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if you like unopened packs you'll find this VERY interesting

Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
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if you like unopened packs you'll find this VERY interesting...

we currently have 2800 items up for auction with NO RESERVE...guess which item has the MOST WATCHERS of all them ...

I'm shocked.....take a guess and I'll reply soon to the thread with the answer...

and yes....its pack related ( hint, hint.. )


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Rick Probstein
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phone: 973 747 6304
email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
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  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1979 Topps Football wax
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • nendeenendee Posts: 566 ✭✭✭
    that link doesn't seem to work - or im an idiot.... possibly both. at least I know one part is...
    Cubs and Purdue Fan - Ouch!

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  • SportsamericaSportsamerica Posts: 990 ✭✭
    1982 psa6 football
    Cory
    ----------------------
    Working on:
    Football
    1973 Topps PSA 8+ (99.81%)
    1976 Topps PSA 9+ (36.36%)
    1977 Topps PSA 9+ (100%)

    Baseball
    1938 Goudey (56.25%)
    1951 Topps Redbacks PSA 8 (100%)
    1952 Bowman PSA 7+ (63.10%)
    1953 Topps PSA 5+ (91.24%)
    1973 Topps PSA 8+ (70.76%)
    1985 Fleer PSA 10 (54.85%)
  • MacrosBMacrosB Posts: 525 ✭✭✭
    I would think the 73 BB box but maybe its the Space 1999 unopened box. image
    Looking for 66 and 69 OPC baseball
    60's OPC packs
    72 BB, 60's FB, 71FB, 73FB, 74FB, 75FB, 76FB, 78FB Rack Packs
    72 and earlier BB cello
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    I'll go with: 1973 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Pack Box w/ 24 unsearched packs , 4th series

    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    Mantle rack.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    itzagoner wins the award...

    YES !! you are correct...

    shocking no ?

    #1 out of 2800 items...

    and here it is

    56 rack with CENTERED Mantle
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • nendeenendee Posts: 566 ✭✭✭
    The X-Mas pack!!! How did you come across that one?
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  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    The X-Mas pack!!! How did you come across that one?
    ==> consignment
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,392 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice pack
  • nendeenendee Posts: 566 ✭✭✭
    What about a group rip on the 73 box image
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  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭
    <---- Is just watching...
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i><---- Is just watching... >>



    +1

    What would you grade that Mantle at? PSA 5 maybe?
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i><---- Is just watching... >>



    +1

    What would you grade that Mantle at? PSA 5 maybe? >>


    Jeff ... I don't think I'd go higher than a "4", although it's a real nice looking card.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    What would you grade that Mantle at? PSA 5 maybe?
    ==> I think a 5 is about right...
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Nice rack.

    I've thought/said that before. image
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
  • miconelegacymiconelegacy Posts: 3,052 ✭
    73 pack rip sounds good.
    Miconelegacy Auctions
    "Live everyday, don't throw it away"
  • nendeenendee Posts: 566 ✭✭✭
    What would he let it go for? At the current cost, we could easily find people to pitch in to rip that....
    Cubs and Purdue Fan - Ouch!

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  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    <--------watching
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  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    What would he let it go for? At the current cost, we could easily find people to pitch in to rip that...
    ==> the consignor wants to let it run.....
    thanks for the interest though...
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rick,

    Do you know the origin of the 73 BB wax box? Just wondering if you had any info regarding provenance, etc..


    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.
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm curious - does the box come from a credible source? I would love a pack if the group thing catches fire and the price is right.
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭✭
    Lol - grote beat me to the punch
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    Rick,

    Do you know the origin of the 73 BB wax box? Just wondering if you had any info regarding provenance, etc..

    ==> the consignor told me he owned the box since the early 1980s...he seems like a very rock solid guy...
    I'm no steve hart , but I've been a dealer since 1981 and have a pretty good sense on these things plus I used to own a large collection of unopened myself...
    I inspected the packs and I would say they are unsearched...
    we would refund if steve hart said otherwise...
    hope this info helps...

    here is a linky for those following the thread

    1973 Topps Baseball Unopened Wax Pack Box
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭


    << <i>What would you grade that Mantle at? PSA 5 maybe?
    ==> I think a 5 is about right... >>



    Morning,

    Could somebody please explain the math for me on this one ? I just don't get it, we have a Rack that is bogus to begin with, with a re-packaged Mantle that IMHO is NOT a 5 (look at the Stains at the top, the corner rounding and just general overall wear), so is a VG-EX 4 at best, somewhere around $225-$250 value if generous, and another couple dozen Grade 4-6 Common Cards, total maybe $100 bucks being generous again, and we are up to all of about $350 and the bidding is at $765. Why can't these idiots Bid on my Crap !!!

    Just unbelievable sometimes !!!

    YeeHahimage

    Neilimage
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Did White backs come in the same packs as Gray backs in 1956? Also I love the marketing ploy on this auction. 50/50 centering on a card that is trimmed...Shouldnt it be more like 45/45?
    45/45 Mantle Authentic
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭


    << <i>Did White backs come in the same packs as Gray backs in 1956? >>



    Good question, and the answer should be obvious, common sense tells you they didn't use two different paper stocks during the same print run at the factory, once again, just one more RED FLAG about how bogus these are !!!

    Neil
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • ShootyBabittShootyBabitt Posts: 970 ✭
    I would also bet on paper loss or markings on the back of that Mantle. This is no slight against Probstein, just the person who assembled that pack.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Neil, I totally get what you are saying. I am guessing it is the same deal as to why all those raw card sellers get at least a 2 grade "higher than what they actually are" premium on their raw cards.
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Very well said BBG but doesnt a New/Used car salesman tarnish his record (even a little) when a used car is sold and it turns out to be a lemon? Nothing against Rick but is the risk worth the reward of selling questionable items?



    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>What would you grade that Mantle at? PSA 5 maybe?
    ==> I think a 5 is about right... >>



    Morning,

    Could somebody please explain the math for me on this one ? I just don't get it, we have a Rack that is bogus to begin with, with a re-packaged Mantle that IMHO is NOT a 5 (look at the Stains at the top, the corner rounding and just general overall wear), so is a VG-EX 4 at best, somewhere around $225-$250 value if generous, and another couple dozen Grade 4-6 Common Cards, total maybe $100 bucks being generous again, and we are up to all of about $350 and the bidding is at $765. Why can't these idiots Bid on my Crap !!!

    Just unbelievable sometimes !!!

    YeeHahimage

    Neilimage >>




    +1

    People like seeing things behind plastic or glass ... and while one might assume anyone bidding so much for a rack would know these packs were repackaged, you know what they say when you "assume".

    Also, people like the potential of value ... since the Mantle isn't graded a bidder might imagine it COULD be anything from a 4 to a 7 ... even though it's quite clear it's a 5 at best.

    People are nuts, and Probstein has a solid reputation, so that just fuels the crazy bidder fires image >>

  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    What would Baseball Exchange do? Would they buy them or even accept them to sell on consignment?
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't think BBCE sells on consignment.

    As for Probstein123, he listed that rack pack very accurately, and shouldn't feel guilty at all for selling it. He thoroughly described it as it actually is. Nothing wrong with that.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,912 ✭✭✭
    I doubt Rick is looking for approval selling the pack...

    probably just looking for bids...

    problem is...

    if this sells for a pretty penny...

    the floodgates will open...


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  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    I wonder if it is a real Christmas rack or a fake one made last year?
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    by the way, when I hold the pack sideways i can see its a gray back...
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Card on the back of the pack appears to be a white back not the Mantle
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    Wow, Thats a heck of an item.

  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    I'm buying the '73 box and gonna rip if it doesn't get crazy high
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    Card on the back of the pack appears to be a white back not the Mantle
    ==> looks like 4-5 cards per section... a total of lets say 12 cards...
    I can see the centered mantle is a gray back....( not the bottom card )
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭✭
    I suppose the 4th series is sort of lack-luster in its potential finds. That would be the series with McCovey and some highlight or leader cards? Would the packs contain only cards from that series?
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    4th series is least desirable series in 1973 as far as star power goes, but there are some low popcommons for registry fans.


    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.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    wow...the Mantle rack is up to 110 watchers now with 2 days to go....

    the last 1952 Mantle RC we sold had just 95 watchers....

    I'm shocked that this is getting more interest than a Mantle RC....
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>wow...the Mantle rack is up to 110 watchers now with 2 days to go....

    the last 1952 Mantle RC we sold had just 95 watchers....

    I'm shocked that this is getting more interest than a Mantle RC.... >>



    Those Christmas racks are like catnip to the casual pack collector for some reason. Makes no sense to pay so much for mid grade cards. I saw a Youtube video of a collector busting open a few Christmas racks. He grabbed a pair of scissors and hacked them up like he's Leatherface. LOL. Where do these people come from? I think it's the same people who pay over PSA 9 prices for a raw card on eBay.

    This isn't meant to take anything away from your auction. It's just an amusing observation about what sells on eBay.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    He grabbed a pair of scissors and hacked them up like he's Leatherface.
    ==> you made me laugh...very funny and TRUE !!
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭


    << <i>wow...the Mantle rack is up to 110 watchers now with 2 days to go....

    the last 1952 Mantle RC we sold had just 95 watchers....

    I'm shocked that this is getting more interest than a Mantle RC.... >>



    was the mantle a fake?
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>wow...the Mantle rack is up to 110 watchers now with 2 days to go....
    the last 1952 Mantle RC we sold had just 95 watchers....
    I'm shocked that this is getting more interest than a Mantle RC.... >>


    And it sold for over a GRAND!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    we've sold over 80,000 items on ebay and we never had an item eclipse the 180 watchers mark...

    can't believe this item had the #1 interest all-time...

    anybody ever get over 200 watchers on an item ?
    Rick Probstein
    Ebay Store:
    Probstein123
    phone: 973 747 6304
    email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

    Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    I had over 200 watchers on a Pujols BGS 9.5 rookie I listed in '04 or '05
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭


    << <i>wow...the Mantle rack is up to 110 watchers now with 2 days to go....

    the last 1952 Mantle RC we sold had just 95 watchers....

    I'm shocked that this is getting more interest than a Mantle RC.... >>



    1952 Mantles are always on ebay (usually BIN), but how often do we see a pack with a Mantle on top?
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