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jgrigalijgrigali Posts: 364 ✭✭
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So...every day at work around 2-2:30 i get the urge to buy some packs from bbce...i just have a hard time decided what to get since i like all sports. So i need some advice, with about 100 bucks to spend, what would you buy for the chance at a hit and some solid grades. I fully understand that pack ripping doesnt have a positive ROI, but it sure is FUN! I was thinking some 84 topps football, maybe some late 70s hockey or a pack of 75 topps baseball...im not particular, and i have no problem cracking a psa graded pack.

Your thoughts please!

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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    You can buy about three packs of 1975 Topps Minis. Those are really fun, but you might find two or three cards that aren't OC.
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    The 1989 OPC and Topps Hockey boxes have always been a really good price and are a blast to open up.
  • CrimsonTiderCrimsonTider Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭
    My suggestion

    1981 Topps baseball Grocery Packs, buy 5 @ 6$ a piece = 30$

    1983 OPC baseball packs, buy 10 @ 2$ a piece = 20$

    1984 OPC baseball packs, buy 10 @ 1$ a piece = 10$

    1980/81 Topps Basketball, 1 pack at 32$ = 32$

    With shipping that comes to right near one Franklin.

    The big hit would be a Magic/Bird rookie W/ Dr. J. The 83 OPC could yield a Gywnn or Sandberg rookie. The 84 OPC could yield a Mattingly or Strawberry rookie. The 81 Topps has no major rookies except Raines, however it has a lot of low pop 10s.

    A 1981 Topps Dale Murphy would fetch around 200 or more on the Bay. I really don't know what a Rose, Ryan, or Schmidt would fetch, but I would say probably more than Murphy.
    collecting Dale Murphy and OPC
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭


    << <i>The 1989 OPC and Topps Hockey boxes have always been a really good price and are a blast to open up. >>



    I actually agree. Those are the only boxes of hockey I have ever bought.
  • jgrigalijgrigali Posts: 364 ✭✭
    why are you guys so high on the 89/90 hockey?
  • flatfoot816flatfoot816 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭
    So...every day at work around 2-2:30 i get the urge to buy some packs from bbce...


    funny I get an urge about the same time...but it ain't to buy packs!!!image
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Drinking a Five Hour Energy certainly does NOT satisfy that 2:30 feeling...
  • jgrigalijgrigali Posts: 364 ✭✭
    wow, day later and i still can't decide what to order...i pop orders on ebay for vintage graded stuff without thinking too much, but i guess since i so rarely buy unopened stuff i dont know what to do!
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    You could always act like the first year Tampa Bay Bucs; when in doubt back up and punt.
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    a few times a week, i like to "window shop" at BBCE
    love the site, but have yet to pull the trigger for some reason :/
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,398 ✭✭✭✭
    How bout '84 and '86 football, or 78, 79 80/81 basketball?
    Collecting
    HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭


    << <i>A 1981 Topps Dale Murphy would fetch around 200 or more on the Bay. I really don't know what a Rose, Ryan, or Schmidt would fetch, but I would say probably more than Murphy. >>



    I saw a 1981 Topps #180 Pete Rose PSA 10 card go for a couple of grand a couple of years ago.
  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭
    i would go with the following. its a little over 100 but in the ball park. The worst value is 1998 sp football. packs are like 25 bucks. there are i think 4 cards in a pack and about 1 manning in a case..

    1 pack of 1980 basketball
    2 packs of 1984 and 86 football
    1 pack of 81 football.
    Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    I like to hedge myself whenever I buy something from BBCE, worth $80 or $150. I can't just spend it on one box, or 3 packs, with only 1 good card inside (like 1980 topps, with the ricky henderson rookie).

    I like to spread it out. So...

    1982 topps football cellos
    1984 topps football pack
    1977/78 topps basketball (those are fun to open). Got a very sharp maravich and david thompson in the last 2 packs I bought about a month ago. A good value at $17 each.
    1988 fleer basketball packs (although I've given up on them lately. I havent pulled a jordan since I was a kid from that year. I've gone through 10 or 15 of those packs from bbce. I've only pulled rodmans, stocktons, malones, jordan sticker.

    1985 donruss was a good box I bought lately. Pulled clemens and 2 pucketts.

    Late 70's basketball is a good value. 77/78-79/80. You're bound to pull jabbars, waltons, ervings. I window shop a lot on that site. I'm waiting for 87 topps football (rack). Which is a good value. 1993/94 topps finest basketball box. I'm thinking about other mid 90's basketball boxes.
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