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ripping the thedutymon (78/79 Basketball)

leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
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Recently won one of Neil's auctions for 3 packs of 1978/79 Basketball...

He we go...
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  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
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  • bigwillibigwilli Posts: 910
    would love to see pistol pete
    A collector of all things Braves
    Always looking for Chipper Jones cards.
    Im a very focused collector of cards from 1909 - 2012...LOL
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
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  • bigwillibigwilli Posts: 910
    Nice cards.....centering is kinda all over the place but some good players there.

    Reminds me of 83 topps baseball with the head shot in the corner
    A collector of all things Braves
    Always looking for Chipper Jones cards.
    Im a very focused collector of cards from 1909 - 2012...LOL
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>would love to see pistol pete >>



    Just because you asked...

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  • Goodsport40Goodsport40 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭
    Nice centering overall, unless my eyes deceive me. That was always the problem with those whenever I ripped them as a kid. I had 10 Bill Walton cards and not one was centered!image Good luck.



    Robert
  • bigwillibigwilli Posts: 910
    Love that guy......awesome skills . One of these days im gonna do a player set of him
    A collector of all things Braves
    Always looking for Chipper Jones cards.
    Im a very focused collector of cards from 1909 - 2012...LOL
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    The D.J. rookie is a great card. A lot of those late 70s RCs are very underpriced compared to those in other sports. Guys like D.J., Dantley, Gervin, English, Dawkins, and others were just as great in basketball comparatively to guys like Earl Campbell, Dorsett, Molitor, Yount, etc..., but their cards don't command even a fraction of the price.
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    I was going to save one of the packs for the grading special but I has some much fun busting the first two I cracked all three open... here is the final highlights.

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  • leftofdialleftofdial Posts: 444 ✭✭
    Those are nice cards! Thanks for sharing the rip.
    I love how Artis Gilmore's Hair is framed perfectly by the circular close up border. He must have added 5" to his perceived height with that hair!
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    thanks Neil for the packs it was a lot of fun... I'm now going to ebay to bid on some more of your packs - since I now need a fresh one to send in on the grading special - hopefully I will have more will power next time and be able to save one!
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  • bigwillibigwilli Posts: 910
    I know how you feel , I have no will power . I have to open everything i get.

    I completely agree with you CDsNuts
    A collector of all things Braves
    Always looking for Chipper Jones cards.
    Im a very focused collector of cards from 1909 - 2012...LOL
  • IchiroDeportedIchiroDeported Posts: 1,610 ✭
    you got some good cards; they look pretty sweet.
  • daddymcdaddymc Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    Nice cards, thanks for sharing.
    Currently working on: Kurt Warner PSA 9 or 10

  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    i think that set is one of my top 3 fave basketball sets of all time.
    my t-205's


    looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>i think that set is one of my top 3 fave basketball sets of all time. >>



    I agree they are nice looking cards... kind of a combination of 83 and 84 Topps baseball. I agree with CDsnuts it's a very under-rated set since there are several nice Hall of Fame players in the set.
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Nice cards. Should not be too difficult to get some star cards?? There is only 132 cards in the set, right. I wonder if ripping some of this 70's basketball would be profitable??
  • mickeymantle24mickeymantle24 Posts: 2,768 ✭✭✭
    Nice cards!
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Nice cards. Should not be too difficult to get some star cards?? There is only 132 cards in the set, right. I wonder if ripping some of this 70's basketball would be profitable?? >>



    It might be if you could get some nice packs... the Maravich and the Johnson both have an outside shot at a 9.

    The Dr. J card I pulled is wax stained or it would also have a shot, also the Walton I pulled has some strange surface wrinkles.
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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>......The Dr. J card I pulled is wax stained or it would also have a shot.......... >>



    I don't see a Dr. J card.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    those are great cards!!
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


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    << <i>......The Dr. J card I pulled is wax stained or it would also have a shot.......... >>



    I don't see a Dr. J card. >>



    Sorry Nam the Dr. was on top of another card and missed the second group scan... here it is now for your viewing pleasure!

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  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    It's an underrated set.

    I didn't have any after about 1998 or 99. Just never got around to it. Then a few years ago, bought probably 10 or 15 packs from the BBC Exchange mostly. Good quality cards. Got almost all the stars, and some doubles or triples. It's a good value for the money. The set is small. Lots of stars. The DJ rookie is cool.
  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    that is not the dr. j rookie btw...
    my t-205's


    looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
  • DrJDrJ Posts: 2,213


    << <i>that is not the dr. j rookie btw... >>



    D.J. = Dennis Johnson.
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    John,
    You pulled some nice star power from those packs. Come on though, we all want to see the 1980 Topps Here's Bo (Bo Derek) pack rip with scans!!!!image


    Neil
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice pulls, Thanks for sharing
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing that rip. I have lots of memories of that series as I was a 10/11 year old and always wanted to get a Kareem or Dr J card.

    Brian
    My Dodgers Rookie Cards Project
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