Late Night Rips: Next up: 1978 Topps baseball rack pack! **Grades In--Update Last Post**
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Been a couple weeks now and one of these packs has broken gum inside so that is an automatic 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.
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Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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Here's the Murray pack (not perfect, but still one of my favorites):
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.
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.
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Thanks for sharing!
I will update this thread with any grades when I get them back.
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.
So I know when people have a ripped graded pack they open it. But does cracked gum decrease the value also?
Thx for posting the pics
<< <i>Great rip! Nice cards.
So I know when people have a ripped graded pack they open it. But does cracked gum decrease the value also?
Thx for posting the pics >>
In my opinion yes. Not sure about what other people think though.
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Congrats on the pulls!!! Hope you hit on some of those low pop cards.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
Jmaciu's Collection
Remember Mike ... on Christmas Eve, BEFORE you start drinking heavily, take a couple of BOXES of 70's packs and place them on your dining room table ... after a few beers the "RIPPING DEVIL" will begin to speak to you ... he will be kind and pleasant ... after your 6th beer you will say "It's Christmas, let me rip ONE pack" ... before you know it, as the empty beer cans accumulate ... the first BOX will be ripped. At that point you will say &$%# it and the second box will be ripped as well. When you awake on Christmas morning you will look on your dining room table and say "WTF"!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>Good luck on the grades Tim. I have a feeling that Mike is getting very tempted to start the ripping process.
Remember Mike ... on Christmas Eve, BEFORE you start drinking heavily, take a couple of BOXES of 70's packs and place them on your dining room table ... after a few beers the "RIPPING DEVIL" will begin to speak to you ... he will be kind and pleasant ... after your 6th beer you will say "It's Christmas, let me rip ONE pack" ... before you know it, as the empty beer cans accumulate ... the first BOX will be ripped. At that point you will say &$%# it and the second box will be ripped as well. When you awake on Christmas morning you will look on your dining room table and say "WTF"! >>
Doug, you are describing many a night from my past there, LOL..
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.
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<< <i>Good luck on the grades Tim. I have a feeling that Mike is getting very tempted to start the ripping process.
Remember Mike ... on Christmas Eve, BEFORE you start drinking heavily, take a couple of BOXES of 70's packs and place them on your dining room table ... after a few beers the "RIPPING DEVIL" will begin to speak to you ... he will be kind and pleasant ... after your 6th beer you will say "It's Christmas, let me rip ONE pack" ... before you know it, as the empty beer cans accumulate ... the first BOX will be ripped. At that point you will say &$%# it and the second box will be ripped as well. When you awake on Christmas morning you will look on your dining room table and say "WTF"! >>
Doug, you are describing many a night from my past there, LOL.. >>
Doug, I've already thought ahead and have a breathalyzer hooks up to the vault. It won't open until I blow into it first, even after entering in the correct combination. I even installed a retinal scanner as a backup, just in case.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>Armas, 10 potential?? >>
+ 1
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<< <i>Armas, 10 potential?? >>
+ 1 >>
From your lips to the grader's ear!
Next up: 1978 rack pack!~
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.
<< <i>The leaning tower of 78 racks...
Nice collection!
But be careful, stacking them that high damages the corners and can certainly be a hazard to small animals or children
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I'd go for the one with Murray on top.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
<< <i>How do we know that's not a gangsta roll where all the racks you can't see are '88 Topps???
LOL, I did put the one with Murray off to the side!
Twalker and Mike~the racks are all safelky back in their shells! I take them out to breathe and exercise once per year the weekend before Christmas.
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.
Those are some great lookin' cards.
<< <i>Twalker and Mike~the racks are all safelky back in their shells! I take them out to breathe and exercise once per year the weekend before Christmas.
Oh good. For a second I thought we were going to have to go around the room and all take turns telling how your out of hand ripping has effected each of us.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
I like to look at my rack packs from time to time too, but I usually have this guy watching my back.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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.
Jeremy
Jmaciu's Collection
I'm not sure my virgin eyes are allowed to look at all those racks!!!
<< <i>The leaning tower of 78 racks...
This is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen! Brings a warmth to my heart during this holiday season...thanks for sharing.
Superb collection.
I'm thinking you need an "outlet" to prevent the urge to rip?
Mike, I try my very best to restrain myself, but I do get caught up in the moment at times, LOL. That said, opening these packs on accasion provides a great learning tool for what to look for when opening or evaluating vintage product.
Going back to 1978 Tops baseball wax, which prompted this thread, here's a wax box which contains the original promotional ad insert for "Smooth N Juicy Gum" for the retail stores in which these packs were sold.
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.
If you get a chance I would love to see more of your unopened collection, I'm sure that I am not alone : )
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<< <i>That is a great looking box Tim, love the ad insert for "Smooth N Juicy Gum"!
If you get a chance I would love to see more of your unopened collection, I'm sure that I am not alone : ) >>
Thanks, Rick! I have seen similar ad inserts in earlier boxes, but never in a 78 box till I acquired this one. I also like the old price stickers you sometimes see on racks from this era--often at prices marked down a few pennies to help inspire sales, lol..
I wish Topps made 1978 super cellos for baseball (you will occasionally see one for football), but this is the next best thing~a 1979 Topps baseball super cello box! As you can see from the dust on the lid (LOL), I've had this box buried in storage for a number of years. Unlike the 1980 and 1981 super cellos (which aren't too difficult to find), the 1979 super cellos were tightly wrapped like regular cello packs from 1979, and are very tough to find. This issue (along with 1975 mini racks) is one of my favorite from the 1970s. I love the white packs of Smooth N Juicy gum on the bottom of the pack (the same packs of gum that Topps advertised on the 1978 insert!) and the colorful yellow backer card. And unlike standard sized cello packs from 1979 which contained 18 cards, the super cellos contained 28 cards~which almost hearkened back to the size of cellos from the early 1970s.
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.
Jmaciu's Collection