Secret Santa Rippage & Scannage Thread

lawnmowerman

We will commence with the opening on Christmas eve and Christmas day. You can choose which day you would like to do it depending on your Christmas plans.

I would like for everyone to wait till at least 9pm eastern if you plan on ripping tonight. This should give the guys on the west coast time to get home. Tomorrow, you can rip them whenever you want.

That all said, be sure to keep all scans in this thread only. Last year it got crazy with guys posting scans to about three different threads.

I hope everyone has received already or will receive their gifts today.

Have fun!

Merry Christmas

lawnmowerman

T-minus 129 minutes

lsutigers1973

I'm not scanning my package.....again

lawnmowerman

<< <i>I'm not scanning my package.....again >>



Why? I'm sure it wont take up that much space on the hard drive

Guru

Sorry to do this and break the rules early. It's the only scan I could get on here before heading to work for the night and I won't be near a computer till next Wednesday. Thanks to Manny my Secret Santa for this awesome gift and the many more game used cards. This is one of many things that Manny sent me. I'll post scans of the other cards next week when I get in.
Thanks again everyone and have a safe and Merry Christmas!

Guru

lawnmowerman

That's fine Chris. Manny is flatfoot816 just to let everyone know.

zep33

WOW!! great start to the thread. Very nice gift

daddymc

Outstanding gift.

zep33

It's 9:03 here - time to get rippin'

54topps

Awesome! Love me some 1954 Topps hockey. Thanks Secret Santa!!

lawnmowerman

<< <i>It's 9:03 here - time to get rippin' >>




Woops, I fell asleep for a little bit

zep33

I got some sweet Dice-K cards an awesome Yaz card and nice auto for my Goodwin set
never seen the Japanese card before. Have to research that one

Thanks Santa Jon

daddymc

My Santa did a great job. The 1984 Sticker is a pop.1, and while I have several Feller 8x10s, I did not have this pose until now. Thanks Santa!

Barfvader

A big shout out to my Secret Santa as I wasn't even part of this but got a very nice package that contained the following.

A very nice Christmas card.



And these wonderful goodies.








Plus






I really appreciate whoever did this as it means a lot to me and I love the gifts.

Thank You

MeteoriteGuy

Scored a pretty nice package from Santa. I knew I was good this year. I just knew it.

First, a 2007 SP Chirography FH-MA Marcus Allen Auto. This is really cool, my only Marcus Allen auto was a 1989 Pro Set that is PSA DNA slabbed...but doesn't fit in Heisman "scrapbook" or album. This one will. (Plus I am the #2 guy on the Marcus Allen registry.)


Also received a 2005 UD Classics CS-BS Bret Saberhagen Auto. Saberhagen has two signed cards in this set. The other one I have a PSA 10 of.


Secret Santa also sent a 1986 Topps Saberhagen auto card into PSA/DNA for me, which he included a postcard sized scan of, made on a nice photo paper, and a nice letter which noted such.


Finally, a very cool lot of 80s Topps Football packs. (I am almost obsessed with 80s football....almost.) Got an '81 pack (possible Montana RC), an '84 pack (possible Marino/Elway/Dickerson/others RC) and a '86 pack (possible Steve Young/Jerry Rice/Reggie White RCs). I am undecided right now if I will open them or not, but I am leaning towards ripping them. I sold my PSA 9 Marino, Elway and Montana RCs last year when things were a little rough.


A Super Thanks to Secret Santa. (Much better then what the dead guy sent me last year...:^)

I would also like to thank Matt for his effort (again) this year. Thanks Matt, for a Cowboys fan.....your alright.

Clear Skies,
Mark

fattymacs

My Santa was beyond great. Thanks a bunch for the wonderful stuff. I'll scan the pack rips in a few days.

MeteoriteGuy

I have no will power....here are the goodies from the packs. Nice 2nd year Simms, Marino RC LL, 86 Marino....

Beck6

Thank you Santa! I did not expect as much stuff as was in my gift. I will try and post some scans, but I have to get through it. What a great board here. I really appreciate it. Thanks for organizing the exchange too.

gumbyfan

I had 2 Secret Santas this year.

The first Santa, FavreFan1971, spoiled me once again. Troy was my first Secret Santa here on the boards a couple years ago and now he's back at it! I can't say thanks enough, Troy! My Packers Hall of Fame set looks much better now!







He also included a handful of raw Packers cards including a great James Lofton rookie!

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The second Santa, illini, sent me some paypal funds to pick out the card of my choice! His generous gift will get me a card I need for one of my Packers registry sets. Thanks Santa Josh!!

mrmint23

THANK YOU Secret Santa...These are my first Burger King Cards and he also included a PSA 10 Mantle.

Kirk

41GoudeyGuy

Santa brought me some ink. George Kell, Bowie Kuhn, Lee MacPhail and Troy Percival.

Thanks Santa!!

lawnmowerman

Bunker

I want to thank my secret Santa, I love the cards and the Bench is one of my all time favorites! Thank you Santa!

Rick

ripkenintheminors

Thanks Greg (gregm13) for a fantastic gift. I am a fan of the Indianapolis Colts and Greg gave me a fantastic assortment of rookie/serial numbered/sp cards of Colts past and present. I especially loved the Chrome RC of Marvin Harrison and the game used football card of Peyton Manning! Having a tough time getting the picture from the camera to load but I will get it posted eventually. I did want to go ahead and get an early word of thanks to Santa!

jimrad

This year Secret Santa Tom aka The Thrill22 sent me an unopened 1987 Topps Hockey Wax box straight from BBCX. I will RIP and post pics tomorrow.

My last year Secret Santa and all around very generous friend Trent aka nightcrawler sent me:

bigjaco

Blown away by my Santa's gift. Thank you Rob! (fattymacs) I was not anticipating just how much I was looking forward to this much less how much I enjoyed my gift. Terrific Santa. Thank you again!



I mean x2 Campy!

Then for the new Gibson master set:



Just thrilled. Merry Christmas and thank you Rob!

-jake

nightcrawler

My Secret Santa gift is AWESOME! Many thanks Santa(AKA Jimrad).

I opened my gift to find many more gifts to open. Ripping will progress at a slower rate than my drinking.

EchoCanyon

It's 12:08, and Santa just came --

He took a bite out of the brownies my daughter made, drank some milk and juice box (the other daughter thought a juice box was good) and oh yeah a nibble on a carrot for the reindeer, and spread presents across the living room (my girls were very good this year).

I was sitting alone, admiring the whole scene and saw my Secret Santa Message Board Box. It was always my intent to wait until morning, but the spirit got to me. Sadly, it's a bit late to start scanning, but I got an awesome PSA 8 OPC 1975 pack.

Thank you secret santa, and thank all of you. I enjoy most of the boards (except the bit¢hing.)

Have a wonderful Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate), and much happiness in 2010!

BigDaddyBowman

Secret Santa Ping sent me a GREAT present to open.

Tickets to the Football HOF induction in Canton.....I get to see Emmitt inducted!!!! woo-hoo! I go every year, so this is a great gift!

He also surprised me with some unopened wax......I havn't opened a wax pack in probably 15-20 years....it felt great..AND that year he happened to send was the perfect year for me...it was my FAVORITE year as a kid to collect...and the first that I seriously got into...1979 topps.

The 79 Staubach was my all-time fav card as a kid..so I was hoping to pull it..but didn't

All I got was some lousy guy named Earl!!!!



He also sent 3 wax packs of Superman cards....which I gave one to each of my kids to open. They enjoyed the experience. My 9 year old son especially thought it was neat when I told him that those cards came out when I was his age..pretty cool. I have to admit it was pretty tough explaining to my 5 year old daughter that 30 year old gum doesn't taste good!




Thanks Santa LLoyd!

Merry Christmas!

leathtech

I think we need to have a Christmas in July this is just too much fun to watch unfold!

jeffcbay

YES!!! I got two gifts in one!! Not only did I receive a Ripken book that I didn't own yet...



It's also SIGNED!!




Thank you SO MUCH Chris (ripkenintheminors), this is definitely the best Christmas gift I have opened this Christmas so far!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

jamesryanbell

Sweet Ripken book!!

Estil

I don't have a scanner but my Santa helped me cross these three off my 1971 PSA 7 list:

014 Dave Concepcion RC
140 Gaylord Perry
465 Tim McCarver

Thanks, Santa!

I hope my recipient is pleased with his gift too!

hankcaddy

THANKS SANTA
got some stuff to add to my phillies collection

gameusedhoop

Only got the NHL's BEST from Santa! Thank you!

jerster

Thanks Santa! Very nice Barry auto helmet and some Calvin's and a Stafford card. Plus, auto'd Kaline to boot.

Merry Xmas!

EAsports

Secret Santa hooooooooked me up!

First off, some lovely junk wax:
90-91 Skybox (one of my favorites... the backs of these cards are straight 90s!)
91-92 OPC Hockey (never opened it... Anything I should look for?)
1990 Score Series 2

and

LSU Collegiate Collection! I already pulled out 25 cards for TTMs! Awesome!



(Also included was a Super Bowl 35 Upper Deck box set... never seen one of these...)

Next up, four PSA cards featuring former LSU players, that also happen to feature some bonus HOFers:


And lastly, a card that I didn't even know existed until I saw it yesterday. It will probably be a centerpiece of my collection, now! Check out Pistol Pete in the center!


Thanks a bunch secret Santa! This was an absolute blast. I think sending a present was a much fun as receiving one. Can't wait to see what everyone else got, and can't wait to do this again next year!

Merry Christmas!

ajw

I have to say that I think my Secret Santa has caused a bit of a problem. See, I'm a big Giants fan, and I have small Willie Mays and Juan Marichal collections. I've successfully been able to control myself from starting a Willie McCovey collection, but now I have no choice! My Secret Santa went *way* out of his way to give me an incredible headstart! Not one, but TWO rookie cards, both in wonderful PSA 5, with great centering and amazing eye appeal! And that wasn't all, though it sure would have been way more than enough. This was just a great little box to open. My girlfriend is always in charge of opening my bubble mailers, so she helped open these and I think she was just as excited as I was. The pictures aren't great, but I'll follow with scans once I'm back to NYC.

Thanks Santa!

Orioles

Here are some scans from my Santa. 3 great HOFs cards and some Ripken cards. Thanks!!!!

Jim

gregm13

<< <i>Thanks Greg (gregm13) for a fantastic gift. I am a fan of the Indianapolis Colts and Greg gave me a fantastic assortment of rookie/serial numbered/sp cards of Colts past and present. I especially loved the Chrome RC of Marvin Harrison and the game used football card of Peyton Manning! Having a tough time getting the picture from the camera to load but I will get it posted eventually. I did want to go ahead and get an early word of thanks to Santa! >>



I'm glad that you liked them. I tried to put together a nice assortment of the top Colts players. Enjoy!

Rgs,

Greg M.

gregm13

I am absolutely floored at what Felicia sent to me for X-mas - an unopened cello box of 1985 Topps fb! I can't believe her generosity and can't thank her enough! I opened my gift before leaving for vacation (I'm in Charleston, SC right now)...and didn't have time to take a picture before I left. I'll post scans when I return home next week.

Merry x-mas to all!

Rgs,

Greg M.

fur72

I would like to thank my santa for 89 hoops Scottie Pippen PSA 10 and a PSA/DNA Frank Thomas autograph ball. Both will be in my collection forever. Thanks again santa!

ripkenintheminors

<< <i>YES!!! I got two gifts in one!! Not only did I receive a Ripken book that I didn't own yet...

It's also SIGNED!!

Thank you SO MUCH Chris (ripkenintheminors), this is definitely the best Christmas gift I have opened this Christmas so far!

Merry Christmas everyone!! >>



You are very welcome. Merry Christmas!

Bunker

So far it looks like everyone got some great gifts! It also appears that in a lot of cases guys know who their "Secret" Santa is...lol

csmtampa

Santa brought me a beautiful coffee table book of the Marine Corps which included a nice HOF autograph of Marine Ted Lyons

Also on the way is a PSA 7 1959 Fleer Ted Williams "Ready for Combat" - Another HOF Marine!

I think these 2 items will help spark a new collection focus. Marines who are also Baseball HOF'ers.

Thanks Santa Mike!

TheThrill22

My Santa this year was Trent, aka Nightcrawler. I received my box nearly a month ago and have looked at it every day, even had my daughter and fiance teasing me as I would often pick it up and shake it a bit and mutter "I wonder what's inside?" I finally got to open it this morning and was absolutely floored. A vending box of 1977 Topps football, a vending box of 1982 Topps baseball, a 1973 Topps Phil Roberto in PSA 8, a 1951 Parkhurst Pete Babando, a 1910 C56 Bruce Ridpath, and multiple vintage baseball, basketball, hockey, and football packs. Floored? Absolutely. Then I found another card in the box: a 1951 Parkhurst Terry Sawchuk rookie in PSA 3.! Matt, thanks for putting this together again this year and Trent...wow. Thank you very much, I never thought I would have such great stuff.

nam812

Phenomenal job by Trent.

Bunker

That is some awesome stuff! Trent did good!!

Dboneesq

WOW! Thanks Secret Santa! MY SS got me a lot of nice stuff, including a few items of my all time favorite player, THE MICK!

First up is a dish that they actually used at "Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin" restaurant. This was a restaurant in the late 60s and 70s in Dallas.


Next up is a comic book of THE MICK:


Take a look at Street & Smith's 1962 Yearbook, featuring Roger Maris on the cover. There is also an article inside about the great HR race of '61 between Maris and Mantle, written by THE MICK:


Check out the Game worn Jersey cards of two of THE YANKEES best pitchers ever.
The Rivera is 20/100 and Whitey is 7/50 (#7, another reference to THE MICK)


Now check out the packs I have to start RIPPING:
A couple '83 Baseball Racks. One has REGGIE on the front, so I'll probably keep it sealed.


That is followed up by SIX 1979 Football wax packs:


Well, I ripped one Wax Rack (3 packs) and it turns out they are 1979 wrappers with 1980 cards inside. This happened back in the day, when Topps would use the leftover wrappers for the following years cards. Not as many "HITS" in '80 as compared to '79, but maybe I'll get lucky when I rip the other 3.



And check out the miscellaneous Baseball Wax packs from the 80's!!!!!





And the Christmas Card, along with a small BASEBALL CARD PUZZLE for me to put together!


I hope my Secret Santa was treated as well as he treated me. Thanks again Secret Santa and I wish your family and you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

I will scan any hits that I get when I rip my packs.

bman90278

The best thread on the internet!!!!!!!!! Keep the scans coming!

Dboneesq

Well, I ripped one pack of '82 DR and one pack of '82 Fleer, trying to get a Ripken. Guess what?

Does the factory rough cut on the bottom knocked down the grade? I would say yes.