That is an extremely rare box to find intact like that. Arthur (reggiecleveland) knows more about this issue. I believe the Griffey alone is a 2K piece.
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 believe a thread or a post was related to this item in the past year. It seems they still have the box and it is not flying off the shelf at that price.
for a handful of coins you COULD go to the hardware store and purchase a bag full of suction cups, some two-sided Velcro strips and then cut out your favorite player mugs for a supercool DIY Heads-Up collection.
freak out your neighbors by placing them on car windshields or peering into bedroom windows.
I have a set of the 89s and 90s. The 89s are tougher, I assume because of low production. The 89 Heads Up, along with the 82 Blackless, 84 Encased, 85 Minis and 88 Cloth are the toughest Topps issues of the 80s. The Topps Double Header Yankee proof set is also tough
If it says 1989 on the back of the card it is the test issue, if it says 1990 on the back of the card it is the regular issue. An easy way to tell on the unopened packs the print date on the back of the pack. I always just look to see if Mike Schmidt is listed on the back of the pack when looking for the test version.
Does anyone have a 1989 Test Heads Up Bo Jackson card? If so please let me know I am actively looking for a nice example to add to my collection. Thanks.
Wonder how many was in the recent find, as I'm pretty sure 4SC just cracked 2-3 boxes of the same.
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
<< <i>Wonder how many was in the recent find, as I'm pretty sure 4SC just cracked 2-3 boxes of the same. >>
Not to hijack the thread, but:
I wanted to ask you where you would put this item in the Schmidt pecking order. I did a search and 4SC put up a Schmidt PSA 8 for $1k and it got snapped up - (they would have done better on the 4SC web-site). Meanwhile a BGS 9 of the 85 mini continues to sit at $1.2k and survived an auction with a starting bid of $1k.
I would guess that PSA 10's of the 1973 Topps and OPC would be 1 and 2, with the Heads Up, 85 Mini and 72 PR sticker fighting it out for 3, 4 and 5. Also, perhaps the 1973 Stand-Up. I went to that game as a kid. I still have them all, but, of course, they are all punched out. I couldn't even find any by searching Ebay.
What Schmidt cards do you find the most interesting? Topps, unfortunately, usually did a poor job getting photos of him (unlike Reggie, Carlton and Seaver). Most of them, particularly around 82, make me think of the quote attributed to Larry Bowa that "Schmidt's face was on fire and they put it out with his spikes."
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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.
freak out your neighbors by placing them on car windshields or peering into bedroom windows.
Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007
Al
Edited: I answered my own question.
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David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
<< <i>Wonder how many was in the recent find, as I'm pretty sure 4SC just cracked 2-3 boxes of the same. >>
Not to hijack the thread, but:
I wanted to ask you where you would put this item in the Schmidt pecking order. I did a search and 4SC put up a Schmidt PSA 8 for $1k and it got snapped up - (they would have done better on the 4SC web-site). Meanwhile a BGS 9 of the 85 mini continues to sit at $1.2k and survived an auction with a starting bid of $1k.
I would guess that PSA 10's of the 1973 Topps and OPC would be 1 and 2, with the Heads Up, 85 Mini and 72 PR sticker fighting it out for 3, 4 and 5. Also, perhaps the 1973 Stand-Up. I went to that game as a kid. I still have them all, but, of course, they are all punched out. I couldn't even find any by searching Ebay.
What Schmidt cards do you find the most interesting? Topps, unfortunately, usually did a poor job getting photos of him (unlike Reggie, Carlton and Seaver). Most of them, particularly around 82, make me think of the quote attributed to Larry Bowa that "Schmidt's face was on fire and they put it out with his spikes."