The Official 2022 CU BBCE Group Break Rip/Reveal Thread! Post your Pulls and Packs Here!
grote15
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Now that many of the packages from BBCE are in transit, I thought I'd start a separate thread for us to share the excitement!
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Both rippers and unopened collectors are welcome to post their pulls and packs here! Good luck everyone!
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.
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hey grote15,
how'd ya do? you gonna open yours or keep em unopened?
For now, probably keep them unopened, at least the 70s packs, but you never know!
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.
For some…..
Is today the day?????
Let’s see……
Live long, and prosper.
Got my packs this morning..Not ripping any of them, maybe on a nice rainy or big snow day. Did peek and didn't see any stars showing, but really nice and clean packs!...Definitely happy with my stash!
Work in progress - Unopened Racks/Cello/Wax with star power for Baseball, Football and Basketball
Collecting unopened 80's boxes and graded packs
I may be hoarding too much 80's junk wax but I like it!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Live long, and prosper.
I got mine today. This is the extent of my haul.
If anyone got packs with Pirates showing, I would be interested in a trade.
Collector of Pittsburgh Pirates cards for a slightly less stupid reason.
My Pirates Collection
My package was delivered this morning. It was stressful last couple of hours when I saw that someone had "Signed" for it and the package was "Delivered, Left with individual" even though nobody was home. I had USPS to send me a picture of the signature and it was definitely a forgery. Asked the wife to swing by home to see if anything was there and, luckily, the package was left between the screen door and my front door. What a relief.
I'm assuming the mailman signed for it himself and left it. I have no relationship with him so I'm very surprised he did this. Has anyone else ever had this happen? My bill for this break came to $1500 so to say I was worried was an understatement.
Doug (1all)
Mine just arrived. Will be staying unopened.thanks again for organizing this break.
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For those knowledgeable about the ordering of the cards it would be interesting to know if there are any of the key rookies based on the top and bottom cards for those packs posted
I should have ordered bigger items. There will hardly be any packing peanuts in that small box.
Got mine today! What series was the 1972 opc box again? I don’t see it listed but thought 3rd right?
Just a few for me. The others I wanted did not fill.
Josh Wilker - Cardboard Gods
hey cadets68,
Pretty cool rack...
My haul just arrived although I was disappointed my postal worker just left them under my mailbox near my door. Not behind my porch railing. All good now I will be ripping soon!
Mine came today as well...not sure if I'm ripping them or not yet.
I have a huge box sitting next to me. Savoring it and waiting for the exact right moment to open it. Will post pics. Hoping for some stars on the cellos! Slightly crushed corner, but shouldnt be an issue.
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I am weak.
I started with my 4 packs of 1984 hockey cards. I did okay in the last pack....I forgot how some packs doubled up. I show a few of those doubles for laughs more than anything.
And Yahtzee! Sure wish the centering was a little better but it was a lot of fun.
2nd series. All 72 OPC boxes are either 1st (1-253) or 2nd series (264-525).
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.
Fresh from the grote15 led 2022 CU Forum Group Break worked out with BBCE are the four 1983 Topps Cello Packs I was able to grab before the box sold out.
Nothing to be ashamed about here. All four packs are very sharp with crisp unopened cello attributes across the board. 💪
One of which features HOF’er “Lefty” Steve Carlton on top 👍😃👏
They will join my nearly complete ‘83 Topps Cello Box!
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
I am happy to report my box arrived today, as well! Packs were super clean throughout and I will probably keep them sealed for now. I want to thank everyone once again for making this break such a successful one and something I hope to coordinate sometime next year, too!
The 72 OPC packs were especially minty fresh!
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.
Have to say I hit the jackpot. My favorite player, his RC, in a set my dad and I opened tons of back in the day.
Awesome!
Dan, sweet Lefty cello!
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.
Received my packs today, not planning on opening any time soon. I appreciate the opportunity to purchase these and I look forward to the next group break.
Sweet packs! Hold onto that 78 Wise cello!
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.
My small haul.
Opened a few things and had some luck.
hey CardCollector11,
Pretty cool racks...
My box arrived safely and got my first look this morning….
I thought everything was expertly packed… and makes a really nice presentation of unwrapped material.
I’m very pleased (especially since I did not know what to expect).
Live long, and prosper.
Question folks - in this day and age of folks doubting raw packs being authentic - for those that keep them unopened, do you have PSA slab them?
In 10 years, let’s say you decide to sell a 72 OPC - saying , well it came from Steve’s CU break probably has no validity.
Thoughts?
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Great to see the group break break again. Well done whomever managed it!
Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.
Re the Yzerman card in back…was that sticky provided by BBCE team or did you add that?
Mine arrived. I got a 2nd year Mollie on front of a 79 pack.
I also got a tease of a header card on the 78 cello. A Rookie 4 window beauty, but not the Mollie.
Thx again Tim.
My haul. Unfortunately one of the 1980 Topps cellos arrived with a damaged back wrapper. It was all brown and crusty and upon closer examination, cracked open. So I opened the pack. Again unfortunately, no hits and cards had rough corners from the tight wrapping.
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I bought 9 1983 FB wax packs...pulled 2 Marcus Allens.
I bought 4 1981 FB cellos...pulled 2 Montanas (both "Montana" Cellos had the same guy on the front)
probably 20 other HOFers total as well. Very pleased.
For what it's worth, lately I've been taking a video any time I unbox packs from BBCE or Fritsch. Not perfect but better than nothing. Wish I had done it over the years but I am mostly collecting for me anyway.
I agree. There will come “a day” - through reducing my collection, or nature (hopefully a solid 25 years from now
) - that they will most likely be sold.
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Which guy was on top? Not assuming a pattern, just curious.
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don't want to say just yet...as I am looking for more, but DEFINITE pattern of cards...
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Gum soaked through 3 cards .. ugh.. but .. expected.
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Love those 72’s. Sweet Tommy John.
That John is a blazer!!
I ripped my two 78 cello's. Nothing earth shattering - a nice Rose and a decent Morgan.
I ripped my 10 packs of 78 hockey. That was fun and brought back a lot of great memories. I was hoping to replace the Bossy rookie I opened 44 years ago...but it did not happen. A lot of HOF'ers and a great looking Dryden and LaFleur.
I also opened my 3 82 football cello's. I did get a nice looking R Lott but really nothing else.
I will open the 1980 super cello's later and post some pictures.
umm.. nope
I should sell it on ebay with no returns allowed.. heh heh heh
Unfortunately, the Tommy John is the 2nd card in from back. Completely gum soaked suckery. 3/4ths of the back feels and looks like a warted bumpy shiny booobulah. The pic here doesn't give justice to the suckery of the card. Tommy deserves better.
For me, who knows you and have dealt with you, the back story with that provenance is sufficient, but in general, grading the packs is the way to go. I am submitting 2 of my 3 72 OPC packs. My 83 OPC pack from the tape intact box also has Brett on top and is super clean, so I may sub that one once prices come back down to $25 again.
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 added that sticker after reviewing the back of the pack.
Really enjoying all the pics! Thanks for sharing them!
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.
That John is a blazer!!
Too bad. It looks perfect until you zoom in and see the gun soak up even on the front. PSA should never hire me!!!!
Wish I picked up more. These are the only packs I bought. Wanted some '78 Topps football wax, but the box didn't sell out. Thanks for putting this together for everyone.
I'd consider myself one of the biggest doubters of ungraded packs on eBay. I have spent nearly a decade trying (and failing miserably) to persuade people to stop wasting their money on fool's gold.
With that said...
For 10+ years I have purchased packs mainly via CU's pack break group (nearly all breaks were indirectly through BBCE), Through BBCE directly, or through Frisch and none of my packs have been graded thus far. This is how I generally preferred it in the past as I did not like to spend money on grading as I always thought I could instead buy more cards. This was a definite mistake on my part as now I have to get them graded so if I ever decide to sell them it would alleviate any concerns from the buyer.
The odd thing is I bought 12 1976 rack packs on eBay about 8 years ago for the ridiculously low price of $175. BBCE authenticated them all. I recently took pictures of 6 1980-81 Topps Basketball packs I paid like $80 total for 10+ years ago and had my doubts they were authentic and I was able to see that there was a Bird rookie with Cartwright on the back of a pack which makes me think they have not been tampered with.