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Advice on opening Donruss The Rookies sets

DrRickDagless_MDDrRickDagless_MD Posts: 18 ✭
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Hello all, does anyone have advice on how to best avoid the tight cellophane damaging the top card in sets of 1980’s Donruss: The Rookies? I’ve opened a few packs and the corners have lost color/gloss due to being stuck to the wrapping. Would humidifying or dehumidifying the packs help, and if so, which of the two? And if either would work, how would you best recommend doing this?
Thank you in advance for any tips.

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  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hair dryer works for some cards that are stuck together, might work for these.
    Putting in freezer could also work, but I haven't tried that.
    Good luck!

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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    Good luck getting a PSA 10 of the 1986 Wally Joyner! Do I need to explain why?

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  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Estil said:
    Good luck getting a PSA 10 of the 1986 Wally Joyner! Do I need to explain why?

    Top card?

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  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 944 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Estil said:
    Good luck getting a PSA 10 of the 1986 Wally Joyner! Do I need to explain why?

    Maybe. 64 PSA10s out of 149 graded is 43% gem rate.

    I've opened a lot of 1987s and card #1 Mark McGwire is 5% gem rate, and other cards like Bo Jackson and Greg Maddox are around 10% gem rate.

  • DrRickDagless_MDDrRickDagless_MD Posts: 18 ✭
    edited August 4, 2024 12:54PM

    @RonSportscards Did you have any issues with the cellophane sticking? I opened about 3 and it took color off the corners. Thanks

  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 944 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DrRickDagless_MD said:
    @RonSportscards Did you have any issues with the cellophane sticking? I opened about 3 and it took color off the corners. Thanks

    No, I haven't had that issue.

  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭

    @JoeBanzai said:

    @Estil said:
    Good luck getting a PSA 10 of the 1986 Wally Joyner! Do I need to explain why?

    Top card?

    Yes and it that packaging it's very easy for it to wreck the corners. Well enough to deny it a 10 grade anyway. And of course Top Card is not to be confused with that early 90s TNN game show!

    WISHLIST
    D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That miserable cellophane wrap seems to make every card in the rookies sets have rounded corners.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,814 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    That miserable cellophane wrap seems to make every card in the rookies sets have rounded corners.

    It seems to me, I have seen some of these cards still get 9's and 10's with imperfect corners.

    I went through a stage where I was buying some of these sets and looking at cards on ebay and saw some 10's that looked like the corners were slightly bent over backwards.

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  • olb31olb31 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got a 4 from SGC with those corners on a Mcgwire.

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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JoeBanzai said:

    @craig44 said:
    That miserable cellophane wrap seems to make every card in the rookies sets have rounded corners.

    It seems to me, I have seen some of these cards still get 9's and 10's with imperfect corners.

    I went through a stage where I was buying some of these sets and looking at cards on ebay and saw some 10's that looked like the corners were slightly bent over backwards.

    This is true. I had an 87 the rookies maddux that was given a PSA 10 despite the slightly rounded corners.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭✭✭

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