Anyone here from Canada, taking a trip for OPC baseball!

PSASAP · July 17, 2013 3:30AM

Let's see some nice 1973 OPC baseball Tom! How about a well-centered Bob Gibson, Thurman Munson or Harmon Killebrew.

esquiresports · July 17, 2013 3:48AM

Beautiful cards. A bunch up them look like they were cut with nice sharp blades! Amazing how much the cut quality can vary.

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 3:58AM

<< Let's see some nice 1973 OPC baseball Tom! How about a well-centered Bob Gibson, Thurman Munson or Harmon Killebrew. >>

Probably will get to the 73's later today and I have lots of them!
The stars you just brought up are very difficult to find centered and not sure I have and good ones, sharp but not centered

KennytheRat · July 17, 2013 4:58AM

Tom, let me know when you are ready to sell some of the hockey as I may be interested depending on what is available.

Very sharp looking cards indeed. Gotta love Canada!!!!!!!

John

Baez578 · July 17, 2013 5:12AM

Very nice! Thanks for posting. Looking forward to seeing more

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 8:57AM

ThoseBackPages · July 17, 2013 9:08AM

oh my!

is there a Brett stash like that as well?

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 9:12AM

<< oh my!

is there a Brett stash like that as well? >>

Not sure. I have 2 more 800 ct boxes of 1980 to go through.
I have a stack of Carew and Yaz like this as well

ThoseBackPages · July 17, 2013 9:17AM

SO sick!

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 9:19AM

There are 50-55 of each

Baez578 · July 17, 2013 9:24AM

Wow! What a stash

galaxy27 · July 17, 2013 10:15AM

This is arguably my favorite thread since joining CU, and it's not due solely to the impeccable cardboard that's being pulled from north of the border. It's primarily Tom's unparalleled freaking passion! You're a veritable pit o-pee-chee bull! Seriously, there are life lessons to be learned here. If you want something badly enough, get off of your can and make it happen.

Out of curiosity, do you come in contact with a lot of unopened OPC material as well?

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 10:49AM

<< This is arguably my favorite thread since joining CU, and it's not due solely to the impeccable cardboard that's being pulled from north of the border. It's primarily Tom's unparalleled freaking passion! You're a veritable pit o-pee-chee bull! Seriously, there are life lessons to be learned here. If you want something badly enough, get off of your can and make it happen.

Out of curiosity, do you come in contact with a lot of unopened OPC material as well? >>

I find very liitle wax. I have had better luck finding vending cases than wax.

I did buy a 1991 wax case on this trip. It was on Sunday. I paid $100!!!! This is not a typo $100!!!!

There was 1 problem though, we cracked the seal because the case was not stored in a good spot.
We opened the top box and cracked a pack, the gum ate through all the cards in the pack.
I still bought the case.
I figured I would still do well on the box bottoms alone.
I went to the hotel room later that night and cracked the whole case (24 boxes) hoping I could get a good chipper or 2.
Well the cards were disgusting throughout the whole case but did well on the box bottoms

Here are the best 2 chippers I found...

ldferg · July 17, 2013 12:54PM

<< There are 50-55 of each >>

Maybe from a cut card case? Did OPC run in those?

hyperchipper09 · July 17, 2013 1:02PM

Schmidt 80' OPC market is cornered.

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 1:15PM

61 Rod Carews!

miwlvrn · July 17, 2013 1:19PM

Ouch, brutal Chippers, especially for being the "best" of the bunch. Glad to hear the box bottoms will cover the cost.

Nice work on the 80's though.

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 1:28PM

ClockworkAngel · July 17, 2013 1:31PM

Wow. So, Tom, are these people that have no clue what's going on in the hobby? I mean are they just naive to the reality of what these cards are going for? I wonder how hard it is to find a line between bargaining and making out like a bandit.

I ask because I have a friend who is clueless that has tons of 1981-1986 football cards in boxes fresh and clean. He said "just give me whatever". How do you handle that?

Any Winfield OPC RC's?

tsalems1 · July 17, 2013 1:39PM

<< Wow. So, Tom, are these people that have no clue what's going on in the hobby? I mean are they just naive to the reality of what these cards are going for? I wonder how hard it is to find a line between bargaining and making out like a bandit.

I ask because I have a friend who is clueless that has tons of 1981-1986 football cards in boxes fresh and clean. He said "just give me whatever". How do you handle that?

Any Winfield OPC RC's? >>

No luck on Winfield rookies. I got some very high grade 74's but the star power was lacking.

As for what I am picking up, none of the stuff I have picked up from people came accross like "just give me whatever". They are selling me raw lots/sets etc. I look at what they are selling me and in my mind, I see the graded value in the lots. The people are not clueless as to what they have but probably not up to date with the graded values. At the same time as a buyer, i'm not going to pay graded values on raw cards.
I pay these people fair. Most cases I try and get a figure from them, the cards are theirs.

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MBMiller25 · July 18, 2013 11:01AM

Great Stuff Tom, Thanks for sharing all the scans. To Bad about the Chipper's, but the trip looks very successful. Good Luck on the grading.

tsalems1 · July 18, 2013 12:03PM

Thanks Matt!

ThoseBackPages · July 18, 2013 12:10PM

SWEET HEY-ZOOSE!!

tsalems1 · November 6, 2013 1:40PM

Trip #4 in the works! Already have some great stuff lined up!

tsalems1 · August 7, 2014 9:01AM

Heading to Vancouver in a couple weeks on another North of the Border trip!

If anyone has any leads in the Seattle,Wa/Vancouver,Canada area, please let me know. Any good stores or if you know anyone with any OPC available..

I have a couple good size collections already lined up. 1 includes several OPC Baseball sets from 1965,1973,1976 with lots of singles from each year in between.
Collection also has OPC hockey sets from 79/80, CFL Football, Topps sets/singles from the early 60's.

EAsports · August 7, 2014 10:03AM

<< If anyone has any leads in the Seattle,Wa/Vancouver,Canada area, please let me know. >>

Eat at JapaDog and Mr. Pickwick's Fish and Chips in Vancouver.

No help on the OPC.

bziddy · August 7, 2014 3:13PM

...and I'm looking for complete boxes of 1980s OPC Baseball Stickers. Let me know if you find any for your website

Good luck and have fun.

jmaciu · August 8, 2014 5:31AM

Best of luck, as always!! You always bring back the mother load. Travel safely.

tsalems1 · August 8, 2014 9:40AM

<< Best of luck, as always!! You always bring back the mother load. Travel safely. >>

Thanks John!

I have a couple things lined up. Hope to find more people selling in that area.

I'm not sure I will have as much success on this trip, but you never know.

I talked to another guy last night and he has some stuff - 1 problem though, he is away the week I'm up there

tsalems1 · August 18, 2014 1:55PM

4 more days til takeoff!!!

PaulMaul · August 18, 2014 1:56PM

Please bring back some unopened OPC Wacky Packs! You're my only hope!

tsalems1 · August 18, 2014 1:58PM

<< Please bring back some unopened OPC Wacky Packs! You're my only hope! >>

I have not seen any...sorry

Maybe on this trip though...

tsalems1 · January 27, 2015 11:30AM

Back from Canada yet again...

Scored on some great stuff!!

Here are just a few things that got picked up...

Got a good size stack of 1970 Topps. Some NM and some MINT

ReggieCleveland · January 27, 2015 12:50PM

What do you want for the Bonds?

grote15 · January 27, 2015 1:10PM

Awesome haul, as always, Tom! That 87 OPC Bonds is a real blazer!

Henderson RC looks dead centered, too!

tsalems1 · January 27, 2015 1:14PM

<< What do you want for the Bonds? >>

Its in the pile heading to PSA

tsalems1 · January 27, 2015 1:16PM

<< Awesome haul, as always, Tom! That 87 OPC Bonds is a real blazer!

Henderson RC looks dead centered, too! >>

Thanks Tim.

The Henderson is very sharp but the centering is off a little L/R I think its a easy 8 but if centered just a hair better it would be a 9.

tsalems1 · January 27, 2015 1:27PM

Here are a few more goodies... 70's and early 80's OPC/Topps Hockey

Partial set lots...

1955 Bowman, 1958,1959,1960,1961,1962 Topps Baseball
1973,1974,1975,1979 1986 Topps Football...many of these football cards look pack fresh

grote15 · January 27, 2015 1:45PM

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<< Awesome haul, as always, Tom! That 87 OPC Bonds is a real blazer!

Henderson RC looks dead centered, too! >>

Thanks Tim.

The Henderson is very sharp but the centering is off a little L/R I think its a easy 8 but if centered just a hair better it would be a 9. >>

Upon further review, I think you are right about the Henderson.

Nothing like hockey wax north of the border!

ReggieCleveland · January 27, 2015 1:46PM

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<< What do you want for the Bonds? >>

Its in the pile heading to PSA >>

PM me if it comes back a 10?

tsalems1 · January 27, 2015 1:52PM

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<< What do you want for the Bonds? >>

Its in the pile heading to PSA >>

PM me if it comes back a 10? >>

I can do that

ReggieCleveland · January 27, 2015 3:04PM

Thank you, sir. Good luck!

Nathaniel1960 · January 27, 2015 11:59PM

Is that OPC Bonds tuff in a 10? I bought a lot of about 50 of them at a show a few years ago, 90% being off center.

jmaciu · January 28, 2015 1:02AM

Tom, it looks like you picked up some more nice, sharp cards again North of the Border!!

ReggieCleveland · January 28, 2015 2:59AM

<< Is that OPC Bonds tuff in a 10? I bought a lot of about 50 of them at a show a few years ago, 90% being off center. >>

If you got 10% centered I'd say you did well. I've never seen a 1987 O-Pee-Chee uncut sheet but I have to imagine that the Bonds is in a corner spot. I've opened a ton of boxes and never got a single Bonds that had PSA 8 centering.

There were a few sales about a year ago and 3 more PSA 10's have popped since then so it's not hopelessly impossible but it's a very difficult card.

miwlvrn · January 28, 2015 3:22AM

Is that 1966 Koufax in your earlier post a Topps or OPC card?

tsalems1 · January 28, 2015 9:17AM

<< Is that 1966 Koufax in your earlier post a Topps or OPC card? >>

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Anyone here from Canada, taking a trip for OPC baseball!

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