This Weekend's Rips... Summer vacation ‘21 edition
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I figured I would take some inspiration from my favorite thread of all time (Fergie's "Unopened Rips"), and post weekly-ish the results of my weekend rippage. I know it won't be anywhere near as cool as Robb's cards, but maybe some can appreciate my meager cardboard. I plan on each Friday posting what's on the ripping block for that weekend, and by Sunday or Monday, updating with photos/scans.
This weekend it was a box of '84 Donruss. What was here was pretty o/c one way or another. Hightlights:
Sorry for bad pics, remember, I'm a noob
Any tips are welcome.
Since my brother and I "re-took" up the hobby we still don't have the holy grail card of my youth thru 2 boxes. Matty, where are you??? More next week...
This weekend it was a box of '84 Donruss. What was here was pretty o/c one way or another. Hightlights:
Sorry for bad pics, remember, I'm a noob
Any tips are welcome.Since my brother and I "re-took" up the hobby we still don't have the holy grail card of my youth thru 2 boxes. Matty, where are you??? More next week...
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You know that Carter rookie is not really that tough of a card, but every single one I've had has the same centering as yours
That's kind of interesting that the Matty your looking for (Matt Young error?) hasn't come up, maybe that will make it still hold its position as your grail. It's cool that opening a pack and slowly looking for a card now is just as exciting to some of us as it was back when we were kids doing it.
1984D will ALWAYS be a timeless set. i never get tired of looking at it
WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
So from a box rip, thats ALL you got? No Bretts, Gwynns, Rose and as the previous person mentioned - Mattinglys?
Foo/Hammered: Absolutely. These are the 3rd and 4th Carter's I've pulled, and other 2 look the same.
Foo, it was a whole box and I did get 2 Bretts, 1 Rose, and 1 Gwynn, I just didn't get a chance to post them
Yep, no trace of Mattingly whatsoever (product was from Steve so no questions as far as I'm concerned). I still have sadly never owned this iconic card of my youth. But, as leftofdial said, maybe that's a good thing, as the chase continues
Talk about brutal. Although it does have some good players, that whole set is completely worthless without the Ripken. I was at least hoping to pull out 2.
If you can't see them it's a cello box of 81 Topps baseball and a rack box of 82 Topps football.
And for you unopened pack fiends, yes I am going to check for stars on t/b
It may be a semi-slow process but let the ripping begin...
Wish me luck!
<< <i>And for you unopened pack fiends, yes I am going to check for stars on t/b
BTW, good luck with the ripping. Here's to Fernando mania!!!
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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I've never considered ripping anything I've picked up.
I was thinking of Fernando also Mike.
Thanks guys... I really am excited about the '81. I've been collecting since '85 and for some reason have always overlooked the 81 set. These will be the 1st 81 packs I have ever opened!!
Good Luck with your rips!
"Live everyday, don't throw it away"
Thru 12 '81 cellos, besides a very bad t/b schmidt, this is the only card of note:
Edited to add....I need to refresh more often. Keep the pics coming.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Thru 6 more iwth 6 to go here are all I have to add. Schmidt is 2nd of box.
WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
Ha. The thought crossed my mind!
Got these in the last 3. No Nolan or Rickey but finally some Fernando mojo!
I have decided it's so late that I will rip and post the '82 fball rack box tomorrow afternoon. Sorry to disappoint the 2 people that are still around. Stay tuned tomorrow...
Ripping the 24 '82 football racks now...
In first rack:
Right to left but a Lott none the less!
Centering is all over the place. Munoz top to bottom, Montanas bottom to top!
Lott and LT In Actions. Not much but kinda cool. The may come under the rippers thumb sometime. Haven't decided.
Through 6 more got these:
2 LT's and another Lott!
All in all and despite the centering issues, extremely fun rip!
4 Montana's
3 Lott's
2 Lt's
2 Lt IA's (including 1 still in rack)
2 Montana IA's
1 Lott IA (still in rack)
So I guess I did alright. See ya next week.
2 Raines - and the Fernando looks great!
Thanx for sharing.
CSC: I guess I should have clarified. I bought multiple racks at 9 bucks a piece from Steve at BBCE. To my knowledge he doesn't have any complete original boxes in stock right now. Steve sent them in Topps rack boxes in sets of 24, just as they would have been if they were from the factory. Opened a 24 box last night and still have 24 unopened for a rainy day
80's: Thanks for kind words. I completely agree with you... I think Steve has a great price on these little devils!
This week since I had the stuff from the group rip to bust (which I posted in that thread), I have but this to open:
'83 football box. I am in particular looking for a nice sub-able Allen rook, as the 3 i own are badly o/c. I have already had some luck with Singletary rooks as I've sold a BGS 9.5 for a little over a couple hundred (before I was a convert), and I have another sharp copy waiting to be subbed. Anyway, here we go...
Singletary is a little bottom to top but sharp. Sweetness was gum card
Marcus, where are you?
See ya next time and may you all rip well
Cheers,
Robb
It's been a long time since I posted a rip (pure laziness), but I thought I might post the 2012 Christmas rippage edition! Will be ripping all packs deep into tonight and between tonight and tomorrow afternoon I plan on posting the highlights.
The tally:
1 complete box plus 4 packs of '81 football
1 complete box plus 4 packs of '86 football
1 complete box plus 2 packs of '80 Topps hockey
16 packs of '84 football
8 packs of '82 OPC hockey
Let's get going!
Jeff
Bosox1976
<< <i>Love to see you hit all the big ones - sharp and centered! >>
AMEN!!
Did you grade any from the first round in Feb? Some of those look nice.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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<< <i>Love to see you hit all the big ones - sharp and centered! >>
AMEN!!
Did you grade any from the first round in Feb? Some of those look nice. >>
Nope. Crazy as it sounds, I've got almost a year's worth of rippage building up for a PSA order for Jan. before my membership runs out.
Thanks for all kind words guys!!
All 81 ripped. Here are highlights:
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
<< <i>Nice Montana! >>
Thanks, Evan!
Probably last post tonight, beer's making me lazy...
'82 OPC... not that great...
Really enjoy this thread.