85 topps rack 1/2 busted, should I keep going?

RipublicaninMass

Pulled 2 clemens and 2 mcgwires, worth searching for a puckett, ryan, rose etc???

5STAT

depends on the centering of the cards and how sharp they are!!??!!

Question then becomes what do you do with the rest of the racks?? Selling 'em off after pulling the stars is BAD.......

So why not just rip 'em if they're nice....

MorrellMan

'85 packs followed serious collation patterns; did you pull a Gooden?

RipublicaninMass

Nope no gooden, the centering on the clememsn is 9 and one is a sure shot at a 10. You know how that goes! The mcgwires are a bit heavy t/b not too bad. I had a scan but they are enormous, so out of respect for dial uppers, I wont repost them. MM what do you mean serious collation?

MorrellMan

Back in the '80s (and maybe even the '90s - I wouldn't know since I haven't bought a new card in 15 years) manufacturers packaged cards in repetitive, collated patterns. I remember Gooden was #620 and the same 6 cards or so appeared in the pack before his card came up. So if you found a cello or rack with any one of those cards on top, you could be certain a Gooden was inside. Gooden, of course, was THE hot card in 1985.

baseballfanatic

Ditto to that. I remember even in 87 the cards had the same collation patterns. I cant remember the exact order now, but the Tim Laudner (Keith Atherton?)and a few others that escape me now, were always on top of the McGwire....

SDavid

Given the collation problems mentioned and the fact that you pulled a clemens and a mcgwire, I'd like to know who bought the box from. Sounds like a reputable source.

Tabe

<< <i>Ditto to that. I remember even in 87 the cards had the same collation patterns. I cant remember the exact order now, but the Tim Laudner (Keith Atherton?)and a few others that escape me now, were always on top of the McGwire.... >>


Back in '87, I bought a 6-box rack case. Busted the whole thing, except for about 20 packs I kept with hot stars and rookies showing (you know, rookies like BJ Surhoff, etc). I tracked the collation patterns for about 20 guys - not McGwire for some reason - and I think I still have that little notebook somewhere. That was fun

Tabe

A761506

I can remember collation patterns in nearly box I ever opened during the 80's, not just Topps. When Upper Deck released in 89, the location of the packs in an entire case which contained the Griffey card was figured out quickly. 89 Fleer was being looted for those Ripken cards, and those things were right in order. If you cracked any type of 80's box from Topps, seems like you would always wind up with 4-6 cards of a whole bunch of players who just kept on repeating.

Dallas88

Ditto the collation ---- and the "notebook" of patterns!

For one year, I kept track of everything I opened, and listed the cards in my notebook, attempting to find the magic formula (I think it was '84 topps for the Mattingly rookie).

Great times!!!!

Sets

Were those racks from the Huggins & Scott Auction?