What Should I Rip??

brianwintersfan

With the new February grading special I want to submit some cards just for fun and maybe a little profit.
Any ideas what might be a fun and affordable rip that would also have interest to others if I nailed some 9's and 10's??
It could be '89 Pro Set football or '81 Donruss baseball.
What do you guys think??

charliehustle14

If it was me, unless I was feelin' lucky, I'd go for the ProSet. The poor quality of the '81 Donruss will break your heart. So many diamond cuts, oversizing, undersizing, factory surface wrinkles/creases, and poor centering. The paper stock is so thin, that the corners sometimes don't hold up very well, even unopened. On top of that, you don't lose one or two cards in every pack to gum and wax stains. Man! Has it really been 25 years since those cards came out? I feel like an old man!

Todd

brianwintersfan

Well I'm open for other suggestions as well.
The shop I work at had a couple dusty boxes of the '89 Pro Set so I set them on the side until I decide what to do.

sayheykid54

Without question the 1981 Donruss box. I have long felt that it's the toughest modern set to find in unqualified mint and gem mint condition. I love those cards in high grade!!!!!!

lawnmowerman

I myself am partial to the 81 Donruss. It was my first factory set I purchased new when I was a kid. I always liked how those cards looked. I also thought it was really cool how the set had multiple cards of certain players.

Matt

tennesseebanker

If you are looking for some cheap unopened stuff 84 topps, 81 topps, 81 donruss, fleer, 86 topps , donruss, fleer. Heck any of the old donruss or fleer boxes are fairly cheap except maybe 84 or 85. take your pick, just let us know and post some nice scans for us. I always love a good box break no matter what year it's from !

brianwintersfan

Sounds good and I'm still taking suggestions! Will probably order a few things from BBCE this afternoon.

helionaut

Do the Donruss, and I got dibs if you get a Bake McBride PSA 10.

Poor photos and second-rate production, but I love the design. I wish Donruss did a Heritage-style set with this design. Maybe if they hadn't lost their license they might have for he 25th anniversary.

Fabfrank

85 Topps football, any sp or sp authentic football, certified HOF auto's (1999- and up) from any football product (preferrably hand signed, no stickers).
These will make you money

brianwintersfan

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Those are tough ones with the black borders!

Fabfrank

Those are tough ones with the black borders!

Yes they are, but 9's and 10's will make it worth your while.
Break rack instead of wax. You'll get better results.

brianwintersfan

Thanks for the info!

DaddyRich

Donruss did do a semi-Heritage type set back in 2002 - Donruss Originals , which I really liked but I was apparently the only one in America who bought any....

brianwintersfan

Well I settled on some 81 Topps baseball racks and a box of 1982 Topps baseball from BBCE.
I'm working on those Brewers graded team sets so I thought I would try to pull some cards to get graded.
I will post anything decent I pull.

digicat

You got me thinking, a 1989 Pro Set box rip would be a great blast from the past.... Sometimes I have more fun with the cheap wax breaks. The 1989 Pro Set Joe Montana card was always one of my favorites.

It'd be nice to put together a new hand collated set. My set was put together by a 13 year old kid (me) back in 1989, and sat in a house absorbing all of my mom's cigeratte smoke for 12 years before I liberated them after college.

brianwintersfan

Well I got two boxes sitting here so if you want my leftovers you are welcome to them.

Stingray

Glad you did not go with 81 Donruss. I would figure you would lose half of the cards due to gum damage. Bought some packs many months ago and half the cards were welded together from the gum, could not pry them apart without tearing them. The others were horibble centering.

Stingray

brianwintersfan

I figured if I'm going to spend the money I might as well try to rip some cards I could use.