1955 Topps Cello Pack RIP -- CLEMENTE GRADED

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  • 1980scollector
    1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
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    Wow, you just pulled a 1955 Topps Mays. That's something that doesn't happen every day.
    ** 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. **
  • 1980scollector
    1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
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    Uh, holy shat. Congrats!!!!!
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  • Raulsmaster
    Raulsmaster Posts: 663 ✭✭
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    Heck, you outta have a grand between the two Mays' alone. Definitely another 7-8k minimum for Bob if I had to guess considering it's eye appeal is so nice!
    It never leaves you...
  • rexvos
    rexvos Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I am in awe.
    Looking for FB HOF Rookies
  • SOM
    SOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
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    I would have loved to have listened to Don West announce that pack opening live on Shop at Home.



    Sensational! Beyond words
  • Dennis88
    Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
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    This is a very cool thread image
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  • BenG76
    BenG76 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭
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    Awesome cards man. That Clemente is nice. Congrats
  • 70ToppsFanatic
    70ToppsFanatic Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭✭
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    Congrats on a once-in-a-lifetime rip! Thanks for sharing it.


    Dave
  • sportscardstop
    sportscardstop Posts: 535 ✭✭✭
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    Wow! How many people can say they personally pulled a Clemente RC from a pack!!!!!!!!!!
  • mikelowell25
    mikelowell25 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭
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    Congrats josh!!image



    I'm thinking maybe you shouldve kept that Christmas stocking with the 52 cello that you won in lelands--after seeing what was in this cello I'm sure there was at least one Mantle in that one!!image
  • mrpeanut39
    mrpeanut39 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭
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    There are no words. Thanks for sharing this with us.
    "I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
  • qualitycards
    qualitycards Posts: 2,811 ✭✭✭
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    That was a a lot of fun, thanks for sharing it



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  • mknez
    mknez Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭
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    Wow, way to go! Time to double down and rip another one?

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    stupid print dots

  • Beck6
    Beck6 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭
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    Great rip!
    Registry Sets:
    T222's PSA 1 or better
  • Tibor
    Tibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks for sharing!! The old mascot team logos brought back some

    fond memories for this old timer. Best wishes with the Clemente.
  • jeffcbay
    jeffcbay Posts: 8,961 ✭✭✭✭
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    That was epic... I thought the Mays was the icing on the cake, then you went ahead and added more icing and decided to plop some moose tracks and chocolate syrup on top of that sucker! Unreal... no wonder the seal couldn't hold any longer, the energy in that pack was intense. Congrats man!
  • summerof68
    summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
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    Some minor print dots, not so familiar with this issue, but may very well be par for the course.

    The '55 topps set is notorious for those clusters of print spots showing against the colored backgrounds.

    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • dberk12
    dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭
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    You are having a solid year after pulling Gretzky and Clemente RCs from packs. Please PM me your home address. I am going to purchase as many vintage packs as I can find and mail them to you to rip. I see a pattern here.


    Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.





    -George F. Will
  • 1980scollector
    1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
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    How many times have we all busted a pack and the monster is OC and the commons are centered. That is so refreshing to see it reversed in this case.
    ** 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. **
  • summerof68
    summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
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    How ironic that one of the players you pulled, Don Farrarese lives just seven miles from me in Apple Valley, CA. While enjoying his retirement he maintains his love of baseball and owns and operates a baseball card shop called "Don Farrarese Memorabilia".
    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • Griffins
    Griffins Posts: 6,079 ✭✭✭
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    Greatest. Rip. Ever.

    Always looking for N690 Kalamazoo Bats and Newsboy Cabinets

  • DCHawk
    DCHawk Posts: 5 ✭
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    Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Congrats!
  • craig44
    craig44 Posts: 13,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Just awesome. I don't even know what to say, other than I think I just peed a little

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • grote15
    grote15 Posts: 30,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: Griffins

    Greatest. Rip. Ever.




    Wait a minute, Anthony, you forgot about Manny's rip! LOL..



    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.
  • bounce
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    Unbelievable! Congrats to you!



    Not to jinx it, but Watch PSA call the Clemente min size.



    Seriously - these certainly qualify as "pack fresh". Good for you!
  • MULLINS5
    MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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    So happy for you man! Congrats on this MONSTER of a pack!
  • Webb63
    Webb63 Posts: 131 ✭✭✭
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    Dragnet….just sent you a PM
  • addicted2ebay
    addicted2ebay Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭✭
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    Wow.... Hopefully PSA grades it..... Lol Nice card!

    Edit: I only say that because any dead center vintage star card I send in get eot, minsize, authentic altered. See "you live only once thread"
  • Dnice
    Dnice Posts: 848
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    This rip will be be talked about for years. This is amazing. Holy hell.
  • BPorter26
    BPorter26 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You have balls of Iron and your hit came from a player that played in the Steel City. Congrats.
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • rcmb3220
    rcmb3220 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭✭
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    amazing! Congrats. I hope this inspires more opening and sharing.
  • lommer
    lommer Posts: 160 ✭✭
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    Wow!!
  • psychump
    psychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
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    Just got home and saw this. I couldn't even open the thread for a minute! I got nervous,then the pulls! Congratulations! Sub every one and let us know the grades on all those cards. Please. I knew you had a Mays just by the very top! But then two! Then Bob? What a score! Jonny Gomes went to Casa Grande High in Petaluma. Maybe...forget it I'm still thrilled for you! Awesome! We need balloons and beer!
    Tallulah Bankhead — 'There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.'
  • BeRoyalKC
    BeRoyalKC Posts: 413 ✭✭
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    Well done! Wow!
    #CROWNED

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  • lahmejoon
    lahmejoon Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭
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    Amazing. Congratulations! How much did that pack cost?
  • SumoMenkoMan
    SumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
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    Congrats! This was fun to read so thanks for sharing!
  • SlugSports
    SlugSports Posts: 240 ✭
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    EPIC!! Congrats!!
    I have no collecting direction. I just buy stuff!
  • Dragnet
    Dragnet Posts: 645 ✭✭✭
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    Thanks everyone, it was certainly an incredible day. For the individual that asked the cost of the pack, it was $2030. Seeing that number, I can't believe I even ripped that sucker open.



    Will be in the mail tomorrow, hopefully will have some news by early next week!
  • lamontcarter
    lamontcarter Posts: 748 ✭✭✭
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    Congratulations and thank you. Happy for you. That was awesome.
  • thebaseballcardkid
    thebaseballcardkid Posts: 432 ✭
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    With the sharpness off every card, Id get everyone graded.
  • detroitfan2
    detroitfan2 Posts: 3,392 ✭✭✭✭
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    Absolutely amazing rip! I once pulled 2 Rafael Septiens from a 1984 Topps Football Cello pack (true story), but never two 1955 Willie Mays!
  • lahmejoon
    lahmejoon Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭
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    Was the Clemente the 2nd to last card in the pack?
  • Davis
    Davis Posts: 705 ✭✭
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    Wow! Congrats to you sir! Thanks for sharing this with us. Good luck with the grades!
  • thebaseballcardkid
    thebaseballcardkid Posts: 432 ✭
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    Originally posted by: lahmejoon
    Was the Clemente the 2nd to last card in the pack?


    It was by following his rip. His very last unknown card. Is there a sequence, in general, with these cellos?
  • 49ersGuy
    49ersGuy Posts: 382 ✭✭
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    It's too bad you did not video tape the rip. It's one thing to rip a pack with some 70's or 80' star rookie in it....it is a whole other thing to rip a 50's pack with a clemente RC let alone the 2 mays cards. wow.
  • ssollars
    ssollars Posts: 934 ✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: 49ersGuy
    It's too bad you did not video tape the rip. It's one thing to rip a pack with some 70's or 80' star rookie in it....it is a whole other thing to rip a 50's pack with a clemente RC let alone the 2 mays cards. wow.


    It would have been a great one to have on video. You'd get to relive that rip anytime you wanted!

    Awesome rip, congrats!!


    That got my engine running for my upcoming Christmas rips...


  • JoeBanzai
    JoeBanzai Posts: 12,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Awesome! Congratulations and thanks for posting. I was hoping to see a Killebrew, but 2 Mays' and a Clemente were unbelievable!
    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • SidePocket
    SidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
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    Congratulations! Nice to see a rip like that rewarded! Now I want to build the 55 set.

    "Molon Labe"

  • slum22
    slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
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    Congratulations Josh! Man, what a thrill for you. Best of luck on the grades. Can't wait to see what the 2 Mays cards and the Clemente RC come back as.
    Steve
  • MULLINS5
    MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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    If you're looking to sell any of the cheaper ones, I'd like to buy one just to say I have a card from this epic rip!

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