1980 Topps case break; getting ready to rip; Ripping in progress
Sdub
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And she's naked
And she's naked
Collecting PSA 9's from 1970-1977. Raw 9's from 72-77. Raw 10's from '78-'83.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
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Good luck if you decide to rip!
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.
Sdub....stop teasing us man!
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<< <i>This thread reminds me when my wife says, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable, I'll be right back" and then takes forever while changing causing me to fall asleep while waiting.....
Sdub....stop teasing us man! >>
LMAO!!! Hilarious analogy. Seriously, let's get to ripping and scanning the results please. There may be a PSA 10 Hendu hidden in one of those packs.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.
-George F. Will
<< <i>I've refreshed 5,000 times...still nothing. Love the anticipation. Man I hope you get some goodies!!! >>
+1, still waiting
<< <i>I've refreshed 5,000 times...still nothing. Love the anticipation. Man I hope you get some goodies!!! >>
I've almost refreshed as many times as I do waiting for a sub to POP.....almost!
Hope it brings you many gems!!
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
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.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
Growing up in the Bay Area, 1980 was the word. The few clear memories I have of my childhood, are mostly of sports. The 1980 NFC championship game; Niners vs. Dallas; standing behind my brother in a recliner chair, watching Clark make “the catch”…going crazy. It was the beginning of what Debartolo called Camelot, and Montana/Walsh lead the gang of HOF’s to become a legend in my mind. Although two new guys are pushing that envelope right now (Posey/Curry).
My Dad used to bring home packs of ’75 mini’s from San Francisco, and my brothers and I would each get one. My Dad was a big Reds fan, and I naturally liked anything he liked. We’d literally fight over Bench/Rose/Morgan/Perez. All of my Reds cards from the 70’s are beat to hell. I didn’t start buying packs for myself until ‘77-78.
I was a very productive and entrepreneurial kid. Always working; paper route, mowing lawns, yard maintenance, working at the local businesses (you know, the stuff that kids don’t do anymore); these jobs gave me some disposable income….and all of it went into cards. And boy, I bought a lot of them.
From ’78-’83 I cleaned out just about every store in Menlo Park. I missed the mark by about 5 years, as my window of collecting was the beginning of the junk era, but still held some value. The concept of “condition” for cards was just starting on the radar, at least for me. I have some ’82 sets that I labeled mint. So something must have been happening in my mind to consider condition. I also keep a little stash of unopened, and to this day, my Dad, son, and I, open about 2 packs per year together.
My mom was very religious about keeping my cards in good condition, and not throwing anything away. Between college and a few rentals in my 20’s, the cards were well kept for 15 years until I settled down in the Bay Area. Since I returned to the hobby 5 years ago, I have yet to go through any of these cards, nor I have sent any to PSA for grading. Just found these lying around in boxes this week for your viewing pleasure; untouched for 30 years:
Never had enough money to buy cards from the early 70’s, even though those cards bring back wonderful emotions for me. They were always out of reach….until 5 years ago when I got back into collecting PSA 9’s from ’70-’77. When I bought my first PSA 9 (Winfield ’74), I had a hard time understanding how a card like that could be in such pristine condition after 40 years. Who could possibly keep such a card in such great condition…genius. Since then, I’ve been feasting on 9’s. I'm working on a photo bucket album, but most of these bad boys are off site locked away.
And then….there was Rickey. While Montana was making his legendary mark, Rickey was burning up the base paths. My Ricky rookies got the dreaded screw down case, where they still reside after 35 years.
I was huge Rickey fan. My dad would take me to card shows and we would mostly look, but he enjoyed watching me with excitement. I remember one show in the East Bay and they were auctioning off a signed Babe Ruth baseball. It went for $200, which seemed like a lot to us.
Without further delay. The rip.
Special thanks to Steve Hart at BBCE. I had reached out to him during the FASC box condition issue with the 1980 topps case break. Since I was going to rip anyway, we both agreed that he would break the seal and review the packs. Turns out the packs were in excellent shape, and we made a transaction.
Please note, there are 38 other folks that have a FASC box of these cards. Quick disclaimer; In no way does this box, or these cards, represent the condition of the other boxes and cards.
But First, a pack from my stash for comparison. I personally bought this pack in 1980. Centering wasn't all that great with these.
Now, the first pack from the box:
Ug.....
Centering above average to me; other than some minor warping, cards look great
will rip another two packs soon. If someone can PM why the photos are coming up sideways, even thought I've corrected the position on photo bucket, that would be great.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
love it!
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
<< <i>Not only was it about screen down holders for the best cards, but the thicker the screw down holder the better the card was! I remember having 1/2" bricks around my 1990 Leaf Frank Thomas rookie cards at shows - darn case weighed 100 lbs with a dozen Thomas rookies, a few Griffey's, and some Marino rookies. >>
Haha...ain't that the truth. I remember having a warped Brett rookie in a massive screw down and thought it was the coolest thing.
<< <i>Not only was it about screw down holders for the best cards, but the thicker the screw down holder the better the card was! I remember having 1/2" bricks around my 1990 Leaf Frank Thomas rookie cards at shows - darn case weighed 100 lbs with a dozen Thomas rookies, a few Griffey's, and some Marino rookies. >>
Oh yeah, I had me some of those bricks. And you're right, the bigger the better. I had two cards I deemed worthy of the one inch screw downs a Bird Magic RC and a 1986 Fleer MJ RC. In an unusual and fortuitous moment of good judgement, the teenage me looked at the cards in their lucite fortresses and noticed "hey, the corners of my MJ RC are a different color than the rest of the card". Of course this was due to the thousands of pounds of pressure being applied by the "protective" holder. In another rare moment of clear headed thinking by the teenage me, I decided to remove the cards from what would have been their cardboard tombs and took them out of the one inch slabs and put them into screw down holders with a recessed area for the cards. They stayed there for 20+ years before being safely removed. In one of my brief returns to the hobby in 2008 the MJ would grade a BGS 9!
Thanks for sharing your rip! And thanks for sharing the back story. I love hearing stories about the history of how we all started collecting and how we came back to it.
Still haven't had any major hits. Unless you consider Eddie Murray (touch OC)/Carlton (70/30OC)/McCovey (90/10OC) major:
No warping here; cards are pack fresh
rest are pretty much the same
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
<< <i>EDDIE MURRAY is always a hit >>
That's a nice copy!
Kac
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Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
Some aesthetically pleasing baseball cards you're unearthing thus far. I'm rooting hard for a well-framed exemplar of that dude who once stole 130 bases in a single season. (That is so sick when you really stop to think about it.)
Best of luck going forward!
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Lots of doubles, which is interesting. Pulled a Ryan this evening, but off center.
I've never sent anything in for grading, and probably not going to start with these.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
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.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.
-George F. Will
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
Erik
I'm also not a ripper. This is the first box I've ever ripped, other than some modern with my son.
That being said, the cards I'm looking at from this box are gorgeous. Is this a common occurrence with 1980's cards? Do most boxes ripped from this era have a large amount of 9's and 10's?
Lastly, I'm still getting lots of doubles, and some triplicates of players. So if there is a Henderson in one of the boxes, there could be multiples of him.
Here is some examples of the pack tonight; after I watched Curry drain two 45 footers in the 3rd quarter.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.
Collecting Unopened from '72-'83; mostly BBCE certified boxes/cases/racks.
Prefer to buy in bulk.