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CPAMike's Unopened Pack Vault - Remodeled Again!!!

cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
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Hello Everyone. As you can tell from my tread title I am new to the board and just wanted to introduce myself. I learned about the board from summerof68 who as you all know has a wealth of knowledge. I've been collecting cards since 1975, but nowadays I stick mainly to unopened baseball packs. Previously, I was collecting every Mets cards from 1962 until 1986 in at least NM condition. I'm only missing the Seaver rookie (who isn't) and the 1962 Rookie Parade Pitchers with Craig Anderson and Bob Moorhead on it.

I've been on eBay for almost 3 years now buying like crazy. It's hard to keep buying when I don't sell anything. Also makes it hard to find room for all the stuff. As you can tell from my username, I am a CPA. So if you guys ever have any tax related questions, feel free to ask as I won't charge as long as you don't charge me for answering any of my collecting questions. I've posted a few pictures of some of my stuff. The Gretzky rookie I actually pulled from a pack as a kid. I'm looking forward to contributing to this board.

SEE PAGE 2 FOR REVISED LARGER PICTURES

Edited for change to Tread Title.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi Mike

    Welcome!

    Good luck and don't be a stranger.

    Looking forward to your posts.
    Mike
  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    Welcome cpamike, from another CPA, and another Mike

    Buying US Presidential autographs
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Welcome aboard! Since you're a pack collector, then you might like to check out this thread of UNOPENED PACKS WITH STARS ON TOP. There are some very top notch collectors on here. Enjoy!
  • ToroToro Posts: 1,515
    Welcome to the boards and I like your well organized collection.
  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭✭
    Welcome aboard! Hope we can help each other........sorry but I do not have a Seaver rookie.
    Bob
    ebay seller name milbroco
    email bcmiller7@comcast.net
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    Welcome. You may want to start a photobucket account so we can see the photos a lot larger.
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  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for warm greetings. I actually have already read a lot of that post while I was waiting for my password. Summerof68 told me about that thread. The Muggyman video is great. Not sure if it was on that post or another one.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    Welcome Mike ....
  • jwgatorsjwgators Posts: 460 ✭✭
    Another CPA saying hello.

    Joel
    Joel
  • ChiefsFan1stChiefsFan1st Posts: 845 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Welcome aboard! Hope we can help each other........sorry but I do not have a Seaver rookie.
    Bob >>



    If it helps, I once seen a Seaver rookie!! Welcome to the boards!
    I dont wanna grow up, Im a Toys-R-Us kid!
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I have a quick question. I see that many of you attach pictures directly to your post instead of as a file like I did. How do you do that? It's probably obviously, but I don't see how.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Welcome aboard! Hope we can help each other........sorry but I do not have a Seaver rookie.
    Bob >>



    If it helps, I once seen a Seaver rookie!! Welcome to the boards! >>



    I had a deal to purchase a Seaver rookie, but the dealer I've worked with for over 15 years passed away before I could purchase the card. I'll get it eventually.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • nendeenendee Posts: 565 ✭✭✭
    Amazing the number of fellow Purdue guys on the board!
    Cubs and Purdue Fan - Ouch!

    My collecting blog: http://ctcard.wordpress.com
  • summerof68summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
    Hello Mike and welcome to the boards. There's a lot of extremely knowledgeable members who are eager to answer any questions you might have and welcome any input you have as well. Many owners of this country's most extensive vintage pack collections are members on this board (myself not included).

    VitcoCo1972 makes a good suggestion in that using the services of Photobucket.com will enable you to display very good pictures. We pack collectors especially like seeing pictures of good vintage packs from fellow members. And we would love to see a better picture of your Bench/McCovey rack--what a beauty! Once again welcome to the madness--I mean boards!


    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    Welcome to the Jungle! I hope to see you around the boards. Keep asking about the Seaver; there are many boardmembers here who will be more than willing to help you acquire one.

    image
    "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).
  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi, hello, how are ya? image
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
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    Ralph

  • MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    Welcome Mike, a big Muggyman welcome!

    summerof68 directed me here as well a little over a year ago, I hope we can all meet at a card show one day.

    Best of luck cpamike, let's talk PACKS!

    Hey summerof68, thank YOU!
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Hi Mike and welcome, the PM I sent you will explain how to post a picture here.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭
    Welcome. You got some good stuff. This is a great board.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    Mike,

    Welcome to the boards from a fellow Mets fan. i too collect all Topps Mets cards (1962 - 2011), but mine are raw. i dont have the wallet to require them all NM or better.
    im down to Seaver (like you said, who isnt? lol), Ryan and Ike Davis Pie

    i cannot wait to see larger pics of those shelves, im drooling over here! lol

    -Eric
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    "Made" by my brother and I in the late 70's, what up Mets fans!

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    1986 baby!
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    Welcome Mike! I look forward to seeing better pictures of your collection image
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  • mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
    Welcome, can never have enough Mikes on the boards.

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    stupid print dots

  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Thanks again everyone for the warm welcomes. I will post better pictures of my collection now that I know how to do it after my son's hockey game this afternoon. Muggyman that picture of the Mets plastered to that board brings back some childhood memories.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    My brother has that hanging in his garage, Elmer's Glue on 'em all. I remember that displayed in our basement growing up.

    And then about 20 years ago, I tried to salvage the Seaver card...
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  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Mike,

    Welcome to the boards from a fellow Mets fan. i too collect all Topps Mets cards (1962 - 2011), but mine are raw. i dont have the wallet to require them all NM or better.
    im down to Seaver (like you said, who isnt? lol), Ryan and Ike Davis Pie

    i cannot wait to see larger pics of those shelves, im drooling over here! lol

    -Eric >>



    Mine are all raw too, but I won't buy anything without it being centered and with 4 sharp corners. Just used the NM to give a better description of the quality. The Ryan was a tough one to find raw in great condition. I am not a fan of grading cards as I like to look at the cards up close in binders. I'll try to take a good picture of some of the Mets pages for you.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My brother has that hanging in his garage, Elmer's Glue on 'em all. I remember that displayed in our basement growing up.

    And then about 20 years ago, I tried to salvage the Seaver card...
    image >>



    Does look like it turned out so well for him. At least it wasn't his rookie card!!! I saw your video. It was great. I'm the same way when I get cards in the mail, but the wife thinks I'm nuts.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    These are in my hand right.....NOW!
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭


    << <i>These are in my hand right.....NOW!
    image >>



    Wow! Those are the first Strawberry and Gooden Reverse negatives Ive ever seen! image

    Welcome to the boards, Mike
  • MuggymanMuggyman Posts: 688
    Now this is more like it....
    image
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭


    << <i>Now this is more like it....
    image >>



    Send that Gooden Cello to PSA, then have PSA send it to me.

    Thanks

    image
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    The 84 Fleer Strawberry is the "Rabbit Ear" version. NICE!
  • WeekendHackerWeekendHacker Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to the boards!!!
  • summerof68summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭


    << <i>Welcome Mike, a big Muggyman welcome!

    summerof68 directed me here as well a little over a year ago, I hope we can all meet at a card show one day.

    Best of luck cpamike, let's talk PACKS!

    Hey summerof68, thank YOU! >>




    .....I'm your huckleberryimage
    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Sorry for the delay in posting the pictures. I hope I get this right as I just set up Photobucket today. Here is the room from afar.
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    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    And now for some Mets...
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    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    WoW Mike, can i be your new best friend???

    i am breathless from looking at that amazing display.
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Amazing the number of fellow Purdue guys on the board! >>



    Go Boildermakers!!! I actually had a class with Jeff George if anyone out there remembers him. Very big dude.

    I also saw Rod Woodson and Jim Everett when I was a freshman.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    im just starting to get into the unopened phase of collecting.

    here is my modest collection:

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    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hi Mike and welcome, the PM I sent you will explain how to post a picture here.

    Steve >>



    A special thanks to Steve. It worked like a charm. At least I'm good at following directions, unless you ask my wife.

    Here are a few more pictures of quality unopened packs.

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    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>im just starting to get into the unopened phase of collecting.

    here is my modest collection:

    image
    image >>



    You have to start somewhere. What I have has taken over 20 years to accumulate. Just think, I have another 20 years at least to go!!!
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I hope everyone enjoys looking at these as much as I do. And finally for summer I present most of my 1975 pack collection.

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    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    and it gets BETTER!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Wow outstanding!!

    Love that 63 Mets set!


    YW


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image to the boards, Mike...

    You have an awesome collection of unopened stuff and very well organized might I add...

    Love the raw Ryan and Gretzky rookies...image

    Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good job Mike!

    Yes - I did enjoy it!

    That's alot of stuff!!!!!

    Thanx for sharing.
    Mike
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image to the boards, Mike...

    You have an awesome collection of unopened stuff and very well organized might I add...

    Love the raw Ryan and Gretzky rookies...image

    Donato >>



    I checked out your Ryan web site. I saw cards I never even knew about. Very impressive.

    I've attached a better picture of the Gretzky RC for you.
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    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • summerof68summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
    OK Mike now you have gone and done it by showing all those '75 racks. Now I won't get much sleep tonight as all those beautiful racks will be embedded in my mind. The '68 rack brings back a lot of memories for me for the that was the first year I collected cards and that was the first year that I busted racks as a kid. And I really like the '73 due to it's scarcity and nice condition as well as nicely centered top cards. An absolutely beautiful collection of vintage racks that is the envy of many I assure you--myself included! Maintain your discipline and don't bust those babies as legit vintage racks are getting scarcer each day.

    Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures...I better go to bed early tonight.image
    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome to the boards, Mike! That's a beautiful assortment of vintage racks you have there! I recall budding on a few of them myself when they were up for sale on ebay over the past couple of years. The '73 rack with the team card header was sold by packcollector a few years back, if memory serves.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    Holy Cow those are some great packs!! I just love the 75 Topps packs...
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