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1975 Topps baseball rack pack rip **Update 6/28/14: PSA 9 Reggie Jackson #300**

grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just finished opening a 1975 topps baseball rack pack I purchased from cpamike a couple of weeks ago. Some very nice cards within including one big hit (not a RC, though). Will post scans coming 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.
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  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    Well that's one way to try to convince Mike to open the occasasional pack.
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  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Well that's one way to try to convince Mike to open the occasasional pack. >>



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    He has the will of steel though.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love mid-70s racks as the thicker cello does a great job at protecting the cards within and true to form these cards were very sharp. The biggest issue I have encountered when opening a rack from this era is PD and surface defects, but these cards were nice and clean with great color and gloss.

    First four I card savered (please excuse the dusty scanner, going to try and wipe it down now, lol):

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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.
  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,988 ✭✭✭✭✭
    GREAT CENTERING!!!!!
    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Next 4...a sharp Perry, but the wrong Perry brother, LOL..

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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.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Sharp cards, Tim!! Are you sure the Perry is not an OPC? image

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sharp cards, Tim!! Are you sure the Perry is not an OPC? image >>



    I love the rough cut on either Topps or OPC, John, LOL!

    You think the photographer could have waited a moment at least till Mitterwald got that speck out of his eye?

    Next 4 card savered. I am really liking how clean these cards are. I am going to force myself not to open another one. image

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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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are no marks on the Martinez card. Just my scanner again, lol..

    Edit to add: rescanned them..


    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.
  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,988 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW, I am impressed at how nice these are!

    GREAT looking cards, so often rips are disappointing with off-centered cards, if the corners are as nice as they look you have lots of 8's and 9's maybe a 10 or two!
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Next set of 4...I've always liked the All Star cards from this year..

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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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW, I am impressed at how nice these are!

    GREAT looking cards, so often rips are disappointing with off-centered cards, if the corners are as nice as they look you have lots of 8's and 9's maybe a 10 or two! >>



    Thanks, Joe! These cards were all razor sharp and very clean. Only factor to determine for submission really is centering.


    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.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    The centering is tremendous on these!! Add that to the sharp corners, bright colors, and clear registration and you have a recipe for high grades.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know the Grimsley (as it is in the mini set also) is one of the toughest cards in the 75 set, and I'm figuring this one is probably in 7/8 range.

    Next up--the Final 4 and the big hit!

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  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Well that's one way to try to convince Mike to open the occasasional pack. >>



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    He has the will of steel though. >>



    Thanks John. image

    Tim, I thought you were saving it for a special occasion. You are like a kid on Christmas eve. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mike, you're right on cue, LOL!

    Ok, the Fianl 4...with a special appearance by Mr. October!

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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.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Lindy McDaniel looks really nicely centered. Real good sign. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, that concludes the results--very clean and sharp rack with 20 cards (out of 42) making it into Card Savers!


    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.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Bingo. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    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.
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Great rip Tim. The Jackson looks outstanding from the scan. Hopefully, you get a 9 or better.

    Good luck and thanks for sharing.

    Mike,

    I guess you should not have sold that to Tim!

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  • cincyredlegscincyredlegs Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭
    I thought you were going to say the Fred "Stormin" Norman was your big hit. Tim image

    Nice rip. Hopefully you can pull at least one 10 out of it.

    Mark
    Project:

    T206 Set - 300/524
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Very nice Reggie!! Congrats on all of the great cards .

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Very nice Tim. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully you POP some good numbers.
    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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, everyone! Will keep the board posted on the grades!


    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.
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Wow that is one terrific reggie
    The grief and Monday are decent hits in 9, also
  • rtimmerrtimmer Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow great pack rip Tim, congrats on the mr October!!
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  • TheDudeAbidesTheDudeAbides Posts: 400 ✭✭✭
    Dude ... Sweet!
    Collecting 64, 66, 67, 70 & 71 Baseball. Cubs, wax, cello & rack baseball.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    wow @ that Reggie!

    PSA 10!!!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭
    Lovin' this rip Tim. Good luck on the grades.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • mattinglymint23mattinglymint23 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭
    Nice rip Tim
    Reggie and Monday look very sweet
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Nice!!

    PS - Ron Blomberg was the first one of these in MLB history??
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice!!

    PS - Ron Blomberg was the first one of these in MLB history?? >>



    If you don't know the answer to this, you don't know baseball. First DH and he was Jewish to boot.
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    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.
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice!!

    PS - Ron Blomberg was the first one of these in MLB history?? >>



    I met Blomberg in November and got an auto
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Nice!!

    PS - Ron Blomberg was the first one of these in MLB history?? >>



    If you don't know the answer to this, you don't know baseball. First DH and he was Jewish to boot. >>



    +1
  • RyanAdmirerRyanAdmirer Posts: 632 ✭✭
    Centering on those is amazing!!! Congrats!!!
    I'm a big Nolan Ryan fan OK???!!!
  • Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
    Fun rip, Tim! Thanks for sharing!
    Let's Rip It: PackGeek.com
    Jeff
  • baz518baz518 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't know how I missed this post originally, but very sharp cards Tim! Seems I remember a sequence for 75 Topps where the Jim Rice RC falls two cards behind the Reggie, you remember if the Reggie was toward the back of one of the panels?
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know how I missed this post originally, but very sharp cards Tim! Seems I remember a sequence for 75 Topps where the Jim Rice RC falls two cards behind the Reggie, you remember if the Reggie was toward the back of one of the panels? >>



    Thanks, baz! The sequence unfortunately broke after the Jackson card (which is not uncommon in these racks), so I didn't get the Rice, but the Jackson more than made up for it! image


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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I don't know how I missed this post originally, but very sharp cards Tim! Seems I remember a sequence for 75 Topps where the Jim Rice RC falls two cards behind the Reggie, you remember if the Reggie was toward the back of one of the panels? >>



    Thanks, baz! The sequence unfortunately broke after the Jackson card (which is not uncommon in these racks), so I didn't get the Rice, but the Jackson more than made up for it! image >>



    Did you grade these out yet Tim?
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I don't know how I missed this post originally, but very sharp cards Tim! Seems I remember a sequence for 75 Topps where the Jim Rice RC falls two cards behind the Reggie, you remember if the Reggie was toward the back of one of the panels? >>



    Thanks, baz! The sequence unfortunately broke after the Jackson card (which is not uncommon in these racks), so I didn't get the Rice, but the Jackson more than made up for it! image >>



    Did you grade these out yet Tim? >>



    John,

    They are at PSA now. Will update this thread when they pop.


    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.
  • baz518baz518 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks, baz! The sequence unfortunately broke after the Jackson card (which is not uncommon in these racks), so I didn't get the Rice, but the Jackson more than made up for it! >>



    In that condition, definitely! I've always loved the 75 set, especially when you see cards like that. Here's hoping some of the other cards pop a good # for you too.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just back after a 3 month trip to Newport Beach:

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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.
  • tmgrnzx9rtmgrnzx9r Posts: 546 ✭✭✭
    Tim,
    Congrats on the Jackson. Very nice card.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Sweet Jackson, but I think it is undergraded.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • BenG76BenG76 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭
    Nice Jackson. Did you send any of the other ones?
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Sweet 9!

    aconte
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice Jackson. Did you send any of the other ones? >>



    I did. Grades were much tougher than I had anticipated, as almost all of the 8s looked Mint 9 worthy in my estimation. This sub overall took longer than any other I've submitted (57 business days) and grades were much harsher than average, imo, as I have submitted hundreds of 75s in the past. I will post some more scans in a little bit, but here are the grades on the other 75s. I am grateful the Jackson graded Mint 9. I still believe it has at least a chance at a PSA 10, too.

    71 1 22737834 MINT 9 1975 Topps 91 Dick Green Card
    72 1 22737835 NEAR MINT 7 1975 Topps 129 Rick Monday Card
    73 1 22737836 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 168 Bill Greif Card
    74 1 22737837 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 652 Lindy McDaniel Card
    75 1 22737838 MINT 9 1975 Topps 300 Reggie Jackson Card
    76 1 22737839 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 375 Roy White Card
    77 1 22737840 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 605 John Ellis Card
    78 1 22737841 NEAR MINT 7 1975 Topps 352 Darold Knowles Card
    79 1 22737842 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 329 Ted Kubiak Card
    80 1 22737843 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 314 Buck Martinez Card
    81 1 22737844 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 411 George Mitterwald Card
    82 1 22737845 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 45 Joe Rudi Card
    83 1 22737846 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 136 Jim Mason Card
    84 1 22737847 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 316 Jackie Brown Card
    85 1 22737848 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 263 Jim Perry Card
    86 1 22737849 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 485 Sparky Lyle Card
    87 1 22737850 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 499 Marty Perez Card
    88 1 22737851 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 440 Andy Messersmith Card
    89 1 22737852 MINT 9 1975 Topps 396 Fred Norman Card
    90 1 22737853 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 385 Dock Ellis Card
    91 1 22737854 EXCELLENT 5 1975 Topps 458 Ross Grimsley Card
    92 1 22737855 NEAR MINT 7 1975 Topps 350 Bobby Murcer Card
    93 1 22737856 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 68 Ron Blomberg Card
    94 1 22737857 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 Topps 401 Mike Wallace Card


    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.
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭
    Definitely a resub on the Reggie. Great looking card in the slab.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • NikklosNikklos Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭
    Nice Jackson Tim. My grades have been rough recently too.
    Nikklos
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Tim ... that Reggie is AWESOME! Kind of tough to know what they saw to not give it the almighty "TEN".

    I'll be REAL picky:
    1. The slight white on the bottom left corner?
    2. The little dark spot along the bottom edge on the right side?
    3. The TINY white dot above the letter "A" at the top?

    This looks nicer than some of the other "9s" up on eBay right now.
    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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Tim ... that Reggie is AWESOME! Kind of tough to know what they saw to not give it the almighty "TEN".

    I'll be REAL picky:
    1. The slight white on the bottom left corner?
    2. The little dark spot along the bottom edge on the right side?
    3. The TINY white dot above the letter "A" at the top?

    This looks nicer than some of the other "9s" up on eBay right now. >>



    Definitely within parameters for a 10 and truthfully it looks better than one of the 10s I've seen. Don't forget, too, that this card is blown up several times its actual size. I've gotten 10s with less eye appeal than this 9.


    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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