1972 Baseball Wax Pack Rip

PaulMaul

I just replaced my 1972 wax pack with a graded one. The one I replaced was purchased on ebay in 2002. While the pack looks good to me, I just couldn't be comfortable with it given the preponderance of resealed junk on ebay. So now that I replaced it, we get to see if it was legit or not, and what's inside.



It's a 5th series pack. The back is showing the Cy Young Award card. Collation experts, is there a Ryan lurking if it's real???

PaulMaul

Opened it...gum looks legit...good sign!

jmaciu

Good luck! I hope you get a well-centered HOFer.

PaulMaul

<< <i>Good luck! I hope you get a well-centered HOFer. >>



LOL, well, the good news is it was definitely real. The bad news is, no star power, and poor centering throughout. Hooray!

Here's the collation if anyone cares:

Cy Young 623 OC
Holt 588 OC
Durocher 576 OC
Lee 636 OC
Expos Team 582 (OC -- but we knew that, LOL)
Moose 647 OC
McKinney 619 OC
Billingham 542 OC
Hiatt 633..a little better centering, but still only around 70/30 T/B

and as if to mock me, the gum card Mota 596 is well-centered with a massive gum stain.

OUCH! Nothing worth scanning.

PaulMaul

....some small consolation, though, I picked these up at the same show as my replacement pack. I wasn't even going for Reds cards, that's just what I found at a tolerable price. Enjoy, jmaciu!

jmaciu

I am drooling all over my iPad screen!

grote15

Thanks for sharing the results, Dave! Even though there were no big hits, it's nice to see a legit high series pack!

halosfan

I love that Bench Card

76collector

That Perez is sweet.