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Live bust. Just busted a 1954 Bowman 5 cent Pack

handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I know I know. But I only paid 300 for a GAI 8 wax pack so what the hell.
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭
    Nice cards!
    Someone needs to tell Layne that he is playing football, not bowling and someone needs to give Brady a karate kick to the cahoonas.
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    Piman58Piman58 Posts: 814 ✭✭
    NIce cards. I wonder how many times Brady had to kick before they got that shot?
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Ollie Matson in the scan looks like it has a bump on the top left corner. But its a spect of dust from the scanner. If centered it would be gem mint.
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    rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    toobad they didnt have better centering on the old cards,still very nice though~!
    the rube
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    TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    What does the gum look like? Cool cards.

    I don't even want to say what Brady looks like he's doing...
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    CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Pretty good pack player-wise. Centering not so great.

    Lee
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its huge. I threw it away though. Its about 3/4 of the size of one of the cards.
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    gonzergonzer Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great mix of well-known guys in there. image
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    jamesgotpoormanjamesgotpoorman Posts: 1,682
    Another unopened piece of history gone!image

    Nice cards though!image
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Should I grade them? What do yall think??
    Pat PSA 8
    Layne PSA 7 or PSA 9 OC
    Lou PSA 7 or PSA 9 OC
    Zeke PSA 8
    Dick PSA 7 or PSA 9 OC
    Vito PSA 7
    Ollie PSA 8 maybe a 9
    This is my guess.
    What do yall think they will grade?
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So, they were made to be opened........
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    nam812nam812 Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Should I grade them? >>



    They're mostly OC, but why else would you open it if not to grade? Christmas ornaments?
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    CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    I would grade the Zeke, Matson, Groza and Layne and hope for 7s or better w/ no qualifiers. You'll have a hard time getting your money back but you definitely won't take a bath.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I dont know if ill grade them. I just ran out of tp so we will see.
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    julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    thanks for sharing.

    are you using proceeds from all the fine psa graded cards you just got back to finance this endeavor?

    don't listen to barry, he's mad he wasn't busting the pack instead of you.

    he's kind of a hater if you haven't noticed...

    loving j
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    RIP GURU
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, and I got it cheep.
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    CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    How'd you get it so cheap? They're going for like $700 on BBCE.
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭


    << <i>thanks for sharing.

    are you using proceeds from all the fine psa graded cards you just got back to finance this endeavor?

    don't listen to barry, he's mad he wasn't busting the pack instead of you.

    he's kind of a hater if you haven't noticed...

    loving j >>



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    ElectricPruneElectricPrune Posts: 376 ✭


    << <i>Nice cards!
    Someone needs to tell Layne that he is playing football, not bowling and someone needs to give Brady a karate kick to the cahoonas. >>



    There's a good chance that Layne was sauced at the time. He probably did think he was bowling.
    #10 PSA Set for Topps Baseball currently on eBay under seller deeppurple1.
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    CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Don't listen to julen. He's just a hater hater. And I hate julen, so I guess that makes me a hater hater hater.
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    julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
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    ohh buck nasty take it from your friend Silky Johnson:

    "I'd Like To Thank God For Giving Everybody So Much AND ME So Little!
    I Hate You, I Hate You, I Hate You, I Don't Even Know You but I Hate Your Guts!
    I Hope All The Bad Things in Life Happen To You and Nobody Else But You!"

    j

    Ps: chappelle having a new season or what?

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    RIP GURU
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    fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,109 ✭✭✭
    Packs are made to be opened.Nice cards.I would have done the same.Just like throwing away money on horses or going to the casino or playing the lottery so whats the difference???
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got it so cheep because the guy didnt list it as a 5 cent pack. So everyone thought it was a one cent pack. Just one other guy saw it.
    I dont regret opening it.
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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,483 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is NO way I could leave a pack like that alone, I would have busted it myself. Nice cards
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    cardfan07cardfan07 Posts: 680 ✭✭
    I'm here to say, for whatever its worth, that I'd open the pack too. If you're a pack collector, that's fine. I'm not, I'd open it. Granted, the cards were a little off center, but the thrill is what we pay for. That's what it was about when I opened my first packs in 1979 and that's what it's about now. I don't do football, but those are still damn cool cards.
    Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock player collector
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭
    A few years back I cracked a 1967 Topps Grocery cello hoping to hit a Mantle. I didnt but I still have most of the cards from that pack. It brings back a fun memory.
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    GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Every pack that gets opened makes mine worth that much more. Bust 'em guys!

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

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    BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭
    Did these ever get graded?
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    jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭✭
    Not opening it would be like not opening a christmas present from the 1950's... nice cards! They all need to be slabbed, regardless of the centering, in my opinion.
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    1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    I opened a 1 cent 54 Bowman FB pack years back as it was a GAI 7 but the top was eaten away/disolving? Didnt see it like that in the auction pic.... Ugly eye appeal so I opened it and the cards were warped from water damage or something. Also had a GAI 8 and gave it to my Dad. He still has it unopened displayed. I think I paid $80ish for each of them. Even though I got junk, it was fun and I'll do it again.

    Congrats on getting a cheap pack. I think there's some law that you must open a pack if you get it cheap.image

    Thanks for sharing.
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    BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    18 years ago i bought 4 packs of 54' bowman for about $25-30 a pack. The dealer dared me to eat the gum i told him for $50 i'd do it. It was chalky and gritty and disolved when it hit my tongue. Easiest $50 i ever made lol. most of the card were very very sharp. Plus i bought 2 more packs with the proceeds image

    pulled a tittle, hirsch and a van brocklin in my 6 packs. sold em all later that year and the wrappers too. they were decently centered too!
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    kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
    No gum stains???
    Running an Ebay store sure takes a lot more time than a person would think!
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