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1981 Topps Baseball Wax Box Rip - from a SEALED CASE

NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
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Box arrived today. Ripping shall commence.
Nikklos

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  • SmokieSmokie Posts: 393 ✭✭✭
    Good luck Nikklos post some pictures.
  • vettfanaticvettfanatic Posts: 643 ✭✭✭
    Good luck! I hope you get a nice Kirk Gibson.

    Jeff
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    Thanks guys. Going to rip when I get home. Will post pics. Hoping this is a good batch. Maybe all the PSA 10 Valenzuelas and Guidrys and Gibsons have been hiding in this case all these years!
    Nikklos
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good luck! Enjoy the rip!


    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.
  • flatfoot816flatfoot816 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭
    have fun--don't chew the gum !!!!!
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
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    Nikklos
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Let the ripping begin!!!image

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Don't do it!!
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,785 ✭✭✭
    Do it...
    Collector Focus

    ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    Well having opened the first ten packs, Stingray speaks like a man from experience. But having made my bet, I'll struggle on. I could have sat on it and it could appreciate $50 in a year or ten years but I'd rather rip! Will endeavor on and post scans this weekend.
    Nikklos
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds brutal...sorry to hear this. 81s are tough!


    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.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Here's to finding a gem mint Fernando or Gibby in the remaining packs!!image

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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about a nice Bench? image
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Quality control on 81's was lacking! Good luck the rest of the way. Sounds like you might need it.

    aconte
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭


    << <i>How about a nice Bench? image >>



    How could I forget Bench?

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Is there a reason why there are no logos on the helmets the players are wearing on this box??
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    So there were no Hendersons, Roses or Gibsons. A couple o/c Ryan's and an o/c Raines.

    There were a bunch of cards looked like this

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    Maybe a few worthy of the grading fees

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    But I got my Fernando
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    Nikklos
  • mattinglymint23mattinglymint23 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭
    Nice cards. Tough draw though. I see why the Ryans and Gibson is so tough and Henderson.

    Mookie's rookie was the first card I bought of this set. My favorite.
  • MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭
    Thanks Nikklos,
    Such a tough year indeed, but brings back great memories.
    75 Minis - GET IN MY BELLY!
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    Man if I pulled that Perry back in '81 I would have run back to Newberrys for my money back.
    Nikklos
  • MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭
    Nikklos,
    Actually of all the years I collected from stores (1975-1986); 1981 by far had the most mangled cards. I have no idea why but I would routinely find cards like that. Also, 1981 Donruss were entirely random in cut and horribly centered.
    75 Minis - GET IN MY BELLY!
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    Mint moondog - there were so many like that in this box. It defied logic. I don't remember that as a kid but I was less discerning. Have bought a few 81 boxes this year though and haven't seen the like.

    Another strange thing about this box - Some packs the seal was so tightly fused to the wax card, I had trouble opening.
    Nikklos
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Quality control in 1981 was pretty poor even for Topps.

    I believe these boxes were from a sealed case so they are fully authentic.

    Thus is the drawback to ripping unopened in search of high grade cards.

    The Ozzie looks like a blazer though so you might do well on that catd. Some other sharp cards too. I dont think it's as bad as you might think for what you have into the box.


    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.
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Damn 81's -- rough indeed.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    I admire your ripping power. Even though the results weren't what you wanted, I am sure it was fun. Your rip has curbed my notion to break open some 1981's.

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