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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the shirt is awesome!

    This is the second time I have worn it. I normally wear a basic Lacoste T-shirt with the shorts and shoes I had on but none were ironed and I needed to leave in a hurry and threw the PSA shirt on.

    Everyone close to me knows my PSA card collection is really important to me so no issue rocking a nice PSA t-shirt.

  • oklahomadannyoklahomadanny Posts: 172 ✭✭✭
    Dpeck, not a wrestling fan (that's my neice image ) and didn't know they made cards back then. Your thread made me curious so I started reading it and it turned out to be pretty interesting. image



    Added: As long as you like them that's all that counts. Go back to the oddball '50's-'60's baseball cards by Jello, Post, Johnson Cookies, Kahn's Wieners and even Hires Root Beer. Gota love umm. image
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  • kingnascarkingnascar Posts: 636 ✭✭✭
    I think this is one of the most interesting threads I have ever read on the boards. As collectors, we all dream of finding that lost stash of rare cards or trapping that elusive white whale. We all have our own collecting specialties and I admire people that excel in the collecting endeavors. DPeck is passionate and persistent and as we all know, persistence pays off. I am very excited for David and his acquisition of the Rax Wrestling set. I can't wait to see these cards in PSA slabs as well.

    Well done David, well done!

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    Logan
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Logan!

    It was great chatting with you last night. It is fun to talk to someone who enjoys collecting as much as I do.

    I am also happy to know you picked up a PSA 10 1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A star card in the early days and could make a serious profit on the card.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looking good so far! The other sub of 15 should be popping soon.

    1 1 26164942 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Tom Renesto, Jr. Card
    2 1 26164943 MINT 9 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Chief Thundercloud Card
    3 1 26164944 MINT 9 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Ken Lucas Card
    4 1 26164945 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Tom Renesto, Sr. Card
    5 1 26164946 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling David Shultz Card
    6 1 26164947 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Ricky Gibson Card
    7 1 26164948 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Jerry Barber Card
    8 1 26164949 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Prince Tonga Card

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Gibson's


    I decided to look up Ricky Gibson and found this promo. Nice to see three guys from the set.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Schultz and Condry


    This is a classic.

  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Please post scans when they come in David.



    Looks like some nice grades.
    Mike
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
    1 1 26164927 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Cover Card Card
    2 1 26164928 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Nick Gulas Card
    3 1 26164929 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Dennis Condry Card
    4 1 26164930 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Mike ST. John Ticket
    5 1 26164931 GEM MINT 10 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Tommy Sloan Card
    6 1 26164932 MINT 9 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling George Gulas Card
    7 1 26164933 NEAR MINT 7 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Len Rossi Card
    8 1 26164934 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Hans Shroeder Card
    9 1 26164935 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Robert Gibson Card
    10 1 26164936 MINT 9 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Donna Bower Card
    11 1 26164937 GEM MINT 10 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Tojo Yamamoto Card
    12 1 26164938 GEM MINT 10 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Pat Smith Card
    13 1 26164939 GEM MINT 10 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Bobby Eaton Card
    14 1 26164940 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling Tommy Kerkeles Card
    15 1 26164941 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 Gulas/Rax Roast Beef Championship Wrestling the Red Terror Card
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭
    Aeseome!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just added up the grades and the set is a 8.45 GPA. I am very excited!

  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭
    Nice grades. Great job getting this set approved. Great to bring new sets to the hobby
    Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    That is a strong set for sure. Congrats!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I submitted a new set request this morning.

    Anyone have any idea how long this generally takes?

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been waiting about 6 months on some player set requests and have only moved up about 20 slots in that time. At the current rate it should be about 3 years by the time they get added. Haven't tried any company sets, but would hope they're faster on those.
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭
    Originally posted by: LarkinCollector
    I've been waiting about 6 months on some player set requests and have only moved up about 20 slots in that time. At the current rate it should be about 3 years by the time they get added. Haven't tried any company sets, but would hope they're faster on those.



    I've had set requests sitting 30 or 40 spots down go active before the ones higher up. No idea why.
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    I was talking to my other collecting friend and he received some poppage with this set. I congratulated him on getting them in slabs with his grades and he did not even know that he got the grades yet, oops! What is more amazing is that he was busy visiting with both David Schultz (Dr. D) and Len Rossi and he got them graded by PSA during this time! How amazing is that? He was visiting the two guys at the same time that PSA was finalizing some poppage on cards they had never graded....anyways, I thought that was a cool coincidence that cannot happen very often at all. Amazing.
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob was so excited to win the Shultz. One of the primary reasons is apparently Dr. D always kind of held it over his head that he had the card and Bob couldn't find one. He said he was going to tell him he had landed one. I am curious if he did and what the response was.

    Also what is funny is I recorded a video of the cards after I opened them and had no clue who Len Rossi was. I flipped the card over and said wow he is a former tag team champion. He certainly doesn't look very tough here. LOL Apparently he was a huge star in the 60's in 70's in the area.

    I would post the video to Youtube but it is side ways unfortunately.


  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Len Rossi is one of the names that I enjoy from the Rax Roast Beef set but as you say here, his hey day was just earlier than some of the other names in the set. Will you get the cards by Saturday so you can post the pics of the cards in slabs?
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sent them in obviously in two separate orders and they only got one shipped Thursday and the other today. The tracking says I should have the first batch Saturday. I plan to obviously scan the fronts and backs for the digital album so I will work on that next week probably and will add the scans to the thread.

    I remembered I had an email from the PSA Set Registry manager and sent her one yesterday inquiring on the general turn around time for a set to be added. She said they are really backed up so it will be at least a month or more until it gets added. No exact time table.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These look great in the holder. I got my first batch back yesterday and the second one is coming Tuesday. Here is a pic I took of the original Midnight Express.

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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Those are nice looking!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have got them all in hand!

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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Congrats! Those are pretty sweet!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SumoMenkoMan
    Congrats! Those are pretty sweet!


    Thanks!

    I am thrilled with them.

    It has been great fun sharing them on the Memphis Wrestling page from Facebook where I was able to track them down. Scott has shared a few of the pics with the wrestlers and one guy this morning was losing his mind wanting to buy his.

    Pat Rose who was a wrestler and now a bass fisherman with a show on an ESPN radio affiliate.
  • kingnascarkingnascar Posts: 636 ✭✭✭
    Those are totally fantastic.
    Congrats David!

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't made a video in a while but wanted to cover the set.

    Last night after getting my second batch of cards in the mail from PSA I filmed this and uploaded it.


    Rax Video
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭
    Originally posted by: Dpeck100
    I haven't made a video in a while but wanted to cover the set.

    Last night after getting my second batch of cards in the mail from PSA I filmed this and uploaded it.


    Rax Video


    Nice work!

    And backing up a few posts - there is a fishing show on ESPN radio?
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Set the hook


    Here is the link.

    Pat Smith from the set.

    Thanks for checking out the video.

  • muffinsmuffins Posts: 469 ✭✭✭
    Loved The Midnight Express.



    Especially Jim Cornette!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: muffins
    Loved The Midnight Express.

    Especially Jim Cornette!



    Muffdaddy I sent the pic to Cornette on Twitter and he loved it. He re-tweeted it and my email was blowing up with notifications. I barely use Twitter but do like to send pics to the wrestlers and see if they respond. Jerry Lawler has twice which was cool.




  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had a chance to get the scans done Thursday night.

    Here they are.


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  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Those digital albums are pretty cool!
  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭

    @Guru said:
    Oh man! I used to love Rax! Little story about Rax. My wife and I, when we were dating, were on our way to Dayton, OH to see Bob Dylan in concert and heard that there was a Rax in a small town, a bit off the beaten path, but on the way. So we stopped and found that Rax was no longer there. Instead it was a pancake house called Stacks! Ha! The last Rax is in Harland, Kentucky. I only know this as we have family there and stopped there on the way back from our honeymoon 4 years ago. Our fam says it's still there.

    I googled this because it seemed odd there would be only one left. It looks as though there are eight left FYI.

    ** Working on the following sets-2013 Spectra Football Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Autograph set, 2015 Spectra Football Illustrious Legends Autograph set, 2014-15 Hall of Fame Heroes autograph set. **
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SumoMenkoMan said:
    Those digital albums are pretty cool!

    Thanks for checking it out. I think they are awesome. You can share them online easily or pull it up on your phone and browse through a set quickly.

    I think it is great that PSA offers options like this and I am happy to take advantage of them.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-NWA-Gulas-Rax-Roast-Beef-Ricky-Gibson-Wrestling-Rookie-Card-RC-NWA-WWF-WWE-/282504922618?hash=item41c69b05fa:g:ac8AAOSwanRXhBMx

    Greg finally got his Rax Roast Beef Ricky Gibson sold for $100. It is very low grade but obviously not easy to locate.

    http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2006/09/20/1867678.html

    He had a very promising career but it was cut short from a very serious auto accident.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just randomly clicked on my registry set and I saw it had been updated.

    Someone graded an entire set and had some nice hits.

    https://www.psacard.com/pop/boxing-wrestling-cards-mma/1979/gulas-rax-roast-beef-championship-wrestling/137224

  • kingnascarkingnascar Posts: 636 ✭✭✭

    Why is the cover card not part of the set?

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kingnascar said:
    Why is the cover card not part of the set?

    I am really not sure. When the set popped up after I requested it for some reason it wasn't included.

    The person who graded the set is Bob from NY. The long time collector I purchased the 82A and 82 B uncut sheets from. He got the set for what I think is a great price from a major wrestling collector John who also lives in NY.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 30, 2018 10:50AM

    https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/non-sports/company-sets/1979-gulas-rax-roast-beef-championship-wrestling/alltimeset/223348

    https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/non-sports/company-sets/1979-gulas-rax-roast-beef-championship-wrestling/album/223348

    I just happened to see that on the Set Registry forum my Rax set is one of the albums that made the list to vote on for this years award.

    Here are the links to my set.

    I thought I had a good chance of doing well a few years ago but there is some serious competition this year!

    It is such a shame that Photobucket had to ruin so many message board threads.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is really cool. Bob from New York sent me this pic yesterday. Dr. D. devotes an entire page of his book to showcasing is personal Rax card.

    I think it is awesome that he takes personal pride in it.

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/273203517532?_trksid=p2471758.m4704

    Nice to see some cards get listed! Looks like they spent some time on the floor at the event!

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Gulas-Rax-Roast-Beef-Championship-Wrestling-Set-by-Scott-Teal-Rare-and-HTF/273203517532?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

    Very solid final price of $785. I had estimated I thought this would finish between $700 and $800 and personally I think that is a very strong price for cards that are in such poor condition.

    My 2k for the sealed set is not looking bad!

  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/non-sports-cards/1979-gulas-rax-roast-beef-championship-wrestling/32814

    I was excited when I saw that someone had pointed out that the set had been added to the Card Facts site. Here is the link.

  • kgibsonkgibson Posts: 264 ✭✭✭

    It was a great article and I enjoyed learning about the set. Thanks for sharing.

    "You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that that was the only day."
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