Please Slap Me Silly For This Mistake...

Mefer

Well, I sat down this evening and opened the 79 and 80 Topps baseball boxes I picked up from BBE at the National. The 80 box I opened first and pulled the Henderson that is probably an 8.

On to the 79, with about the fifth pack I opened, I had staring right in front of me an Ozzie Smith rookie. Centering is 90/10 top to bottom and you could have seen it through the bottom of the pack. I should have left that one sealed and had it graded. I went to0 fast and now want to strangle myself. Please everyone line up and slap me for this bad.

I did however pull a bunch of killer cards from the 79 box (real clean box) including these three that I think have honest to goodness shots at 10s:








I could not believe pulling these three all out of one box! They are absolutely stunning and I again believe all three have shots at 10s. I pulled some other 10 candidates as well.

Another thing of interest is that I did not pull a single Ryan out of either box (did however get two Ryan all time SO leader cards in the 79s). Wish me luck on these when I submit them. I sure wish that $5.00 special was around now!

bri2327

Great pulls. Too bad on the Ozzie, but those other 3 should make you feel better about it.

Are you planning on selling them after being graded ?

zef204

Those 3 are gorgeous! The Brett looks like the weakest of the 3, but that was the largest scan.

Centering is a beotch on the 79's and those look primo. Nice cards and keep us filled in on the grades. Gene Simmons would be proud

halomaster1

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Ya got some nice cards, though.

Mefer

Yeah, I don't know why Brett came out so huge. He has the biggest ego of the three I guess.... I did just speak with Gene Simmons. He is very proud.

timc67

Wow nice cards. Seeing those '79 Topps cards really brought back memories for me. I was ten years old then and I remember me and my cousins buying tons of those packs. I remember when Thurman Munson passed away in that tragic plane crash. I actually made a paper frame and glued the 1979 Munson card on the paper and wrote down that he had died. When I look back at having done that, I think I might have needed to see a shrink at that time..LOL!

fiveniner

Great lokking 79s.Ozzie cards are notorious for being off center.

fur72

Amazing sharp pulls for cards almost 30 years old! Good luck on the grades.

CDsNuts

Judging from the scans, the Seaver looks like a potential 10, but I wouldn't expect higher than a 9 on the Munson and the Brett. 79s are very tough.

Lee

mercurynut

Its cool just having fun breaking these boxes up and seeing what inside.

poppie

Very cool ! I need to open some boxes as all that i have been doing is playing golf in 90 degree temps. all summer! When is it Millertime again?

Griffins

I don't think you made a mistake- '79 packs won't make back the grading fees, so you had nothing to lose by opening it.

CDsNuts

Griff, I think he's talking about the pack that had Ozzie on the bottom. He could've gotten a few bucks for that.

Lee