Unopened collections + recent rip photos: 1986 Topps Football Cello Pack Just Ripped
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As a new member who loves to collect unopened material, I thought it would be fun to create a thread showing photos of unopened collections + any recent rips. To me, it doesn't matter if you are sitting on a case of 1952 Topps Hi# or a box of 1990 Pro Set, all collections are fun to see. The beauty of unopened is the excitement that any card in that particular set is possible. Not to mention the nostalgia of bringing back childhood memories of racing to the local store on Saturday morning, plunking down your allowance and enjoying the smell/taste of cheap gum while thumbing through images of your heroes.
To get it started, I thought I would share a picture of a few boxes I have managed to stick away over the years. My personal focus has been to stash away a couple of boxes that have key rookie cards in them. You will see some items from the 1970's, 80's and 90's.
While I primarily keep things unopened, every now and again I get the itch to bust a few packs/boxes open. When that itch hits, I will update with images as I go. Hopefully this will encourage others to share their unopened and recent rips as well. [/URL]
To get it started, I thought I would share a picture of a few boxes I have managed to stick away over the years. My personal focus has been to stash away a couple of boxes that have key rookie cards in them. You will see some items from the 1970's, 80's and 90's.
While I primarily keep things unopened, every now and again I get the itch to bust a few packs/boxes open. When that itch hits, I will update with images as I go. Hopefully this will encourage others to share their unopened and recent rips as well. [/URL]
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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.
E to a: Love the '80 FB super cello boxes!
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Jeremy
Jmaciu's Collection
Are those garbage pail kids sneaking off to the bottom left leaving the screen?
Your boxes appear to be in tremendous shape as well. Very nice. What series are the 1973 boxes?
<< <i>Awesome display! What years are the green cello boxes next to the 78 wax boxes? >>
They are 75 regular size cellos. One of my favorite Topps designs.
<< <i>That's a great display! You have some awesome stuff from all four sports. Like the hockey trays and the and the 80-81 basketball!!! Thanks for posting. How did you get started with unopened? I'll post some pictures later too!
Jeremy >>
Jeremy - I look forward to seeing pics of your collection. I started putting away boxes back in the early 90's. I figured that everyday someone is opening packs, which is increasing the supply of singles and decreasing the supply of unopened. Plus I just loved looking at the artwork on the boxes/packs. At the same time, I was in college and didn't have as much time to rip packs (helping to control my urge to open). During the summer I would work odd jobs and then basically send my paycheck directly to Mark Murphy to buy some fun vintage boxes. After a few summers I had a good start. The rest has been a fun journey with BBCE and DACW (back when they had vintage boxes).
<< <i>This is fantastic!
Are those garbage pail kids sneaking off to the bottom left leaving the screen? >>
Great eye...yes, those are GPK boxes. I love those crazy stickers...great memories from 1985.
<< <i>Now that's a way to make an introduction! Really nice collection. Some of my favorite years. Even though I don't collect unopened outside baseball right now, if I did, I think I'd copy much of what you have for basketball, football, hockey and Star Wars.
Your boxes appear to be in tremendous shape as well. Very nice. What series are the 1973 boxes? >>
The 73's are the 5th series...had to have the opportunity to pull a Schimdt RC at some point in my life
Very cool!
You've got your stuff way more organized than myself.
We've got some really serious unopened guys here. On the old/individual pack side of the house - I don't think anyone has a nicer pack run than Griffins/Anthony. On the box side there's a bunch like Grote/Tim and CPAMike/Mike e.g.
As I said, I have a bit but it's not in my focus at all anymore.
I'd rather not post anything since this is your thread.
Thanx for sharing! Great stuff my friend.
Welcome to the boards. Thanks for sharing your collection. That unopened collection looks sweet!!
Also, I am hoping others will add to this thread by sharing images of their collections and recent rips
Steve
This picture shows a 1980 - 1985 Topps wax box from a sealed case from BBCE run:
Here are some OPC wax boxes:
The cello boxes are from 1979 and 1980.
One of my winter projects is to come up with some sort of display for my unopened boxes, rack packs, graded packs, and 1970's graded cards.
Lets see some more unopened stuff!!!
Jmaciu's Collection
So then I decided to open the other rack in the top row (which had a Gwynn DK on top)...this pack was a big swing and a miss! The Mumphrey should be a solid 10 and the Perconte is the 3-line variant, which means this is likely going to be a 'Jeff Pendleton' case (i.e. Terry Pendelton error RC).
I couldn't end a night with a terrible rip, so I decided to go to the next layer of racks in the case...
No real star power on top (unless you are a Steve Garvey fan) and so I decided to rip all three. This time with much better results
Two conclusions for me tonight: 1) 1985 Donruss are insanely tough to find 10 candidates out of packs (factory sets are another story) and 2) I still love pulling a nice Puckett RC.
Thanks to all for reading this and thanks to jmaciu's for sharing photos of his collection. Please keep sharing your photos too!!
Esquiresports: I can't wait to see your display!!
I really appreciate all of the compliments. I have been putting together the box run over the last 5-6 months. I appreciate all the help BBCE, grote15, cincyredlegs, mattinglymint23, and MBMiller25 have given me in building this part of my collection!!
Jmaciu's Collection
I had purchased an 85T vending case around 1992 or so - it was relatively cheap.
When McGwire was hot, hot, hot, I wish I had sold it. Now? Kindling.
One my great purchases back around 1993, a 3 box case of 79T racks:
Got this from Mr Mint's auction. I remember being shocked that no one wanted it and it went for the minimum bid.
jmaciu, very nice run on the baseball wax boxes. I like the sealed case part. That is a nice touch.
I will add some pics of my unopened collection. Like jmaciu, I am a little late to the party as I only started my unopened collection really over the last 4 or 5 months. Still, I have managed to put some things together. My main sport to collect for players and sets is basketball. However, I have really enjoyed collecting 80's FB and BB unopened. That is what I collected as a kid, I only grew to love basketball as a teenager in the 90's. I am hoping to get a nice well rounded collection like the OP. I collected some hockey cards in the late 80's early 90's so I would like to eventually get some 80's hockey boxes in the mix. For now, I have mainly BB and FB with the start of some basketball. Not pictured are a few modern boxes (a 1997 and 2-2003 Topps Chrome basketball boxes
that house the rookie cards of Tim Duncan and Lebron James respectively).
Without further ado, here are the pics:
My football run. Starting with 81 thru 86 for wax. Missing a wax box of 83 but replaced with a cello box. Also missing a 1987 that I am hoping to pick up down the road. I am looking for non-X out versions too, but the premium is a bit much for me for now (especially if they are BBCE). In the corner is a 1978 Basketball Wax box I got as an add-on from the last group break. Very excited for my first vintage basketball box.
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My baseball run. Starting with 2 1980 Topps Wax boxes and going thru 1986. I picked most of these up in the group breaks. The cello is an 81 Topps (I am missing the 81 Wax, so I have substituted with the cello for now).
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Hope to see more pics of others collections. Thanks to the OP for starting this thread. Where are the heavy hitters? Thanks for looking,
Steve
Wow! All those boxes in only 4-5 months? That is a impressive run of gorgeous boxes. It looks like you doubled up on a few years just in case you someday get the urge to bust a pack or two
Thanks for sharing the pics...I love seeing all the great collections. Great stuff!
Jmaciu's Collection
Jmaciu's Collection
The centering seemed to progressively get better as I went from pack to pack.
Pack #1 (above): Nothing note-worthy or potentially gradeable.
Pack #2: Centering looking a little better.
Pack #3: A decent Carew card (slightly tilted)
Pack #4: A little star power, and much better centering overall.
Thanks for letting me share!
Jeff
Mike: I'll take the 79 rack with Cooper on top..
Jeff: Some viable minty fresh OPC cards there to sub! But an even better question: Did you upload the rip to Pack Geek.com???!!
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.
<< <i>Jeff: Some viable minty fresh OPC cards there to sub! But an even better question: Did you upload the rip to Pack Geek.com???!!
Thank you, Tim! Not much in the star department - but I was happy to pull a couple of nice cards that have zero submitted at this point. No video for this one. My wife and my mother-in-law were in the next room over and I didn't want to subject them to my packgeek-ness. But thank you for asking. I do, however, have four packs of 1979-80 OPC Hockey that are just begging to be put on video.
Jeff
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<< <i>Jeff: Some viable minty fresh OPC cards there to sub! But an even better question: Did you upload the rip to Pack Geek.com???!!
Thank you, Tim! Not much in the star department - but I was happy to pull a couple of nice cards that have zero submitted at this point. No video for this one. My wife and my mother-in-law were in the next room over and I didn't want to subject them to my packgeek-ness. But thank you for asking. I do, however, have four packs of 1979-80 OPC Hockey that are just begging to be put on video. >>
Jeff, I'm not embellishing when I say those videos were great entertainment! The sound effects alone were funny as heck! LOL!
Here's a link for those who might not be familiar:
Pack Geek.com
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.
I see some really nice cards there.
The oldest wax I have in box form is 76OPC.
I do have 2 boxes of 79T and a vending case to go with my racks.
The vending was much cheaper in the early 90s but the wax has always been pricey and it appears to be appreciating now - perhaps it's drying up?
<< <i>I still love pulling a nice Puckett RC. >>
Very nice Puckett Chris!
James
<< <i>The oldest wax I have in box form is 76OPC.
I do have 2 boxes of 79T and a vending case to go with my racks.
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Hi Mike!
Those '79 rack boxes are a beautiful thing!
Jeff
Speaking of rack boxes, I just recently picked this one up:
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.
Thanx Jeff.
Very nice rack box Tim. Wish I had spent more money back in the early 90s instead of a lot of the crap I bought with my son. Then again. We had a GREAT time together.
Mike - I love the stash of 79T you have managed to put away...great to see a vending case still exists!! Also, great wax/rack boxes...beautiful to look at.
Tim - congrats on the newly added 78T rack box. Also nice to see a Nolan sitting right on top. That box looks super clean...thanks for sharing the photo.
James - great run of crisp boxes. You have a great collection. I love your goal of football and baseball runs through the 80's...some of the best year's for legendary football rookies.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has uploaded photos of their collections and recent rips!! It is a blast to see all of these great packs, boxes and cases.
Is that the only one?
Did you collect them? If so, please let us know about it in my "contribution" thread which is currently covering them.
It's going to have a run of OPC packs from 1966-1980 (less 1968 and 1969) later tonight. I was excited to get it up on the wall and didn't have 1966 and 1967 handy, so I had to cheat a little. This frame is deep enough to accommodate packs and probably even cellos. This was a wide as I could go and still have it matted up, which was important to me.
Just recently picked this rack up from Brian Marcy of Scottsdale Cards, a great guy to deal with. I had been looking for a 71 rack with the yellow header card for some time now, and this one is a 4th series (Aaron, Ryan) to boot!
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.
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.