1983 Topps Baseball cello box rip (continued) - Sane version :)

bunt

Constantine, if you do have a box from this case just know there is some pretty dang good stuff coming out - Definitely not messed with or one of those boxes where 70 percent is O/C.

Pack 5:

Examples of what I'm considering non top loader worthy also. OC and VERY OC (the barbeque kind). 2nd look always good to do after to remove those cards from the top loaders my mind subliminally tried to make look more centered than they really are on first look

bunt

Pack 6 (there are 28 cards per pack in these cellos)

bunt

Pack 7 - Then away to watch the Donruss 84 Rip

lahmejoon

I have to admit, I enjoy the insane version better!

bunt

The 1984 Donruss guy must have passed out - Continuing on politely (for now)

Pack 8:







But why are these guys doing being little OC like this ?

bunt

Final 1983 Topps Cello box results based on centering:

Left - Top loaded very well centered cards - To sit until such time is available some far off year to look for low high grade pops
Middle - Slightly off center cards which I don't know what to now do with - what does anyone do with cards like these ? Just keep them in a box ? Give them away ?
Right - Off Centered stack - will burn in grill

esquiresports

Middle cards are still good for most set builders. You can throw them on eBay as a lot straight from a cello box with 60/40 to 70/30 centering or whatever they are and see if something hits. The Gene Richards card is sweet. He really choked up that far every at bat.

mrpeanut39

Here's some low pops to get you started.

No PSA 10s
#169 Doug Flynn
#692 Denny Walling

Pop 1
#066 Bob Lillis
#343 Bob Bailor
#548 Brian Giles
#596 Randy Johnson
#638 Dan Petry
#790 Bob Grich

Pop 2
#143 Joe Pettini
#166 John Pacella
#186 Whitey Herzog
#189 Dan Schatzeder
#302 Ernie Whitt
#324 Mike Marshall
#473 John Lowenstein
#483 Lynn Jones
#637 Pat Corrales
#656 Dave Frost
#698 Tony Bernazard

I last checked the Pop Report a couple of weeks ago, but I doubt these have changed.

Constantine

Bunt, thanks for the sneak peak of my box! Nice looking cards indeed.

totallyradd

How much do those low pop cards go for on average? Late 70's cards with low pops can do pretty well as we've seen, is the demand on early 80's card sets on the rise?

Haven't really payed attention so I would expect they don't bring a ton of interest, though I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

bunt

Esquire - thanks - may actually try that if anyone here is building the set, that stack is all yours for shipping and 10 bucks - corners are fine

MrPeanut - wonderful, thank you - I started looing at the registry and couldn't figure out the best way to find out the low pops - I gather extract to excel and sort ? Will go through these to see

Radd - that is my dilemma - If common 10's (not on Mrpeanuts short bus list) go for 5 or 6 bucks each - am screwed any way if sending in 100 cardsfor grading, in example. At the lower 6 bucks a card for grading, that would be 600 plus I think the box cost a hundred and something - already in 700 or 800 bucks - and would probably only sell 50 PSA 10 cards at 7 bucks each, again, in example. 9's and 8's would only bring a couple bucks if could even sell them.

So, the moral of the story is either get demand Star Power and low common 10's out of a box - or leave the dang box sealed !!!! haha (as eluded to by a PMer)

Still, way fun to OPEN verse sittin there in a sealed BBCE shipping box in the closet

mrpeanut39

I would say any common with a pop 15 or over is probably not worth grading. Maybe anything with a pop of 10 or more. Even the stars in PSA 9 aren't really worth it. A quick check of VCP and Schmidt, Yount, Ryan and Yaz are all less than $10 in PSA 9. I'm sure there are exceptions. I am by no means an expert on pricing. I'm trying to build my set through my own submissions, so I check VCP when the grades pop and then I do a year end wrap up. I just don't think more than a handful of collectors are chasing 10s for this set.