Wacky Packages Glasses
from Topps

I remember in the early 1970's going to the newsstand and buying trading cards. I usually always bought baseball cards. But baseball wasn't always in season and sometimes they would run out of the current baseball series, so I'd buy something else. One of the other packs I might get would be Wacky Package Stickers from Topps. These were card sized stickers that satirized a popular product. They provided all the irreverent types of jokes that every young teen loves. We used them to cover our notebooks and our lockers at school.

What I never realized until recently was that there are glasses with these same images. I regret to admit that I know little about the history of their distribution. Given the scarcity of these items, I would be safe in assuming they were a mail order item or a brief department store issue. The shape of the glass positively dates them to the mid-1970's. If anyone else has additional information on their distribution, I'd like to hear from them. These glasses seem to be in more demand by card or Topps collectors then they are by glass collectors.This particular Hawaiian Punks glass is in the current CGN auction (lot # 3).

Happy New Year to All!! - Mark E. Chase, editor