Leland's Unopened Pack Auctions

julen23 · May 28, 2005 1:49PM

I was checking out lelands unopened pack auctions and they are truly humbling. I feel lucky to have been able to save the images of some of these cards to my hard drive.

$100k and you may win a bid or two

$$$$$

Until then I will remain an abstract observer at best

Julen

gosteelers · May 28, 2005 2:02PM

Very nice! I especially found the Ryan and Seaver cellos to be amazing

brianwintersfan · May 28, 2005 2:06PM

Would be nice if the titles and prices matched the pictures!
Some do but some don't.

CDsNuts · May 28, 2005 9:42PM

That 89 Donruss case is sweet.

Lee

Fletch1750 · May 29, 2005 12:00AM

Anybody see all of the great 1951 Bowman cards in there?

Brian48 · May 29, 2005 2:23AM

Man, I remember these "fun packs" from when I was a kid. I remember picking up one from a local KMart back in 80' or 81". Pulled a Bird/Johnson rookie out of it.

ctsoxfan · May 29, 2005 2:29AM

<< <i>Would be nice if the titles and prices matched the pictures!
Some do but some don't. >>

Amazing - guess no one proof read the auctions? Still, I am amazed at all the unopened stuff that continues to turn up at these type of things.

stevek · May 29, 2005 2:51AM

Whew - that 57 Topps GAI 9 is awesome! If I won it, how could I resist not opening up that baby? Lots of other great unopened packs as well. That 57 Topps pack I can't afford, but I think I'll take a shot at some of those others.

Buccaneer · May 29, 2005 2:56AM

<< <i>Whew - that 57 Topps GAI 9 is awesome! If I won it, how could I resist not opening up that baby? Lots of other great unopened packs as well. That 57 Topps pack I can't afford, but I think I'll take a shot at some of those others. >>

Same here.

Buccaneer · May 29, 2005 9:27AM

Can someone tell me how many cards are in a 1970 Topps Baseball Grocery Cello?

bobsbbcards · May 29, 2005 10:09AM

<< <i>Can someone tell me how many cards are in a 1970 Topps Baseball Grocery Cello? >>

12

softparade · May 29, 2005 9:48PM

The centering on that Seaver card is just unbelievable.

packCollector · May 30, 2005 2:59AM

CollectorChris · May 30, 2005 3:29AM

Put your doubts aside. These are the real deal. I recall reading on-line about a find a few months ago.

packCollector · May 30, 2005 5:07AM

would really like to see something that would validate these, I have read in several places where very advanced collectors of unopened material also have their doubts.

the christmas packs were the real deal at 1 point to until enough people bought them and realized the junk that they were.

stevek · May 30, 2005 7:44AM

packCollector and others...

I've got my eye on that 1962 cello which is the first year I started collecting as a kid. Also watching the 1965 cello. And of course the wax packs.

Interesting point though about the authenticity of the cellos. Naturally one would think that if it's in a GAI slab, it's got to be the real deal. But I was EXTREMELY active during the summer of 1962 and 1965 collecting baseball cards. In 1962, collecting pop bottles for 2 cents each and selling them at the grocery store, then walking to the "candy" store and buying candy, baseball cards, and comic books. Almost every day I was at that candy store. I don't ever remember seeing a cello pack throughout those years. Now very possibly this store owner just chose not to retail cello packs. But this store always had a wide variety of candy, cards, and comics, including even many non-sports cards, so there shouldn't have been any reason not to offer cello packs. Perhaps the cellos were just offered in certain areas of the country? Any further thoughts on this or websites that may have further information on this? Thanks!

Steve

Buccaneer · May 30, 2005 8:32AM

packCollector and others: What is your opinion on the unopens offer by red-zone? Like this or this?

jmoran19 · May 30, 2005 9:12AM

Here's a photo of a 1962 sell sheet saying cello packs (10 cents) contain 12 cards in a clear wrapped pack. Includes a photo of a cello with Maris on top.

62sell

stevek · May 30, 2005 9:24AM

jmoran19 - Very, Very Cool! Thanks!

packCollector · May 30, 2005 9:50AM

mart · May 30, 2005 10:21AM

<< <i>packCollector and others...

I've got my eye on that 1962 cello which is the first year I started collecting as a kid. Also watching the 1965 cello. And of course the wax packs.

Interesting point though about the authenticity of the cellos. Naturally one would think that if it's in a GAI slab, it's got to be the real deal. But I was EXTREMELY active during the summer of 1962 and 1965 collecting baseball cards. In 1962, collecting pop bottles for 2 cents each and selling them at the grocery store, then walking to the "candy" store and buying candy, baseball cards, and comic books. Almost every day I was at that candy store. I don't ever remember seeing a cello pack throughout those years. Now very possibly this store owner just chose not to retail cello packs. But this store always had a wide variety of candy, cards, and comics, including even many non-sports cards, so there shouldn't have been any reason not to offer cello packs. Perhaps the cellos were just offered in certain areas of the country? Any further thoughts on this or websites that may have further information on this? Thanks!

Steve >>

I am not a collector such as everyone here is, but this piqued my interest !! I only found this site while doing research on a Mickey Mantle with auto card that I have. Everyone here was great and helped a lot !! But after reading the above post, I am curious, back during these same years, I bought gum that had baseball cards. I can`t remember the brand, and frankly , at that time we kids didn`t care. I believe there were several brands that had 3 cards each !! Until I looked at the Maris card in the link, I had never seen a pack like that !! Now I am in the lower south, Texas to be exact, so maybe the different type packs are oriented to a particular area. But I am wondering if the packs like we had are very collectable? And if anyone remembers,, What was the brand?

baseballcardsonly · May 30, 2005 10:45AM

Why doesn't Topps publish this kind of info?....What years they issued wax/cello/grocery/etc... with the retail cost and number of cards in each pack. Has anybody ever asked?

bjork73 · May 31, 2005 7:40PM

Anybody have any experience with miswraps as far as condition/collation of cards? The 5-case (1500 packs!) of '83 baseball sounds enticing

jmoran19 · June 2, 2005 5:55PM

One word, BORING! I only get 1 or 2 baseball games per week on ESPN international and all the other sports channels are soccer, rugby and Aussie rules football. And there is no where to buy heritage baseball cards!! The wife better appreciate what I'm doing for her!

Here is another picture of some 1960's sell sheets, plus one for 1970. The fine print related to how many cards are in each type of pack is too blurry to read.

sellsheets

Buccaneer · June 3, 2005 8:57AM

Man, those unopens are starting to go high.

Griffins · June 3, 2005 9:29AM

Some of the earlier ones don't seem that high compared to recent prices, I think they've got a way to go.

Buccaneer · June 7, 2005 10:59AM

I'm still getting tempted by some of the grocery cellos. Are there any more comments on those? Perhaps those were more regional distributions? What are the chances that those are re-wraps?

Leland's Unopened Pack Auctions

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