1958 Topps Football Cello Rip - Jim Brown!!

Heckuva pull. Congrats.

You can now begin shopping for a new car.

@UFFDAH said:
Here's the video my wife took!!

Congratulations on one of the nicest pulls I have ever seen, Chris.

PS - Hoegaarden - nice.

Outstanding!! Absolute blazer.
Congrats!!

Wow amazing to see such a fantastic pull on vintage

What I want to see is the video of you putting Jim into the card sleeve. Holy Batman that process would freak me out.

UFFDAH can you give us the history on the pack?

That’s amazing. Love the genuine passion and excitement in the video. Yours is far superior to that other 9.

Just awesome, thank you for the back story. I am very happy for you and I agree it confirms why they should be ripped.

Can you imagine being the person that auctioned that pack? Oh my that would be a hard pill to swallow, the bad beats of all bad beats.

I hope it gets graded a nine. I think it had a 95% chance of grading a 9 years ago but it seems that grading has become stricter the last couple of years. Good luck and if it does grade a 9 enjoy retiring early...

What's your next move now that you have 2 gorgeous Jim Brown rookies?

https://sports.ha.com/itm/football-cards/singles-1950-1959-/1958-topps-62-jim-brown-psa-mint-9/a/7165-51661.s

awesome pull!!! centering is usually off. just collect pulled an sgc 8.5 from these cellos before their whole pack breaking business but the other 2 pulls I know of were way off centered.

make sure to keep the video and the pack and the pics. I pulled a 58 johnny u and it came back trimmed when these cellos first started to surface. I called right away and discussed and then they took it back and put it in an 8 holder before shipping which was a bit harsh as it was at least an 8.5 but what way better than having it be trimmed

@UFFDAH said:
The history is that I have always wanted to rip a 1958 Cello Pack. I have a few 58 Cello packs and this one in particular I bought off a Heritage Auction in December 2020 for $4200. I watched a Just Rip It video that hit a Brown 2 cards after the Giants card. I knew at that time I would plan to rip this particular pack on a "rainy" day. Just to confirm it was a good candidate I reached out to a collector friend who is very knowledgeable with vintage Football card sequencing. He agreed there was a likelihood although not guaranteed. Fast forward Saturday was a "rainy" day literally. I told my wife we're gonna hunker in the basement, watch basketball and we'll open the 58 pack. My plan was to just take photos and not video. I got on Facebook Messenger with Jake Ralfs from Iowa and started to share the pics and the anticipation built. The 2nd card was the Eagles Team card and I slid it down ever so slightly and stopped when I saw the Black with the titch of blue sky. That is the moment I looked at my wife and said this could be it!!! I asked her to take a snapchat video just in case. We got ready, recording started and I tried sliding the Eagles card down further to see if Jim Brown's face revealed. When I saw his face it spiraled and my eyes instantly saw how centered the top and side borders were looking. As I continued to slide the card down the centering continued to be dead on and once the bottom anchored the card centering I just came unglued!! I knew I had to get away from the card so as not to accidently damage it etc. I stayed away from the card for probably 10 minutes to calm down and then carefully got it into the holder. It went into the holder perfectly, we took some pics etc. Jake and I went back and forth via Facebook Messenger and it was exciting. I then went through the rest of the pack taking pics of each card and sharing with Jake. The card is a Unicorn, especially in light of the centering on the rest of the cards that ranged from Ho Hum to terrible. A Holy Grail that was meant to be freed from it's pack!!

It was great sharing it with you Chris! My son and I were at our farm and were hanging on every text! Such an incredible pull, especially like you said, it was the only centered card among a bunch of other OC ones. You've been living clean and were blessed! Can't wait to see the result. Cheers my friend

That's amazing! I think it has as good a shot at a 10 as any Brown could possibly have. Finest example of that card in the entire hobby. Congrats!

I think UFFDAH's looks better (the back also)....absolutely a 9 IMO, and possibly the finest copy ever.

UFF,

You should inscribe the label “From a Sealed Pack”.

@balco758 said:
UFF,

You should inscribe the label “From a Sealed Pack”.

Just clarify, aren’t they all? 😂

@Cakes said:

@beachbumcollecting said:
awesome pull!!! centering is usually off. just collect pulled an sgc 8.5 from these cellos before their whole pack breaking business but the other 2 pulls I know of were way off centered.

make sure to keep the video and the pack and the pics. I pulled a 58 johnny u and it came back trimmed when these cellos first started to surface. I called right away and discussed and then they took it back and put it in an 8 holder before shipping which was a bit harsh as it was at least an 8.5 but what way better than having it be trimmed

I agree capturing the provenance/history is important.

I'll also reinforce this. I pulled a 1971 Catfish Hunter from a rack pack (video is on Youtube). They said it was trimmed. I resubbed it a year or so later and it came back a 7.5. It wasn't an expensive card, so I didn't complain when it came back trimmed. I just sent it in again.

@Cakes said:

@1951WheatiesPremium said:

@balco758 said:
UFF,

You should inscribe the label “From a Sealed Pack”.

Just clarify, aren’t they all? 😂

Agreed, I prefer that the labels stay simple. On the coin collecting side it got really crazy.

I was just making a joke about the fact that cards come from packs.

I get what he meant.

Just amazing!!! I think I would attempt my first back flip. Careful that bear doesn't get to it. Congrats!!

So are you saying that Heritage will "clean" the card for you before submitting?