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My turn to show off some unopened wax.

54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭
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After 30 years of collecting cards I think I've become addicted to unopened product. In the past when I bought a box I had to open it right away. I never thought I'd be a collector of unopened as I new I could not keep it intact. Well, after I bought 2 boxes of 1981 donruss in August and put them on the dresser I was hooked. I sold off a couple of high grade PSA sets and have not turned back. Surprisingly I dont have an itch to open any of these boxes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the pics as I have enjoyed seeing others unopened on these boards.

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  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭
    Very impressive collection, especially for such a short time.... all that in less than a year?!?!?

    There are some toughies in there too.

    Any method to your collection (i.e. range of years) or just anything you come across that seems a good buy?

    Snorto~
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Very impressive collection, especially for such a short time.... all that in less than a year?!?!?

    There are some toughies in there too.

    Any method to your collection (i.e. range of years) or just anything you come across that seems a good buy?

    Snorto~ >>



    Thanks! Yes everything has been purchased since august. I just try to buy what catches my eye and is a good deal. I'd like to try to get all the early 80's Topps, Donruss, Fleer in Cello, Rack, wax.
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    GLORIOUS!!!!!

    love those 85T Baseball!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice assortment and variety!


    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.
  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    Very cool collection. And very impressive too. I started my unopened collection around the same time you did, maybe a couple months earlier. I am hooked too. What kind of wax trays are in front of the Desert Storm boxes. I think I can identify most of the wax boxes, what years are the football and baseball cello boxes you've got in the picture? Also, where do you get most of your stuff: eBay, BST, BBCE, other? Thanks for sharing and keep posting updates. I will try to throw up an update of my stuff here soon too.
    Steve
  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭


    << <i>what years are the football and baseball cello boxes you've got in the picture? >>



    I can help with the football cello boxes.

    - Yellow = 1987
    - Red = 1986
    - Blue = 1984
    - Green = 1982

    I think the wax trays are 1978 Superman movie cards?

    Snorto~
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>what years are the football and baseball cello boxes you've got in the picture? >>



    I can help with the football cello boxes.

    - Yellow = 1987
    - Red = 1986
    - Blue = 1984
    - Green = 1982

    I think the wax trays are 1978 Superman movie cards?

    Snorto~ >>



    You are correct! However 2 of the green boxes have 1981 cellos in them.

  • ChiefsFan1stChiefsFan1st Posts: 845 ✭✭✭
    WOW!! Awesome collection!! I never get tired of looking at pictures like these. Ive been wondering where all the 80's FB
    unopened is, you have it all image If you need somebody to will it to, Im your guyimage
    I dont wanna grow up, Im a Toys-R-Us kid!
  • belzbelz Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭
    wow..are all those 81 football or are you just happy to see me?
    "Wots Uh The Deal" by Pink Floyd
  • RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    Like it!
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice collection. Topps used the same boxes for the 81 and 82 football cellos.
    James
  • tmgrnzx9rtmgrnzx9r Posts: 546 ✭✭✭
    Wow!! Very nice collection!!
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>wow..are all those 81 football or are you just happy to see me? >>



    image That was funny. Yes all but one of the boxes has 1981 football. One of the boxes has 1983 football.
  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great start to a collection, but there's not nearly enough hockey in that picture yet!

  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations Mike!!! That is an awesome haul for less than a year. I used the same strategy as you regarding collecting unopened boxes where I would just pick up stuff that I thought was a good deal at the time which helped the collection grow quickly. Then as prices went up on items I loaded up on, I would sell them in order to fill holes in my collection. Of course, trying to explain to my wife why I needed 7 1981 Topps wax boxes wasn't the easiest sell job. 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.
  • fergie23fergie23 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭✭
    Where did you get most of those boxes? Some have the BBCE wrap but quite a few do not.
    Thanks,

    Robb
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    RIP BABY, RIP!!
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice, looks like 2 months worth of ripping to me image I see you snuck some 60s unopened in there with the Fleer Iron-Ons. What is the 'brick' on top of the vending on the far right?
    Who is the Golf Card Guy?
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> What is the 'brick' on top of the vending on the far right? >>



    That looks like a "brick" of 1980 Topps football cello packs that I saw on Ebay a couple months ago.
    James
  • mcolney1mcolney1 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭
    Super collection and puts many of us to shame. Love all the FOOTBALL!
    Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Very nice assortment of sports and non-sports boxes. Thanks for sharing.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • shu4040shu4040 Posts: 982 ✭✭✭
    "That looks like a "brick" of 1980 Topps football cello packs that I saw on Ebay a couple months ago."

    oh good eyes, i was going back and forth with that seller a few times and we got pretty close on a deal, but couldn't close. curious how much he sold them for?
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"That looks like a "brick" of 1980 Topps football cello packs that I saw on Ebay a couple months ago."

    oh good eyes, i was going back and forth with that seller a few times and we got pretty close on a deal, but couldn't close. curious how much he sold them for? >>



    Definitely good eye on the 1980 cello brick. I ended up paying $250.00 for it.
  • Black00SSBlack00SS Posts: 377
    Geez, now I know why I can't get my hands on much 81 football image.

    Very impressive, congrats!
  • vintageinvestmentsvintageinvestments Posts: 642 ✭✭
    Where is the thread where the guy bought opened material from the 60s and 70s from his neighbor who put everything back into the packs and kept it stored that way?
  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭


    << <i>Where is the thread where the guy bought opened material from the 60s and 70s from his neighbor who put everything back into the packs and kept it stored that way? >>



    Ohai!

    Snorto~
  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    Do you like M*A*S*H*? If I were collecting unopened I'd definitely buy a box. He-Man as well.
    My Don sets / Donnie / Buehrle / Korean
  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭
    Great collection!
  • DustoDusto Posts: 164
    Beautiful collection! I would need a big table, about 500 card savers, and my wife and kids to leave for a solid week and have the biggest rip ever.
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Beautiful collection! I would need a big table, about 500 card savers, and my wife and kids to leave for a solid week and have the biggest rip ever. >>



    Yep that would be a blast!!!!! don't tempt me image
  • cardcountrycardcountry Posts: 571 ✭✭✭
    Great stuff! I too am in the "I'd love to rip it all" club!

    Jeff
    Jeff Foy/Dave Foy
    Card Country
    Graded stars 1950's-1980
  • jmmiller777jmmiller777 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    Very nice!
    CURRENT PROJECTS IN WORK:
    To be honest, no direction, but...
    1966-69 Topps EX+
    1975 minis NrMt Kelloggs PSA 9
    All Topps Heritage-Master Sets
    image
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