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Dear Babe: In 1990, a friend advised me that a box of baseball cards would be a good investment. I bought a box of 36 packs of Topps cards. It remains unopened. The top of the box has a picture of a Ken Griffey Jr.'s Topps All-Star Rookie card. The players pictured on the box bottom are Wade Boggs, George Brett, Andre Dawson and Dwight Evans.
Kevin Rearden, Herndon, Va.
I wouldn't be trying to cash in on any stock tips from your friend. Unfortunately, the 1990 Topps cards were part of the over productive years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Unless you got a great deal, the box is probably worth less - $8-$12 - than you paid for it back then...
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-Bob