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So I bought some 79 Football packs on Ebay & this is what I found

sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
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1979 football packs with 1981 cards



I bought 7 packs of 1979 football on Ebay to rip and had to double check the listing after opening one. I would have thought something nefarious was happening if I hadn't just been perusing the Baseball Card Exchange website. Apparently Topps used some leftover 79 wrappers to pack some of the 1981 football cards. I think the seller had no idea. I am thinking about just ripping the rest. Maybe I will get a high grade Montana rookie??
On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.

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  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭
    I'm guessing you will not find a Montana RC - I would bet that these were opened and resealed (with the wrong cards). I'm guessing the person got their wrappers mixed up. I might be totally wrong (and probably am), but it sounds fishy, even if BBCE says it has happened before.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've purchased 81 packs in 79 wrappers before, nothing nefarious going on there and it's quite likely the seller wouldn't know. Good luck on a high grade Montana!
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  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    BBCE listing



    Here is a link to the BBCE listing. I am not sure how common it was, so if it very unusual maybe you are right. I didn't buy the packs from BBCE, but just using their listing for an example. After looking again I noticed they have for sale 1980 cards in 79 wrappers as well. Wow, somebody working for Topps screwed up the number of wrappers versus cards ratio in 1979
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
    I've opened legit 79 fb wrapped packs that had 1980 fb cards in them. Topps used them until they were gone!

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  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭
    The power of CU - I was wrong. Post pics of anything great you find!
  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    Imagine if you opened 1979 packs in the year 1979 and found 1981 cards in them. Whoaa! Like back to the future.
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • jmlabonnerjmlabonner Posts: 325 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: sushihotwings
    Imagine if you opened 1979 packs in the year 1979 and found 1981 cards in them. Whoaa! Like back to the future.


    That's like heavy dude! image
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  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: jmlabonner

    Originally posted by: sushihotwings

    Imagine if you opened 1979 packs in the year 1979 and found 1981 cards in them. Whoaa! Like back to the future.




    That's like heavy dude! image





    "Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"
  • mikelowell25mikelowell25 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭
    I have a 1960 topps baseball five cent psa 8 pack in a 1958 wrapper and a 1962 topps baseball five cent psa 8 pack in a 1961 wrapper so they were doing this as far back as the early 60's (and likely earlier too although I haven't seen any examples older than my 60/58) and for other sports too besides football.



    And they even recycled boxes as in 1977 they reused the 1975 baseball box with slightly different graphics to promote the 77 cards.
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
    I'm never too certain about these mixed bag wax packs until someone pulls an '88 Fleer Jordan.
  • baz518baz518 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭✭
    Definitely a common occurrence in 80-81 football, and your packs look legit. The one thing about 81s in 79 wrappers, there are only 12 cards in the packs (where 81 wrappers/packs have 15 cards). And if you ever see 79 wrappers in a rack pack, there will be 1980 Topps cards inside the packs. Good luck if you decide to rip!
  • sushihotwingssushihotwings Posts: 452 ✭✭✭
    Great information. You are indeed correct about the packs only having 12 cards as I am finding right now. I guess you need to factor that in when buying a box of 81 football in 79 wrappers. So interesting that there is one up on Ebay right now.



    Box of 1981 FB in 1979 wrappers
    On the hunt high grade Star Basketball.
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ugaskidawg
    Originally posted by: jmlabonner
    Originally posted by: sushihotwings
    Imagine if you opened 1979 packs in the year 1979 and found 1981 cards in them. Whoaa! Like back to the future.


    That's like heavy dude! image


    "Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"



    I love Back To The Future!

    aconte
  • John GibbonsJohn Gibbons Posts: 51
    The, the, the gretzky funds are supposed to be going towards the addition, sushi! ; )



    And they actually used the 81 wax box for several years as well.
  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    Myself amd double striker have opened a couple boxes of these at the national. I think I got two Montana and he got one.
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  • magellanmagellan Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭
    I have about 3/4 of a box with 81 FB in 79 wrappers. Topps is known for this , I have 78-79 hockey packs from a "fun" bag with 76-77 wrappers and other foot ball years with the wrong wrappers in the wax pack racks.
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  • magellanmagellan Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ugaskidawg
    Originally posted by: jmlabonner
    Originally posted by: sushihotwings
    Imagine if you opened 1979 packs in the year 1979 and found 1981 cards in them. Whoaa! Like back to the future.


    That's like heavy dude! image


    "Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"



    buildup of space debris reentering the atmosphere?
    Topps Heritage

    Now collecting:
    Topps Heritage

    1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
    All Yaz Items 7+
    Various Red Sox
    Did I leave anything out?
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