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1982 Topps football cello box break- final results.....

CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
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A while back I bought a 1982 Topps football cello cello box for $170 delivered, and all the cards came out pretty sharp. the box yielded a Montana (mine), two LT RCs (one mine, one PSA 7), 1 LT IA PSA 9, 1 Montana IN PSA 9 OC, 1 Lott RC (mine), 1 Munoz RC (mine), and the following PSA 9s- Bradshaw, Collinsworth RC x2, Dorsett x2, Montana LL, and PSA 8s of Largent and Simms. I felt a few of these had a shot to slip through as tens but overall I was happy with the grades. After selling everything but one each of LT, Montana, Lott, and Munoz, here's how I did:

Box: -170
Grading: -70
Sales: +90


Hmmmmmm.... I think I need to work on my auction listing because I only made $20 on the cards I sold AFTER grading. I could have done just as well selling them raw, but I guess I'd be singing a different song if one of them came back a 10. All in all, I paid $150 for LT, Montana, and Lott which are all dead ringers for 9s, and a Munoz which is a probable 8. About fair market value, so I can't complain. Plus I got to bust a fun box from the early 80s with minimal financial risk. No complaints with this one.

Lee

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lee, you most active box buster that posts here. KEEP IT UP image Reading about your adventures helps me not have my own image

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  • jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    With all the unopened '80s material that's being constantly opened and submitted to PSA (4-Sharp-Corners and DLS have a constant stream going), the conventional wisdom is that PSA 9's on the top rookies and PSA 10's on anything else is the only way to make any money on this material. The rest is simply reducing the loss -- if it sells at all.

    Once you get into that mindset, that it's fun but not a money-maker, you can decide how much the enjoyment of breaking boxes is worth to you.
  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭
    I agree with softy. In the late 1980s, I was buying several wax and cello boxes of 83T - just so I could build some nice sets. I would even consider doing this today if I wasn't building other sets. But no way would I add grading fees on top of an already considerable expense, just a waste of money imo. I love 83T (and 82FB) - appreciate them for what they are and not turn them in gambling slabs of plastic.
  • brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭


    << <i>Hmmmmmm.... I think I need to work on my auction listing because I only made $20 on the cards I sold AFTER grading. >>



    It has nothing to do with your auction listings.It has to do with the fact that the stuff you are opening is plentiful and the demand is just not there.And I know you don't want to just go out and buy these key cards already graded but I think you will see by doing it your way you will be throwing away good money after bad.
    But I have also said that if money is not an object for you keep up what you are doing.I understand the joy of opening packs and boxes just as well as anyone else image
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