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Nice stuff available currently! The 83 Topps and 87 Donruss went so fast, but there’s still a lot of goods including FASC 1984 Donruss boxes!!!! Just a friendly heads up.
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Were the 83 boxes FASC?
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
There is also '85 Topps Wax, Cello, and Rack FASC
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Uhhhhh... CHECK THAT... all of the '85 Topps FASC is GONE lolzzzzzzz
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Anybody having trouble with the website? I keep getting a type error message, and it won't let me add anything to my cart
Working on the following sets
1980's and 1990's Topps Baseball BBCE FASC - Cello or Wax Boxes
1952 Bowman US Presidents PSA 7 & up
Pro Football Hall of Fame Indianapolis Colts PSA Registry Set
June 9th Cubs full ticket or stubs - 1981 to 2020
Andre Dawson Topps Basic registry PSA 10's
Mark Grace Topps Basic registry PSA 10's
'84 Donruss FASC looks like it's gone as well. Crazy.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
No but he briefly had regular wax, Michigan, and cello boxes
Yea there were 10 regular and 10 FASC...550 and 750...lasted no time!
People are bored out of their minds and desperate to rip through unopened packs.
I definitely had a hand in this carnage.
Awesome! I snuck out with a nifty box as well
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
What were the 87 Donruss boxes going for?
Awesome, hope you landed a great piece.
This recalls the good old days of 2013/2014 where BBCE couldn’t keep boxes on the shelves.
Snagged 83 and 85 donruss boxes. Both more than $100 less than the cheapest on eBay. Also grabbed 15 1984 donruss packs that I plan on opening.
I scooped 3 87 Donruss fasc and a 1984 Donruss fasc before making this thread 😂
87 Donruss were $69 ea
The 8 pack brick of 52 topps baseball. Is still available...
I bought 13 of the 87D. Leaving the other 13 for my bro in law. But he decided on 10 instead. Leaving the 3. Good to see a CU member grabbed them.
John
I nabbed one 1981 Topps Baseball Wax Box FASC
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
That’s a great pickup. Love the 81T box design, especially when they are case fresh.
John
How much were the 85 Topps FASC wax boxes?
Brian
$595
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Good price for FASC.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
And that Trout sold for almost double the tag on these packs.
Anyone up for a group break? But seriously, this lack of inventory saddens me.
New stuff added again!
I must have shaken something loose. Went from 11 fasc items to 55 to 39 in an hour.
Didn’t take long for the 1984 Donruss FASC boxes to sell out @ $925!
There is no price too high for 1984 donruss fasc!
People will pay over 3k for a Mattingly PSA 10...I’d venture to imagine there are MUCH fewer FASC boxes than Mattingly 10s
I believe I've told this story in some fashion before, but long before my best friend and I could ever drive, his mom would take us all over Missouri and Kansas to hunt down baseball cards. Card shows, garage sales, out of the way gas stations, antique malls and flea markets, old guys that sold cards in their living room, etc. To this day, I don't think she ever really cared about cards all that much, but just enjoyed getting out of the house and taking us around. She would buy cards though when she was with us, talking up and stocking up on "ROOKIES and SETS and UNOPENED BOXES!"(I can still hear her voice and the inflection and emphasizing), practically rubbing her purchases in our faces as some ultra desirable items. She kept them in the closet and dresser drawers in a spare bedroom, and the sole purpose of that, I believe, was that she would often use those items to then "bribe" us into doing yard work or taking our bikes to the grocery store for a few last minute but necessary items, or any other odd jobs.
Hand on the Bible, she had somehow found and bought a factory sealed case of 1984 Donruss back in 1984. I can't tell you how many times we tried to find a big enough job to do for her that would get her to parcel out just one measly box, heck, just a few packs even. She always insisted that the case would never be opened, as that was for her "retirement". We got 86 Donruss, 87 Fleer, 89 Upper Deck from her without much trouble. Never any 84 Donruss.
I've asked my friend occasionally over the years if she still had it tucked away in the closet, and he has assured me that she still does, along with all the other 80s and 90s stuff that accumulated from those days. She now sometimes dangles those other cards in front of the grandkids, to limited success. The 84 Donruss case remains untouched.
I haven't been back to visit her in years to see for myself, but I send my friend text messages every so often, as I did today, when new price levels get reached. She's been retired for 10 years or so now, but now works maybe 16-20 hours a week as a greeter at Wal-Mart, I take it as just for something to do. I don't know if/when she ever plans to sell. It may just end up being an inherited item passed down to my friend.
I just find the thought of that to be hilarious. All of us that salivate over the idea of getting, and perhaps ripping a FASC 1984 Donruss box, and there's an old lady in a small town somewhere that really doesn't care one iota about cards, that is still to this day just sitting on a whole sealed case.
And her name is Jenny.
It's Jan.
BBCE shutdown until further notice due to COVID-19 exposure
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Stupid non mask wearing patron !
Hoping for a full and speedy recovery and that no one else got infected. Cards can wait.
Arthur
Here's the real story from Steve Hart himself.
2020 has been a crazy, crazy year and we aren’t even halfway through it! Every single person has been affected by events over the last 3 months. BBCE and my crew are no exception. In mid-March we were asked to shut down due to the Covid-19 virus that had come to our country. All of my employees were sent home and we had a very limited staff come to work to package and ship orders a couple times a week. More recently, we have had violence and rioting happen in cities across our country. Destruction and looting came within about 10 miles of our offices in separate directions. Wednesday there was a planned protest to come down our street in Schererville and to be safe, BBCE and some other businesses boarded things up. We also sent all the employees home early that day.
Well now monkey wrench #3 has been thrown into the mix. Yesterday, I tested positive for Covid-19. On Thursday the 4th I went for my yearly doctors visit to have my cholesterol and other blood work done. While there I was asked just in general how I was feeling. I said I felt fine, but felt a cold starting on May 24th (I had sent a text home that day asking if we had any aspirin left as I had a headache and a scratchy throat). The cold lasted a couple of days, then mostly went away. Since my dad lives at my house, they suggested I have the test done since I was already at the doctors office and it would be for the sake of my dad anyway. Then last night I got the call that I tested positive. Unbelievable. For many months now I have basically gone to work, then straight home. I would go to the pharmacy to get my prescriptions filled and stop at a restaurant sometimes for food. That’s basically about it. I do not know anyone else who has this virus that lives within 250 miles of me.
So why am I writing this post? Well, here are the reasons for this:
1: Obviously, we had to shut down operations until this is all figured out. All my employees and family members are getting tested today. If it were up to me, my employees and family would be the only circle who would know about this. But we also have to let the customers who came and made authentication drop offs knowledgeable of this. So in the world of fast paced social media, all of this would be out there anyway soon. I just felt I should get out in front of it with the honest facts, before rumor goes around that may not be accurate.
2: Most everyone knows that since the shut down began in March, our industry has absolutely gone crazy! Prices and demand went through the roof. This is especially true for unopened material and stuff we used to consider “junk wax”. When we opened back up to accept unopened box authentication again in early May, we just got absolutely buried. Pallet after pallet after pallet came in of stuff for us to authenticate and wrap. Since I am the only one who does the authentication, I have been working all day, 7 days a week to try to catch up. It seems like if 50 orders ship out, 75 more come in! Our turnaround time before the pandemic was a smooth 7 days. After we started taking submissions in again I have been telling people it could 4-8 weeks depending on the size of the order. Well now for obvious reasons, that’s going to be pushed back a little longer also. I will update everyone once we have more answers on when I can get back to work.
3: We shut down the retail store in March and have still not opened it up. We took an abundance of caution when making these decisions. Every week we would study the situation and decide as a team how to move forward. So while customers would ask us why we hadn’t opened when the whole town did, we just wanted to be overly cautious. I guess we now made the right decision. We will re-open someday, but just not sure at this moment when that will happen.
So while we are waiting in limbo right now until we get all the answers, BBCE will be shut down. My hope is that everyone here tests negative and we can get back to normal sometime soon. I will put out updates on the status of the business as information comes in.
Thanks—Steve Hart
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
All that aside Steve may have my dream job!
ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
Yep.
Hope Steve and all his employees (if any test positive) are able to make a full recovery with no lingering issues.
Steve is the best. I have bought items formerly known as junk wax, for the sole purpose of having drinks and reliving my childhood. Get well soon Steve!
I have done the same thing many times, good memories for sure.
Do I misunderstand, or has Steve been well for a week?
Luckily they're still shipping. I've placed three separate orders from BBCE in the last week and they've all shipped out. I haven't received them yet, but they're on their way. Gosh, I really hope Steve recovers and that it hasn't spread around the whole BBCE office.
I think his greater concern was spreading it to others including his dad.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I was there 2 weeks ago to drop off items to be authenticated. The backlog was enormous! The back dock was packed with unopened boxes and cases waiting to be checked. Masks and gloves were used both by myself and the crew. Here's hoping that Steve has minimal symptoms and his family and the crew are all healthy. Any inconvenience pales in comparison to making sure everyone is okay.
Depends on how you define "well". Sounds like from covid perhaps. However worrying about riots, retail side shut down, constant looming employees health & liability concerns there, dealing with the massive backlog, trying to play catch up from all the above & going 7 days a week on what's got to be an empty tank, one could say perhaps not.
Steve's definitely a glass is half full kinda guy, so things could always be worse!
Keep your head up, Steve. Thoughts, heart and prayers out to you and yours!
All the best Steve!! Always appreciate our conversation and your advice!! You and BBCE are the BEST!!!
Yeah, unfortunately, we can usually handle it but it's our at-risk relatives that become of great concern. Here's hoping Steve's Dad gets a test and it comes back negative.
Arthur
Part 3!
Amazing to witness what’s going on with 1984 Donruss Baseball BBCE FASC wax boxes over the past month or two. If I’m not mistaken, they’ve gone from $700+ to $900+ to now $1100+ on the BBCE website each time they’ve listed them....and that’s still cheaper than what they’ve sold for on eBay. Crazy!!