Here's something I found Chris - back in the early 90s - some of the volume dealers like Brents cards e.g. - would give you a bonus of a stack of cards when you bought some of their rookie bricks.
@Stone193 said:
Here's something I found Chris - back in the early 90s - some of the volume dealers like Brents cards e.g. - would give you a bonus of a stack of cards when you bought some of their rookie bricks.
Here's an example - there's got to be like 150!
Hey Mike. Thanks for sharing...I know who my go to is for a GEM Ryan or Winfield from 1984. I love seeing a brick like that of one player...really cool.
Sorry for my silence, but I have been enjoying spring break with my daughter this week. The ripping will resume again on Monday!
Mike,
Winfield was my favorite player and 1984 and 1988 were my favorite years watching him as a kid. That stack would have been my holy grail and total trade bait to me! Thanks for sharing.
John
Conundrum - Loving my unopened baseball card collection....but really like ripping too
I just stumbled across this thread. I love it and will stay tuned. I had all of these sets in great condition when I was younger I sold everything when going through a divorce. Now I want back in. This is fun. Thanks for sharing this quest with us Chris.
Rob A.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
JG,
BBCE should give you some commision! Im an autograph guy, focusing primarily on baseball HOFers on baseballs and multisigned pieces. But this thread, along with Darren Rovell’s live breaks, made me order an 87 Donruss wax box and a few early 80s Topps packs. Cant wait to rip into them!!!!
@gopherfan said:
I just stumbled across this thread. I love it and will stay tuned. I had all of these sets in great condition when I was younger I sold everything when going through a divorce. Now I want back in. This is fun. Thanks for sharing this quest with us Chris.
@Cooptown said:
JG,
BBCE should give you some commision! Im an autograph guy, focusing primarily on baseball HOFers on baseballs and multisigned pieces. But this thread, along with Darren Rovell’s live breaks, made me order an 87 Donruss wax box and a few early 80s Topps packs. Cant wait to rip into them!!!!
Thanks guys! I am glad you are enjoying the ride with me. BBCE has definitely been great to me over the years, so I am glad this thread is inspiring others to collect and possibly rip some wax. I’m back from spring break now and will get the rips going again this week. I have been going through some 1980’s withdrawals while away
Centering issues continue to plague this entire box. Take a look at the Reggie and Schmidt to see where the card should have been cut. I am guessing these were top of the printing sheet cards...
Actually, that Moyer might be more of a key rookie than most of what you pictured above. He has a halfway decent case for the HOF, especially after this year's picks.
Time to continue the 1989 vending box journey for those pesky PSA 10 candidates. The cardboard used this year is really poor with lots of gray spots on the boarders and surface bubbles. Oh well, here goes...
I poured tall tonight so we can get after those GEM 10 candidates. Leading off with a 1986 Topps vending box. Happy to take some requests tonight if anyone has a particular break they want to see...
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Here's something I found Chris - back in the early 90s - some of the volume dealers like Brents cards e.g. - would give you a bonus of a stack of cards when you bought some of their rookie bricks.
Here's an example - there's got to be like 150!
Hey Mike. Thanks for sharing...I know who my go to is for a GEM Ryan or Winfield from 1984. I love seeing a brick like that of one player...really cool.
Sorry for my silence, but I have been enjoying spring break with my daughter this week. The ripping will resume again on Monday!
Good to hear from you Chris - and glad you had a nice week with your daughter - those are "good times!"
Mike,
Winfield was my favorite player and 1984 and 1988 were my favorite years watching him as a kid. That stack would have been my holy grail and total trade bait to me! Thanks for sharing.
John
I just stumbled across this thread. I love it and will stay tuned. I had all of these sets in great condition when I was younger I sold everything when going through a divorce. Now I want back in. This is fun. Thanks for sharing this quest with us Chris.
Rob A.
Margaret Thatcher
Great great thread !
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
JG,
BBCE should give you some commision! Im an autograph guy, focusing primarily on baseball HOFers on baseballs and multisigned pieces. But this thread, along with Darren Rovell’s live breaks, made me order an 87 Donruss wax box and a few early 80s Topps packs. Cant wait to rip into them!!!!
Thanks guys! I am glad you are enjoying the ride with me. BBCE has definitely been great to me over the years, so I am glad this thread is inspiring others to collect and possibly rip some wax. I’m back from spring break now and will get the rips going again this week. I have been going through some 1980’s withdrawals while away
Alright...let’s get back to it. Still searching for our first Clemens or Puckett RC’s...
Centering issues continue to plague this entire box. Take a look at the Reggie and Schmidt to see where the card should have been cut. I am guessing these were top of the printing sheet cards...
Time to hunt for some more PSA 10 candidates…
Pack #9 from the full box...
Pack #10...
Pack #11...
Pack #12...no love on those four packs.
Let’s try these beauties instead...
Pack #9 from the full box...BOOM!
Not the centering I was hoping for, but always fun to pull this iconic rookie!
Pack #10...some star power.
Pack #11...
Pack #12...
Time to go back to 1981...
Pack #9 from the full box...
And a potential contender at first glance...
Pack #10...
Pack #11...
Pack #12...
Sticking with early 80’s Topps...up next is 1983...
Pack #9 from the full box...
Pack #10 finally had two contenders in it...
Nice Ripken rookie!
Eric
Erikthredd’s MJ Collection: https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/publishedset/395035
Erikthredd’s Nike Air Jordan Collection: https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/basketball/key-card-sets/nike-poster-cards-michael-jordan-1985-1992/alltimeset/408486
Now we are getting somewhere...pack #11 had two more potential contenders...
And pack #12 had two with a shot as well...
Great thread. Love the 80s stuff. I'm partial to the 81s for some reason. So harshly graded.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Time to try for some more of those elusive black boardered beauties...
This box had virtually all of the top rookies…
Every time I open these I am reminded just how impossible it is to find perfect copies of these cards. Here are the two contenders out of the box…
Actually, that Moyer might be more of a key rookie than most of what you pictured above. He has a halfway decent case for the HOF, especially after this year's picks.
Alex Relyea
Thanx Chris - enjoying your rips.
The only thing I've done is 2018 Heritage.
Joe Pettini
who knew Father Sarducci played baseball?
I have time for a quick 1989 vending box rip tonight to hopefully find some GEM MINT candidates...
Not a single PSA 10 candidate in the entire box. However, plenty of stars and former prospects...
Time to continue the 1989 vending box journey for those pesky PSA 10 candidates. The cardboard used this year is really poor with lots of gray spots on the boarders and surface bubbles. Oh well, here goes...
This thread is so awesome!
So after 2 vending boxes this morning, here is what we found. The pile of stars and rookies...
And 11 contenders. The Sabo and Jefferies make me smile. I loved these cards back in the day. Still love looking at them!!
I poured tall tonight so we can get after those GEM 10 candidates. Leading off with a 1986 Topps vending box. Happy to take some requests tonight if anyone has a particular break they want to see...
Here are the rookies and stars...
And we found 3 more contenders...
I decided to break a second box of 1986 vending. Here are the contenders…
Man I tell you what those 86 Topps are brutal. I'm not sure if I will ever send any of those again. Nice stuff
My favorite of this group was the Ripken RC.
No Ryan in the 86T vending?
Thanx for sharing Chris.
Time to finish out this 1985 Fleer box. We are still searching for our first GEM 10 candidate as well as the Clemens and Puckett RCs...
The centering on this entire box was a complete mess. However, nearly all the stars made an appearance along with these two iconic rookies...
Back to those lovely orange backed 1988’s...