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1972 Topps Pack Rip - GRADES ARE IN

mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
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I just won this on ebay over the weekend. I am going to open it and post the pics when I get it. It is only one pack but I have always wanted to open a 1972 Topps 6th series pack.

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    Goodsport40Goodsport40 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭
    Awesome! A great year to open. Looking forward to it and good luck!




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    StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Look forward to seeing the results, but it does look nice in the holder!!
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    MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭
    Awesome. I have much respect for those of you who rip older packs...after all, that's what they were made for right? 6th series huh? I think the Carew is a big card from that series, hope you pull it!!
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    Post25Post25 Posts: 206
    Nice! Can't wait to see the pics.
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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    GOOD LUCK! I hope you pull something GREAT!
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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭✭
    Don't eat the gum...image
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    Pete14RosePete14Rose Posts: 461


    << <i>Don't eat the gum...image >>



    A few weeks ago I ate the gum from a '78 Topps baseball pack. YUCK!

    To the OP, good luck - can't wait to see scans!


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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I hope to put some of these cards in the $5 special before the end of the month.
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    mrpeanut39mrpeanut39 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭
    Would it be out of line to ask what you paid for it? I too would love to rip a 72 pack. Looking forward to this.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    It was $133.50 plus $10 for first class shipping. Item number: 320238198614.
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    smtjoysmtjoy Posts: 617
    Good luck and cant wait to see them, great set!
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    elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,013 ✭
    That's hardcore.

    I often toy with the idea of putting together an unopened pack run from Topps football, but some of those older issues are some serious coinage and my focus is elsewhere at this time. Maybe I will go with wrappers instead... I haven't looked into prices on these, but I am sure even some of these ain't cheap.

    I look foward to the live rip and I hope the pack reveals some gems for you!

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    jcdcubsjcdcubs Posts: 341
    I want a bubble gum please?
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    ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    Lets go rip em.
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    BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭
    That brings up ripping one of these late last year in our 72 rip thread. Unfortunately, I got the one pack that all of the cards had dinged corners. image Good luck.
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best of luck! Ripping those 72 packs is great fun and you have a great series there, too! If you can pull a low pop 9 common, that card will pay twice as much as what you paid for the pack. Mostly, I've opened 72 OPCs as they are more affordable, but I did open a high series pack from the group bust we had on here with packcollector some months back, and pulled two PSA 9s (though they weren't low pops).


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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I was 10 when the 1972 set came out and it was always my favorite. That is why I wanted to rip a pack again. My 72 set is number 76 on the registry because I only did the In Action cards. I also have the 72 Topps Pirates team set with a 9.048 average.
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    ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    What happened here? Lets see some cards.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    Still waiting on it to come in the mail.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I also just ordered a 1972 Topps PSA 8 Series 2 pack from baseball card exchange.
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    ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422


    << <i>Still waiting on it to come in the mail >>



    Sorry, I thought you already had the pack.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    Here is what I got from the rip. Looks like the flip was wrong about the series. It looks like a 5th series and not a 6th series. One card was ruined by the gum. A few others are OC. It was fun.

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    mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    Thanks for sharing your rip. I was hoping to see more star power for your sake. Glad you enjoyed it.

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    Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
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    nam812nam812 Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As for grading, Hargan looks really nice, and Cy Young Award looks nice too.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I will send those 2 and the George Stone in on the $5 Special along with other cards I was already sending in. Maybe the Ron Stone and the Melendez might not be OC as 8's but would they be worth the grading fee. I have a series 2 pack that should come before the end of the month so hopefully I can add a few more cards to the submission.
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    takataka Posts: 196
    Cool. Thanks for sharing. I wish I could open some old packs.
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    jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    The nice thing about a pack like this is that if it was opened in 1972, nobody would have cared about it. But today, it's pretty f'n cool.
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agree with Nick on the Hargan and Young cards. The Stone card is worth submitting, too, as PSA usually allows greater leeway on this set for cards centered higher than lower. The labeling error by GAI was actually in your favor and made this a more valuable pack, as Series 5 is the priciest series to purchase. Thanks for sharing!


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    nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    Very cool, thanks for sharing from me also.


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    nam812nam812 Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The labeling error by GAI was actually in your favor and made this a more valuable pack, as Series 5 is the priciest series to purchase. >>



    Agreed because of the Ryan possibility, but i'd rather open a high series pack for grading purposes.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I just got my series 2 pack. I actually pulled 1 of the 2 cards (#224) I was looking for but it was off center. I got 2 of the same card in the pack.

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    OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    I love that cubs team card...
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    I have always liked that Cubs card too. I can not believe I pulled 2 in one pack.
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    EAsportsEAsports Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭
    That Yankees TC will do well for you.

    I love the Indians uni on Hargan in the first pack.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    The Yankees TC was on the side where the pack opened and had some wax residue on it. I tried a stocking on it like someone had previously mentioned and it cleaned up perfectly.
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yankees team card has a shot at a PSA 9,IMO. Burroughs card looks sharp, too. Those World Series cards are tough to find centered! I'be pulled two Game 7 cards in the last couple of months and both were OC. I did pull a Blue IA card from the last pack I opened, and I'm hoping to get a PSA 9 on that one, too.


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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing! I love these vintage pack busting threads! Better than TV! image


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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey - thanx for sharing your rips with us!

    The 72Ts are tough! I've never opened anything that old in recent times.

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    MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭
    Gongrats for having the balls to rip these & thanks for sharing!
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    GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭✭
    Is it common for a pack to yield a guy's regular card and his In Action one, too? Or was that just happenstance?

    Love that Gary Neibauer card. I just picked up a PSA 8 example of it a few weeks ago.
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    grote15grote15 Posts: 29,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is it common for a pack to yield a guy's regular card and his In Action one, too?

    Not in my experience, though since the 72 packs are limited to series, I suppose it's more likely than if all series were in one set, like Topps did starting in 73.


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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    The Timmerman, which has a very low PSA 9 pop, was the only card to have a dinged corner and that card was in the middle of the pack.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    These are the grades from the 2 packs that I opened

    1 1 15202098 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 OC 1972 TOPPS 149 GARY NEIBAUER Card US
    2 1 15202099 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 183 BILL MELTON Card US
    3 1 15202100 NEAR MINT 7 1972 TOPPS 184 BILL MELTON IN ACTION Card US
    4 1 15202101 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 191 JEFF BURROUGHS Card US
    5 1 15202102 EXCELLENT 5 1972 TOPPS 192 CUBS TEAM Card US
    6 1 15202103 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 192 CUBS TEAM Card US
    7 1 15202104 NEAR MINT 7 1972 TOPPS 224 WORLD SERIES GAME 2 Card US
    8 1 15202105 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 237 YANKEES TEAM Card US
    9 1 15202106 NEAR MINT 7 1972 TOPPS 239 TOM TIMMERMANN Card US
    10 1 15202107 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 253 SANDY ALOMAR Card US
    11 1 15202108 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 528 RON STONE Card US
    12 1 15202109 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 ST 1972 TOPPS 601 GEORGE STONE Card US
    13 1 15202110 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 615 STEVE HARGAN Card US
    14 1 15202111 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 623 CY YOUNG AWARD Card US
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    nam812nam812 Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I knew that Cy Young card was a winner. Very nice.
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    mbothnermbothner Posts: 761 ✭✭✭
    Can someone tell me the last sales info for a MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 191 JEFF BURROUGHS? I think it is his RC and has a fairly low pop.
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    nam812nam812 Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are 4 recorded sales that average $75.94
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    ElectricPruneElectricPrune Posts: 376 ✭
    Looks like a pop 12 w/ no 10s, very nice!
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    scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    Another submission with no half grades. You would think half grades would be used, oh, 50% of the time now? I wonder what the use is of having them if they never actually utilize them in their grading process.

    Congrats on the cards, BTW...
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