12 Days of Christmas Carnage VIII (Jimmy Brown RC grade is in...)
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As the unopened markets keep getting crazier, I'm once again about to do my part and keep the madness going by sacrificing some unopened packs so that others may survive. 
My unopened stash has not been growing much over the last couple of years and unfortunately I have foreseen the end of the line to these yearly adventures in frivolity. I've been pretty lucky in this year of Covid to have maintained my income by working from home and reduced my spending on many discretionary things by staying at home. This has lead me down a path of planning out the next three and final years of these rips. I made a few purchases this year (so far) that I can hopefully finish out these rips with a bang! I'm down to needing 1 item ('76 Rack) to finish out my plans, although I well be keeping an eye out for “special” packs that I may be adding along the way.
So the countdown to 2022 has begun when I plan on finishing all this with a tenth anniversary blowout rip that should be my biggest ever and likely the last packs I'll ever open!
Below is this year's selection of packs, followed by the schedule:
Bonus pack
14 - 5 – '87 Wax (Young)
15 - 5 - '85 Wax, 2 – '85 Cello, '82 Cello (85 Marino)
16 - '82 Rack, 6 -'83 Wax (82 Payton, Collinsworth RC)
17 - '84 Wax, '84 Rack, '81 Cello (Marino RC, Monk RC, 81 Payton)
18 - 7 – '80 Wax, '81 Cello (nothing!)
19 - 2 - '81 Wax, '81 Rack, '81 Cello (Clark RC)
20 - 2 – '86 Wax, 2 – '86 Rack (Rice RC, Young RC
21 - 4 – '78 Wax, 2 – '79 Wax (nothing!)
22 - '75 Wax, '77 Wax, '74 Wax (Fouts RC)
23 - '76 Cello (nothing!)
24 - '65 Wax (nothing!)
25 - '58 Cello + Bonus '58 Cello (Jim Brown RC)
The Prequels:
2019 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage VII ('58 Cello)
2018 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage VI ('59 Cello)
2017 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage V ('58 & '60 Cello)
2016 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage IV ('60 Cello)
2015 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage III ('58 Cello)
2014 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage II ('59 & '60 Cello)
2013 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage I ('58 Cello)
2012 - Christmas - (2 - '58 Cellos)
2011 - Christmas - ('58 Cello)
Comments
Always a treat. Good luck!
Looking forward to it again this year ☺️.
Thanks for sharing again this year. Good luck!
Going to be another fun ride. Can't wait.
Good luck!!
So excited, this is going to be big. knowing that the end is on the horizon has me kind of feeling like i did when the office was ending.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Oh boy, this is gonna be great!
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stupid print dots
This is one of the best threads every year. What an awesome way to wrap up and head into the new year. Best of luck and thanks for sharing!!
Always look forward to this, wish it could go on forever, but with these prices, I don’t blame you. Good luck!
With the year we've all had this will be a nice way to put some lipstick on this pig. I love following this thread every year and wish you all the best of luck on the rip!!!
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Always look forward to this thread, great to see you are continuing the fun. Good luck!
John
Good luck with your rips and enjoy all that bubble gum.....mmmmmmm
NFL HOF Set
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/publishedset/398345
I'm looking forward to it. Can you post a top ten of the best cards you've pulled over the years in these annual ripfests?
Looking forward to it!
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
No ‘72 OPC?
Kiss me twice.....let's party.
Nice stash!
Bosox1976
Enjoy this every year! But what are we all going to do when it ends?? Who will take over?? I'm going to nominate UFFDAH, lol.
This is cool. I enjoyed the 'reruns' from previous seasons too.
Good luck with the rips!!!
I thought we'd all chip in to buy him some more packs.
Day 1 - 5 packs of 1987 Wax
Never much to get excited this early, but had a scare that my scanner wasn't going to work! A reboot fixed that thankfully.
These packs yielded some nice cards including a nice 2nd year Young! Pulled a 2nd year Rice too, but it was one of the wax cards
Best cards shown below:
and the best card...
That is one sweet looking Young! Nice hit.
Where are all the Browns?
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stupid print dots
Nice couple packs to start! All look good.
PC Walter Payton - Bear Down!
Nice start, great star power!
Great to see you yet again another carnage. Let's hope 2020 carnage is your best one yet!
thanks again for sharing. lots of great stars there!
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Pretty good start to the ripping carnage. That young looks great.
Day 2 - 5 packs of 1985 Wax, 2 packs of 1985 Cello and a pack of 1982 Cello
While looking for some penny sleeves before starting yesterday, I found a partial box of 1985 wax that wasn't in my stash inventory list! So I added an additional 4 packs to tonight's selection.
The 85 wax packs were mostly off-center and without much star power.
Best cards are shown below:
The 85 cello packs were a little better, but were also mostly off-center. Star power a little better with a 2nd year Marino.
Best cards shown below along with the stickers.
The 82 cello pack wasn't much better...
I have always liked that Montana Marino passing leaders card. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
Great thread to follow every year.
Nice to see Ray Guy make a couple of appearances on day 2.
Newsome/Monk card is sweet...so is the 1st LT sticker...nicely done!
Great annual thread. Nice Marino.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Look forward every year to these breaks !! Nice start
Day 3 - 1982 Rack and 6 packs of 1983 Wax
The '82 rack was mostly off-center top to bottom with only a few well centered cards and some start power. A nice Payton redeemed this pack.
The '83 packs had much better centering although many suffered from poor print quality and a few surface wrinkles along the way. Some decent star power but none of the major hits.
Top to bottom center plagued the stickers too...
Day 4 - 1984 Wax, 1984 Rack and 1981 Cello
First up tonight, the 84 wax. Mostly off-center stuff and very little star power. A couple nicely centered cards however.
The 84 rack yielded a lot of star power, but still suffered mostly from left/right centering. A Marino RC did show up along with a couple Darrel Green RCs too. Only a couple nicely centered, although not 50/50, cards were included.
Lastly, one of many 81 packs this year is a 81 Cello. This pack yielded some centered cards along with a Monk RC and a nice Payton.
Really nice '81 and '82 Paytons! Hoping that trend continues to the 76!
Sweet Sweetness!
you killed it on day 4!!!
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Some beauties!! Congrats and hope your hand stays hot!
PC Walter Payton - Bear Down!
Love that ‘81 Payton.
Sweetness for sure!
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
Great thread! I'm late to add my comments, but in order:
Jeff Chadwick was clearly juicing.
Who among us doesn't have a partial box of 1985 football wax packs that we forgot were in the penny sleeve room?
Every time I see the 1982 Terry Bradshaw in Action, I think of the following:
Day 5 - 7 packs of 1980 Wax and a 1981 Cello
The 7 80 packs were all from the same box and it showed. Very little in the way of centered cards, maybe 1 per pack. A little bit of start power showed up but nothing big.
The 81 cello was a complete dud! Must have been thrown around at some point, major ding in one corner of almost every card. No star power and only a few centered cards
Love the Payton and Marino hits! Will you be grading?
Thumbs up for a John Hannah sighting!
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps
Thanks for sharing...loved this thread for years now! Hope the 86 packs turn up something nice!
Day 6 - 2 packs of 1981 Wax, a 1981 Cello and a 1981 Rack
Finishing up the '81s for this year not with a bang, but with a whimper.
Had a little hope for the wax, but the best that came out of them was a Dwight Clark RC along with a couple of other star cards and a few centered ones as well. All sheet A cards from both packs were tilted.
Wasn't expecting much from the cello. It yielded a couple stars and less than a handful of centered cards.
Wasn't excepting much from the rack either and it didn't disappoint. Basically one star but quite a few centered cards, so that's something
These are a blast to watch every year, especially this year. Thank you
I’d be interested in the gastineau rc if you end up selling
The Gastineau rookies are looking really nice.