Love this thread and great rip on the rack box, 83 (and 82) are my favorite post 70s sets. This is the type of focus I would love to have when it comes to my collection.
Brett , you got a REAL nice box with that buy . Those 2 Boggs may very well pay for the box and then some . PM me when you get ready to submit as I have some cards that might be able to tag a long , if its a possibility .
I hope you do well , when you submit these cards . ---- Sonny
" In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act " --- George Orwell
Terrific results, Brett~your focus, dedication and enthusiasm are truly impressive! Good luck on the subs!
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.
Glad the rack box turned out so well! You worry me with those plastic sleeves usually the card sticks out on the right side and I'm afraid you'll ding that corner. Why do you use those?
Wow I just read this thread for the 1st time. Incredible dedication to this goal, wish I had as much perseverance at times. Best of luck on ripping your way to 100% .
Brett, Awesome rack box! Over 100 cards worthy for grading would have me wanting more. It's nice to see they you received a very nice clean box from an honest seller on eBay. Keep up the great work.
Thanks everybody for the positive reinforcement. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take it easy this year as far as the unopened goes. In previous years I'd try to chip away throughout the year and by the end of the year I'd have 4 or 5 boxes to rip. I'm thinking of maybe cutting back to a box or two and exploring other methods of acquiring cards. I was thinking about buying some complete sets and seeing what kind of luck I'd have with them. Obviously I wouldn't expect much as far as The Big 3 are concerned, but maybe I could find some low pop commons.
I really have to cut into the backlog of cards in my gradable pile. So instead of spending on 4 or 5 boxes, I'm hoping to spend on 4 or 5 submissions this year. Hoping for a more appealing special in March.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
I have such fond memories of collecting this set. My favorite card in this set is the Henderson RB with I think Cal Ripken in the background.... Good luck on your quest...
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 486 Clyde King Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 597 Mike Proly Card --- from Mich. wax
MINT 9 1983 Topps 206 Ken Oberkfell Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 308 Jesus Vega Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 662 Joe Sambito Card --- from vending
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 712 Bruce Kison Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 165 Dan Driessen Card --- from Mich. wax
MINT 9 1983 Topps 789 Bryan Clark Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 56 Chuck Rainey Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 220 Dusty Baker Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 555 Steve Yeager Card --- from wax
From the March Special. Love the percentage of 10s. 21 out of 40. By far my best poppage in terms of percentage of 10s. Honestly, I don't think my grading eye has improved that much. Must have got a grader in a good mood. I'm not complaining! fwiw, there were 10 cards from my score of a rack box (discussed on pg. 8 of this thread) submitted and I got seven 10s, two 9s and an 8.
Mainly clearing out the backlog of gradable cards. Nothing extremely exciting here. Dan Driessen is now a pop 6. The Todd Cruz, Vance Law, Manny Castillo, Checklist #769 and Benny Ayala all have pops in the 7 to 9 range. I'll post some scans when I get the cards back.
Oddly enough, I sent my CC renewal sub in with the March Special and am still waiting on poppage for that. Kind of looking forward to that as I sent in all of my Gwynns and Boggs from my rips this Winter. I have especially high hopes for the Boggs in that sub.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
Congrats and thanks for the update. Best of luck with the Gwynn and Boggs cards.
STAY HEALTHY!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Here's a handful of scans of some of the PSA 10s from my latest sub.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
The Gwynns and Boggs were from this Winter's rips. I'm pretty sure I included scans of them after the rips. I really had high hopes for both of those Boggs, but other than that, I think the grades are right on. The search for a PSA 10 Gwynn and Boggs continues.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
great looking cards. I am not looking to buy I just want to know do you have a full set for your collection of psa 9 grade. I have all of the hall of famers in psa 9 for my 83 collection. of course I apprectiate the five cards I received from you last winter.
I've been lackadaisical lately updating my set with these latest subs, but I think I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of 550 PSA 9/10. There's a lot of cards in the set (50? 75?) that I don't have even a PSA 9 candidate with 15 or 20 samples to choose from.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
31 1 25937421 MINT 9 1983 Topps 216 Tony LaRussa Card from rack
32 1 25937422 MINT 9 1983 Topps 293 Glenn Gulliver Card from Mich. wax
33 1 25937423 MINT 9 1983 Topps 756 Russ Nixon Card from rack
34 1 25937424 NEAR MINT 7 1983 Topps 210 Jack Clark Card from cello
35 1 25937425 MINT 9 1983 Topps 394 Pete Vuckovich Card from Mich. wax
36 1 25937426 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 334 Dave LaRoche Card from rack
37 1 25937427 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 613 Mike Ivie Card source unknown
38 1 25937428 MINT 9 1983 Topps 562 Dave Rozema Card from cello
39 1 25937429 MINT 9 1983 Topps 656 Dave Frost Card from vending
40 1 25937430 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 357 Len Matuszek Card from rack
41 1 25937431 MINT 9 1983 Topps 112 Bob Shirley Card from Mich. wax
42 1 25937432 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 709 Jimmy Sexton Card from cello
43 1 25937433 MINT 9 1983 Topps 63 Rick Monday Card from rack
44 1 25937434 MINT 9 1983 Topps 273 Mark Belanger Card from rack
45 1 25937435 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 779 Rick Waits Card from cello
46 1 25937436 MINT 9 1983 Topps 31 Bill Gullickson Card from rack
47 1 25937437 MINT 9 1983 Topps 234 Larry Anderson Card from Mich. wax
48 1 25937438 MINT 9 1983 Topps 45 John Mayberry Card from Mich. wax
49 1 25937439 MINT 9 1983 Topps 9 Joey McLaughlin Card from wax
50 1 25937440 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 168 Juan Eichelberger Card from cello
51 1 25937441 MINT 9 1983 Topps 106 Gene Nelson Card from cello
52 1 25937442 EXCELLENT 5 1983 Topps 473 John Lowenstein Card from Mich. wax
53 1 25937443 MINT 9 1983 Topps 680 Andre Dawson Card from rack
54 1 25937444 MINT 9 1983 Topps 514 Rudy Law Card from vending
55 1 25937445 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 381 Red Sox Batting & Pitching Leaders Card from rack
56 1 25937446 MINT 9 1983 Topps 313 Gary Gray Card from rack
57 1 25937447 MINT 9 1983 Topps 1 Tony Armas Card from Mich. wax
58 1 25937448 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 340 Larry Gura Card from cello
59 1 25937449 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 299 George Wright Card from wax
60 1 25937450 MINT 9 1983 Topps 376 Ken Landreaux Card from Mich. wax
61 1 25937451 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 730 Jason Thompson Card from wax
62 1 25937452 NEAR MINT 7 1983 Topps 268 Storm Davis Card from cello
63 1 25937453 MINT 9 1983 Topps 652 Butch Hobson Card from rack
64 1 25937454 MINT 9 1983 Topps 134 Hubie Brooks Card from cello
65 1 25937455 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 138 Rick Dempsey Card from cello
From the June special. Feels like I'm spoiled after my last sub when I hit over 50% PSA 10's. But 8 PSA 10's out of 35 is under my about 28% rate of hitting 10's. What kills me is getting two PSA 7's. It's not unusual for me to miss a wrinkle on it seems like every sub, so I can understand getting a PSA 5. But there's no way the centering or corners or edges are PSA 7 worthy on any of these. I'm skeptical they're even as bad as PSA 8's, and I got two of those too! Surface issues of some sort I guess.
The best hit here is the Mike Ivie which is now a Pop 7.
ETA: The source where I pulled the card from.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
What a great project. I have great memories of this set as well. It was the first set I ever purchased whole as a kid from an ad in a magazine. It came complete with a binder and pages to display I thought I hit the jackpot as a 9 year old. Great cards and best of luck!
Love the 83 set. I remember picking up boxes at SAMs Wholesale and opening them on the kitchen table. Didn't care anything about centering, edges, etc...grading had not been discovered. No internet. Good memories. Good luck on your journey.
I don't recall trying to hunt for Gwynn, Boggs, and Sandberg.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
I still haven't cracked anything yet. That's one of my strategies when I get further down the road on the set.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
Here are the PSA 10's from my latest sub. Note the nice rough edge on the top of the LaRoche card.
I now have about 70% of the set in PSA 9/10 through self-subs.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
Stone193-Centering seems to be the main defect no matter what medium you're busting. Plenty of times you'll get a card that's 50/50 l/r but way off t/b. Or vice versa.
Dennis88-I picked up a vending box this year for $75. I think that's fairly representative for eBay. You may be able to find them a little cheaper. If you want the security of purchasing from BBCE, they'll be more like $95. But I haven't seen 83 vending on the BBCE site for at least a year. Maybe two.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
With all the unopened and PSA fees..think this set will be under or over $15k cost to you?
If I thought about how much this will cost, that would take all of the fun out of it. Obviously it's not a cost efficient endeavor. I just checked and I see that I registered my 83 set back in August 2009. So some quick, dirty math tells me that I'll end up on the plus side of 15K. But spread out over many years it's not that painful. The fun and the challenge is priceless.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
You may have answered this earlier in the thread (so I apologize if you have), but do you put the cards you sub in your registry if they don't hit 10s?
My favorite threads are always the "quest to build/buy" ones. Keep it up!
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
This is from the September special. I'm happy to report that after complaining about receiving 2 PSA 7's on my last sub, I didn't receive any PSA 7's this time. However, I was floored to see that I got two PSA 4's. Totally at a loss with comprehending this one.
Overall I hit 13 PSA 10's out of 40, which is higher than my GPA, so I should be happy. But I just can't wrap my head around the PSA 4's. Nothing too notable. I hit 3 pop. 9's.
As I list the source this time, you'll see eBay listed. I've started purchasing lots and near sets off of eBay. You can imagine that this can be a total crapshoot and you'd be right. But the price is right. I think I'm spending about $25 per set/lot including shipping and I am pulling some nice cards out of even the shakiest sets.
Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
27 1 26343356 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1983 Topps 422 George Cappuzzello Card from cello
28 1 26343357 MINT 9 1983 Topps 353 Steve Comer Card from eBay
29 1 26343358 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 203 Mike Morgan Card _ from Mich. wax_
30 1 26343359 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1983 Topps 376 Ken Landreaux Card from cello
31 1 26343360 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 653 Ellis Valentine Card from wax
32 1 26343361 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 81 Yankees Batting & Pitching Leaders Card from rack
33 1 26343362 MINT 9 1983 Topps 11 Billy Gardner Card from rack
34 1 26343363 MINT 9 1983 Topps 350 Robin Yount Card from rack
35 1 26343364 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 469 Ron Gardenhire Card from rack
36 1 26343365 MINT 9 1983 Topps 369 Jesse Orosco Card from Mich. wax
37 1 26343366 MINT 9 1983 Topps 366 Dick Williams Card from eBay
38 1 26343367 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 252 Luis Aguayo Card from rack
39 1 26343368 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 89 Leon Roberts Card from Mich. wax
40 1 26343369 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 520 Fred Lynn Card from Mich. wax
41 1 26343370 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 113 Ron Roenicke Card _ from rack_
42 1 26343371 MINT 9 1983 Topps 168 Juan Eichelberger Card from eBay
43 1 26343372 MINT 9 1983 Topps 546 Dave Garcia Card from cello
44 1 26343373 MINT 9 1983 Topps 275 Ray Knight Card from vending
45 1 26343374 MINT 9 1983 Topps 775 Burt Hooton Card from wax
46 1 26343375 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1983 Topps 682 Bob Stanley Card from Mich. wax
47 1 26343376 MINT 9 1983 Topps 131 Ed Ott Card from eBay
48 1 26343377 MINT 9 1983 Topps 305 Larry Bowa Card from rack
49 1 26343378 MINT 9 1983 Topps 123 George Frazier Card from cello
50 1 26343379 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 433 Dale Berra Card from Mich. wax
51 1 26343380 MINT 9 1983 Topps 605 Gary Roenicke Card from wax
52 1 26343381 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 379 Guy Sularz Card from Mich. wax
53 1 26343382 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 293 Glenn Gulliver Card __ from rack__
54 1 26343383 MINT 9 1983 Topps 35 Rollie Fingers Card from cello
55 1 26343384 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 684 Rafael Landestoy Card from cello
56 1 26343385 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 749 Jon Matlack Card from rack
57 1 26343386 MINT 9 1983 Topps 331 Mike Krukow Card source unknown
58 1 26343387 MINT 9 1983 Topps 246 George Bamberger Card from eBay
59 1 26343388 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 508 Tom Filer Card from rack
60 1 26343389 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 649 Tommy Boggs Card from cello
61 1 26343390 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 295 Jerry Remy Card from Mich. wax
62 1 26343391 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 455 Sixto Lezcano Card from rack
63 1 N8: MISCUT 1983 Topps 250 Bill Buckner Card from cello
64 1 26343393 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 489 Tom Herr Card from Mich. wax
65 1 26343394 MINT 9 1983 Topps 56 Chuck Rainey Card from cello
66 1 26343395 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 517 Gary Ward Card from cello
I'll post some scans when I get the cards back from PSA.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
I get my share of PSA 5's. Seems like I miss a wrinkle from time to time, but I don't know what could be wrong to merit a PSA 4. I'll have to check them out when I get the cards back.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
Surprisingly the T. Boggs is now a pop 9. When I first started the set, there were about a dozen cards that had yet to pop a 10. Now every card is at least a pop 2 in PSA 10. In January 2010 there were about 55,00 1983 Topps cards graded. Today there's about 89,000. A perfect 10 set is a definite possibility.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
I looked closely and didn't see anything, but it's hard to catch everything when it's already in a holder.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
it would be interesting if you cracked it and re-submitted it and see where it goes.
nice 10's by the way
Fred
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Stinky picture, but I was trying to represent all sources this year. I've got a cello box, a wax box, a rack box constructed from a number of different lots, 2 vending boxes and a lot of 11 Michigan Wax packs. The Michigan Wax packs will be up first.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
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I hope you do well , when you submit these cards . ---- Sonny
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.
usually the card sticks out on the right side and I'm afraid you'll ding that corner.
Why do you use those?
Stupid list…. Mistlin
Looks like a great rip! Best of luck on the subs.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Awesome rack box! Over 100 cards worthy for grading would have me wanting more. It's nice to see they you received a very nice clean box from an honest seller on eBay. Keep up the great work.
I really have to cut into the backlog of cards in my gradable pile. So instead of spending on 4 or 5 boxes, I'm hoping to spend on 4 or 5 submissions this year. Hoping for a more appealing special in March.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
MINT 9 1983 Topps 727 Chet Lemon Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 102 Dave Beard Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 355 Jim Bibby Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 132 Todd Cruz Card --- from Mich. wax
MINT 9 1983 Topps 143 Joe Pettini Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 98 Vance Law Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 672 Jim Kaat Card --- from wax
EXCELLENT 5 1983 Topps 177 Harold Baines Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 249 Checklist 133-264 Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 420 Al Oliver Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 258 Manny Castillo Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 210 Jack Clark Card --- from rack
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 500 Reggie Jackson Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 456 Lee Elia Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 260 Steve Kemp Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 769 Checklist 661-792 Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 59 Benny Ayala Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 750 Ben Oglivie Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 419 Steve Crawford Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 383 Ozzie Virgil Card --- source unknown
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 307 Lou Piniella Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 144 Mark Wagner Card --- from vending
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 493 Steve McCatty Card --- from wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 74 Julio Gonzalez Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 436 Bill Campbell Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 587 Ivan DeJesus Card --- from rack
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 129 Checklist 1-132 Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 198 Kiko Garcia Card --- source unknown
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 486 Clyde King Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 597 Mike Proly Card --- from Mich. wax
MINT 9 1983 Topps 206 Ken Oberkfell Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 308 Jesus Vega Card --- from rack
MINT 9 1983 Topps 662 Joe Sambito Card --- from vending
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 712 Bruce Kison Card --- from rack
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 165 Dan Driessen Card --- from Mich. wax
MINT 9 1983 Topps 789 Bryan Clark Card --- from cello
MINT 9 1983 Topps 56 Chuck Rainey Card --- from Mich. wax
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 220 Dusty Baker Card --- from cello
GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 555 Steve Yeager Card --- from wax
From the March Special. Love the percentage of 10s. 21 out of 40. By far my best poppage in terms of percentage of 10s. Honestly, I don't think my grading eye has improved that much. Must have got a grader in a good mood. I'm not complaining! fwiw, there were 10 cards from my score of a rack box (discussed on pg. 8 of this thread) submitted and I got seven 10s, two 9s and an 8.
Mainly clearing out the backlog of gradable cards. Nothing extremely exciting here. Dan Driessen is now a pop 6. The Todd Cruz, Vance Law, Manny Castillo, Checklist #769 and Benny Ayala all have pops in the 7 to 9 range. I'll post some scans when I get the cards back.
Oddly enough, I sent my CC renewal sub in with the March Special and am still waiting on poppage for that. Kind of looking forward to that as I sent in all of my Gwynns and Boggs from my rips this Winter. I have especially high hopes for the Boggs in that sub.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Kudos and best wishes to you for all aspects of what you are doing with this thread.
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Also, great luck to have an order pop so incredibly fast too.
1 1 25517347 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 83 Ryne Sandberg Card
2 1 25517348 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 482 Tony Gwynn Card
3 1 25517349 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 482 Tony Gwynn Card
4 1 25517350 MINT 9 1983 Topps 482 Tony Gwynn Card
5 1 25517351 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1983 Topps 498 Wade Boggs Card
6 1 25517352 MINT 9 1983 Topps 498 Wade Boggs Card
The Gwynns and Boggs were from this Winter's rips. I'm pretty sure I included scans of them after the rips. I really had high hopes for both of those Boggs, but other than that, I think the grades are right on. The search for a PSA 10 Gwynn and Boggs continues.
31 1 25937421 MINT 9 1983 Topps 216 Tony LaRussa Card from rack
32 1 25937422 MINT 9 1983 Topps 293 Glenn Gulliver Card from Mich. wax
33 1 25937423 MINT 9 1983 Topps 756 Russ Nixon Card from rack
34 1 25937424 NEAR MINT 7 1983 Topps 210 Jack Clark Card from cello
35 1 25937425 MINT 9 1983 Topps 394 Pete Vuckovich Card from Mich. wax
36 1 25937426 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 334 Dave LaRoche Card from rack
37 1 25937427 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 613 Mike Ivie Card source unknown
38 1 25937428 MINT 9 1983 Topps 562 Dave Rozema Card from cello
39 1 25937429 MINT 9 1983 Topps 656 Dave Frost Card from vending
40 1 25937430 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 357 Len Matuszek Card from rack
41 1 25937431 MINT 9 1983 Topps 112 Bob Shirley Card from Mich. wax
42 1 25937432 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 709 Jimmy Sexton Card from cello
43 1 25937433 MINT 9 1983 Topps 63 Rick Monday Card from rack
44 1 25937434 MINT 9 1983 Topps 273 Mark Belanger Card from rack
45 1 25937435 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 779 Rick Waits Card from cello
46 1 25937436 MINT 9 1983 Topps 31 Bill Gullickson Card from rack
47 1 25937437 MINT 9 1983 Topps 234 Larry Anderson Card from Mich. wax
48 1 25937438 MINT 9 1983 Topps 45 John Mayberry Card from Mich. wax
49 1 25937439 MINT 9 1983 Topps 9 Joey McLaughlin Card from wax
50 1 25937440 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 168 Juan Eichelberger Card from cello
51 1 25937441 MINT 9 1983 Topps 106 Gene Nelson Card from cello
52 1 25937442 EXCELLENT 5 1983 Topps 473 John Lowenstein Card from Mich. wax
53 1 25937443 MINT 9 1983 Topps 680 Andre Dawson Card from rack
54 1 25937444 MINT 9 1983 Topps 514 Rudy Law Card from vending
55 1 25937445 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 381 Red Sox Batting & Pitching Leaders Card from rack
56 1 25937446 MINT 9 1983 Topps 313 Gary Gray Card from rack
57 1 25937447 MINT 9 1983 Topps 1 Tony Armas Card from Mich. wax
58 1 25937448 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 340 Larry Gura Card from cello
59 1 25937449 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 299 George Wright Card from wax
60 1 25937450 MINT 9 1983 Topps 376 Ken Landreaux Card from Mich. wax
61 1 25937451 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 730 Jason Thompson Card from wax
62 1 25937452 NEAR MINT 7 1983 Topps 268 Storm Davis Card from cello
63 1 25937453 MINT 9 1983 Topps 652 Butch Hobson Card from rack
64 1 25937454 MINT 9 1983 Topps 134 Hubie Brooks Card from cello
65 1 25937455 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 138 Rick Dempsey Card from cello
From the June special. Feels like I'm spoiled after my last sub when I hit over 50% PSA 10's. But 8 PSA 10's out of 35 is under my about 28% rate of hitting 10's. What kills me is getting two PSA 7's. It's not unusual for me to miss a wrinkle on it seems like every sub, so I can understand getting a PSA 5. But there's no way the centering or corners or edges are PSA 7 worthy on any of these. I'm skeptical they're even as bad as PSA 8's, and I got two of those too! Surface issues of some sort I guess.
The best hit here is the Mike Ivie which is now a Pop 7.
ETA: The source where I pulled the card from.
I don't recall trying to hunt for Gwynn, Boggs, and Sandberg.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Now i really want to rip a box...hmmmmm,
I still haven't cracked anything yet. That's one of my strategies when I get further down the road on the set.
I now have about 70% of the set in PSA 9/10 through self-subs.
Good show!
I've only opened vending and while corners were strong, centering was a bear - especially with the Gwynn and Boggs cards.
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Dennis88-I picked up a vending box this year for $75. I think that's fairly representative for eBay. You may be able to find them a little cheaper. If you want the security of purchasing from BBCE, they'll be more like $95. But I haven't seen 83 vending on the BBCE site for at least a year. Maybe two.
With all the unopened and PSA fees..think this set will be under or over $15k cost to you?
If I thought about how much this will cost, that would take all of the fun out of it. Obviously it's not a cost efficient endeavor. I just checked and I see that I registered my 83 set back in August 2009. So some quick, dirty math tells me that I'll end up on the plus side of 15K. But spread out over many years it's not that painful. The fun and the challenge is priceless.
My favorite threads are always the "quest to build/buy" ones. Keep it up!
totallyradd-My set has PSA 9's and 10's.
This is from the September special. I'm happy to report that after complaining about receiving 2 PSA 7's on my last sub, I didn't receive any PSA 7's this time. However, I was floored to see that I got two PSA 4's. Totally at a loss with comprehending this one.
Overall I hit 13 PSA 10's out of 40, which is higher than my GPA, so I should be happy. But I just can't wrap my head around the PSA 4's. Nothing too notable. I hit 3 pop. 9's.
As I list the source this time, you'll see eBay listed. I've started purchasing lots and near sets off of eBay. You can imagine that this can be a total crapshoot and you'd be right. But the price is right. I think I'm spending about $25 per set/lot including shipping and I am pulling some nice cards out of even the shakiest sets.
Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
27 1 26343356 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1983 Topps 422 George Cappuzzello Card from cello
28 1 26343357 MINT 9 1983 Topps 353 Steve Comer Card from eBay
29 1 26343358 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 203 Mike Morgan Card _ from Mich. wax_
30 1 26343359 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1983 Topps 376 Ken Landreaux Card from cello
31 1 26343360 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 653 Ellis Valentine Card from wax
32 1 26343361 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 81 Yankees Batting & Pitching Leaders Card from rack
33 1 26343362 MINT 9 1983 Topps 11 Billy Gardner Card from rack
34 1 26343363 MINT 9 1983 Topps 350 Robin Yount Card from rack
35 1 26343364 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 469 Ron Gardenhire Card from rack
36 1 26343365 MINT 9 1983 Topps 369 Jesse Orosco Card from Mich. wax
37 1 26343366 MINT 9 1983 Topps 366 Dick Williams Card from eBay
38 1 26343367 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 252 Luis Aguayo Card from rack
39 1 26343368 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 89 Leon Roberts Card from Mich. wax
40 1 26343369 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 520 Fred Lynn Card from Mich. wax
41 1 26343370 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 113 Ron Roenicke Card _ from rack_
42 1 26343371 MINT 9 1983 Topps 168 Juan Eichelberger Card from eBay
43 1 26343372 MINT 9 1983 Topps 546 Dave Garcia Card from cello
44 1 26343373 MINT 9 1983 Topps 275 Ray Knight Card from vending
45 1 26343374 MINT 9 1983 Topps 775 Burt Hooton Card from wax
46 1 26343375 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1983 Topps 682 Bob Stanley Card from Mich. wax
47 1 26343376 MINT 9 1983 Topps 131 Ed Ott Card from eBay
48 1 26343377 MINT 9 1983 Topps 305 Larry Bowa Card from rack
49 1 26343378 MINT 9 1983 Topps 123 George Frazier Card from cello
50 1 26343379 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 433 Dale Berra Card from Mich. wax
51 1 26343380 MINT 9 1983 Topps 605 Gary Roenicke Card from wax
52 1 26343381 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 379 Guy Sularz Card from Mich. wax
53 1 26343382 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 293 Glenn Gulliver Card __ from rack__
54 1 26343383 MINT 9 1983 Topps 35 Rollie Fingers Card from cello
55 1 26343384 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 684 Rafael Landestoy Card from cello
56 1 26343385 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Topps 749 Jon Matlack Card from rack
57 1 26343386 MINT 9 1983 Topps 331 Mike Krukow Card source unknown
58 1 26343387 MINT 9 1983 Topps 246 George Bamberger Card from eBay
59 1 26343388 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 508 Tom Filer Card from rack
60 1 26343389 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 649 Tommy Boggs Card from cello
61 1 26343390 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 295 Jerry Remy Card from Mich. wax
62 1 26343391 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 455 Sixto Lezcano Card from rack
63 1 N8: MISCUT 1983 Topps 250 Bill Buckner Card from cello
64 1 26343393 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 489 Tom Herr Card from Mich. wax
65 1 26343394 MINT 9 1983 Topps 56 Chuck Rainey Card from cello
66 1 26343395 GEM MINT 10 1983 Topps 517 Gary Ward Card from cello
I'll post some scans when I get the cards back from PSA.
That's hard to imagine a 4 with the attention you pay to the cards before submitting. Otherwise that's a great sub!
"Molon Labe"
I get my share of PSA 5's. Seems like I miss a wrinkle from time to time, but I don't know what could be wrong to merit a PSA 4. I'll have to check them out when I get the cards back.
Nice get on the Tommy Boggs card. That is a very low pop item in PSA 10.
Surprisingly the T. Boggs is now a pop 9. When I first started the set, there were about a dozen cards that had yet to pop a 10. Now every card is at least a pop 2 in PSA 10. In January 2010 there were about 55,00 1983 Topps cards graded. Today there's about 89,000. A perfect 10 set is a definite possibility.
Here's some scans of some PSA 10's from this latest sub.
Finally a super special bonus scan!
This George Cappuzzello (Two p's. Two z's. Two l's.) is a 1 of 1 with none lower.
Nice 10's Brett!
That has to be the best 4 I have seen! It must have some small surface wrinkles.
I looked closely and didn't see anything, but it's hard to catch everything when it's already in a holder.
it would be interesting if you cracked it and re-submitted it and see where it goes.
nice 10's by the way
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Here's what I'll be ripping this Winter.
Stinky picture, but I was trying to represent all sources this year. I've got a cello box, a wax box, a rack box constructed from a number of different lots, 2 vending boxes and a lot of 11 Michigan Wax packs. The Michigan Wax packs will be up first.
Good luck with the rips, should be some good stuff in there!
"Molon Labe"
Nice selection, can't wait to see the results. Best of luck!