Did you see the new smr (79,80,81 baseball)?

spazzy

All sets are going crazy grading wise. This will probably raise prices for wax boxes again. I really think 1979 and 1980 are the sleepers right now. I will have to go through my commons again to check out if I have any treasures

kingbeeswax

I have to do the same. Those cards are hot!

markj111

I looked at VCP-for most of those cards you do not even get your grading fees back if you get a 9. OTOH, there are some low pops that bring a nice price. I have a set in a binder that has been on a shelf for nearly 30 years. I need to give it a look.

augustaman

Paul -
Do you really need to see prices for the cards? You seem to be doing quite well
with just packaging and selling the empty boxes, wrappers, and gum.

itzagoner

hype is good food.

MattyC

The SMR has just given me an epiphany: forget vintage HOFers-- it's all about PSA 9 commons from 1979! That's what it was all about anyway when I was a kid. Pure collecting was when I would rip a pack at the candy store, toss those HOFers everyone had anyway, and spend hours staring at images of guys who batted .210 with 3 HR. I recall how my buddies and I would compete over whose Tim Teufel was more mint. Ah, those halcyon days!

Actually you heard it here first: 1987 Topps. For a small investment you can buy 99% of the extant product, torch it, then the ones you keep are worth CRAZY MONEY!

mygotta

According to online prices, every price of the common PSA 10 fro 1979 was dropped to $25 each. But select stars have increased in value.

SMR 1979 Topps

billwaltonsbeard

1980 Topps needs to get hot. I've got a ton of that stuff

robert67

Foo3112

Don't be so hard on him. He just wants to see what the gum is going for on 79 Topps.

CubsKiller99

Get 1980 and 1981 cheap while you still can.

If the first three digits of the year are 197 -- they're overpriced.

spazzy

Even though I do not usually go past 1980, there is a big drying up of 1980 and 1981. There is not much on ebay considering what used to be there for legit stuff. There were some price changes from 1975-1977 in the SMR too but those boxes are really getting out of sight for an average collector.

chouser

personally i like to roll around in mayonnaise for a bit then open 1979 wax. each time I ding a card putting it in the penny sleeve I have to give myself a pretty hard slap on me own bum with a flyswatter. anyone else ?

ElvisP

Speaking of SMR, what are they thinking with that cover?? I'm thinking about busting an '81 box but my luck has not been too good lately. I just busted an '85 rack box and got no Ryan's and no McGuire's! At the same time I got 3's and 4's of other USA players.

CubsKiller99

chouser: OK we get it -- you don't like 1979 or 1981 Topps.

What is it exactly that you DO like?

BostonAmericans

<< <i>chouser: OK we get it -- you don't like 1979 or 1981 Topps.

What is it exactly that you DO like? >>



Throwing junk wax in the pool.........................

spazzy

<< <i>1980 Topps needs to get hot. I've got a ton of that stuff >>



Actually, 1980 Topps wax is hot right now...The Henderson and a few other low pop commons will drive the set and the box.