Topps 1987
1987 Topps wax box
This is the first set of cards that I began buying a lot of when I was little. The packs cost 40¢ each and I always dreamed of (but could never afford) buying a whole box for about $15. I can finally afford it, and a box still costs about $15 on eBay, even including shipping costs. This is one set of cards that actually devalued over the years. However, several key rookie cards make this set one of the stronger ones of the late 80′s.
The box comes with 36 packs with a whopping 17 cards per pack.
The 1987 Topps set totals 792 cards and was issued in wax, rack, and jumbo packs or factory sets. Subsets include Future Stars, Topps All-Star Rookies, Record Breakers, Turn Back The Clock, All-Stars, Team Leaders, Checklists and Manager cards. Each card had a wood grain background, and player cards had a team logo within a circle in the upper-left corner, the player name within a colored box in the lower-right corner and the Topps logo in the lower-left corner. For the first time since 1972, the player’s position did not appear on the front of the card. Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.
1987 Topps wax pack
The bottom of the box says:
SAVE THIS BOX!
Attention Retailer:
There are 2 of a Limited Edition of 8 exclusive Baseball Cards printed on the back of this box (inside and out). Stock Topps Baseball Cards and collect the full Set; or save them for your customers who collect Limited Edition Sets.
BOX 1-(A) Don Baylor, (B) Steve Carlton
BOX 2-(C) Ron Cey, (D) Cecil Cooper
BOX 3-(E) Rickey Henderson, (F) Jim Rice
BOX 4-(G) Don Sutton, (H) Dave Winfield
1987 Topps #267 Howard Johnson
My particular box has Don Baylor and Steve Carlton on the side of the box.
Key rookie cards in this set are: John Kruk, Bo Jackson, Jamie Moyer, Ruben Sierra, Barry Bonds, Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, and Barry Larkin.
Other key cards include: Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and Nolan Ryan.
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I always liked the 1987 set and now my boy is in the process of building the set. It is a pretty nice set and dirt cheap. A great way for a kid on a budget to collect old cards.
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The 1987 Topps set is awesome, great wood grain border, love the font and the Kevin Mitchel card may be the best baseball card I’ve ever seen, photo wise. When you look up in general “baseball Cards” a 1987 topps card should be the pic. Have faith in this set, lol, in another 30 years it will be a big time set. Especially the Tiffany version & the Traded set.
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All I remember about these baseball cards when I was little kid was the hard stick of game it came with. Who here agrees with me.
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I have hundreds of 1986 through 88 cards…looking to sell…email me…ksandy@bsamail.org.
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We must be about the same again. This too was the same set I first starting spending all of my allowance on. (although it was O-pee-chee) Great memories.
I stopped collecting around the same time 1993-94.
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Seems to be a nice but affordable set, looks like I might have to start a collection of them.
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i have a 1987(?) topps jim rice front jesse barfield back with back offset off card is this a common card?
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tom: you have a printing error, which were fairly common in the 80′s. The card is worth the same as a common card, but occasionally you might find someone willing to pay more for the oddity. A Jim Rice collector might appreciate the uniqueness of the card enough to give you a buck or two for it.
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That Carlton card from your box is the only card Topps produced of the Hall of Famer in a Giants uniform.
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i have a 1987 topps with fred lynn on front and tim burke name and stats on the back is that worth a buck or two to lol
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Too bad, it seems like there are no basball cards with guys wearing double stitched webbed gloves. In other words two seams on the web between the thumb and pointer, which was popular in the seventies. They fit better than todays mitts, which dont reach below my wrist.
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I started collecting with this year, buying 17-card wax packs out of the 36 ct. box shown. The excessive production had just begun, so the hobby still had an old-fashioned feel to it. I remember being shown a complete 1962 set that year, and to this day, I can still remember the awe I felt when turning the pages of what seemed to me at the time as an ancient card collection. Now that the ’87 set is 25 years old, it’s hard to believe that I can still purchase a wax box for same price that it would have cost back 1987.