: 225
1991 Ultra x3: 72
1991 Upper Deck x6: 264
1991 Upper Deck Checklist x5: 201
1992 Donruss x8: 169
1992 Fleer x8: 98
1992 Leaf x4: 77
1992 O-Pee-Chee: 16
1992 Pinnacle x2: 93
1992 Score x4: 76
1992 Stadium Club x4: 41
1992 Studio x9: 53
1992 Topps x6: 184
1992 Triple Play: 81
1992 Ultra x3: 117
1992 Upper Deck x3: 260
1993 Flair: 33
1993 Fleer x2: 43
1993 Fleer Final Edition: 11
1993 Leaf: 72
1993 Pinnacle x2: 30
1993 Score x3: 24
1993 Stadium Club x5: 51
1993 Studio: 40
1993 Topps x3: 144
1993 Ultra: 36
1993 Upper Deck x5: 122
1994 Donruss x2: 29
1994 Fleer: 34
1994 Leaf: 40
1994 Pinnacle: 25
1994 Score: 60
1994 Stadium Club x4: 36
1994 Stadium Club Rainbow: 12
1994 Ultra: 35
1995 Collector's Choice: 33
1995 Upper Deck: 34
1996 Collector's Choice: 21