12 Days of Christmas Carnage X (The Series Finale!): Merry Christmas (Brown RC)
ssollars
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Well it's finally here, time to put an end to this madness 
A few years ago when I decided to bring this to an end, I tried to come up with a theme for this last Christmas rip. What I decided on was to do a series of pack runs going as far back as I could afford and try and get a few additional packs that I've never opened to throw into the mix.
For the pack runs, I ended up with runs of wax, cello and racks from 1975 to 1990!
I only end ended up with one pack that I've never open before (but bid on quite a few...)
And for the grand finale pack, let's just say that I'm hoping lightning strikes twice!
So here they are...
The wax run:
The cello run:
The rack run:
And the big bets:
The schedule:
14 - 1990 & 1989 runs ('90 Aikman RC)
15 - 1988 & 1987 runs ('88 Bennett RC)
16 - 1986 & 1985 runs ('86 Rice & Young RCs, '85 Moon RC)
17 - 1984 & 1983 runs ('84 Dickerson RC, '83 McMahon RC)
18 - 1982 & 1981 runs ('81 Monk RC, '81 Payton)
19 - 1980 & 1979 runs ('79 Campbell RC)
20 - 1978 run (Dorsett RC)
21 - 1977 run (Nothing)
22 - 1976 run (White RC)
23 - 1975 run (Simpson)
24 - 1955 Wax (Matson)
25 - 1958 Cello (Brown RC, Starr)
The Prequels:
2021 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage IX
2020 - 12 Days of Christmas Carnage VIII (2 - '58 Cello - Brown RC!)
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
I am a relative newbie here but I’ve previously gone back and read all of your rips. Can’t wait to follow this one. Good luck!!
Oh man, this is gonna be one hell of a finale!
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
This is going to be great!!!
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Let’s see a Jim Brown RC…to cap off this tradition!
Oh Wow...Love those racks...
Can't wait!!! Let's party!!!
Amazing assortment…thanks for sharing once again. Best of luck on some GEM MINT pulls!
Omg… how did I get involved in this craze???
Happy_Holidays!!!!!!!
Live long, and prosper.
Looking forward to this as always. Thanks, Ssollars for always keeping us entertained around the holidays every year.
I love this tradition. Happy holidays!
Andy
I've been following this since 2012. Always entertaining and a service to the CU community. Best of luck with the rips! Looking forward to the final two.
I don't even collect football cards but enjoyed the rips every year since the start. Best of luck and hope you pull a whopper!!
Great stuff Scott!
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stupid print dots
Sorry to see this is the last year. Happy to see your rips!’ Good luck - hope you get great centering, sharp corners, and lots of star power!!!
YES!!!
PC Walter Payton - Bear Down!
This is gonna be one awesome ending!! The 77, 79 and 86 racks look to be amazing... but let's hope the 58 cello has all the fireworks!
Merry Ripmas and good luck!!
Good luck!! can't wait to see the carnage!!!
here's to another Brown for a happy ending
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Great yearly thread
Oh this is gonna be good!!!
Sorry this is the end. I love these threads
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Wow! That’s a party!!! Hope your rips are magnificent !
Bosox1976
Very glad to have one more year of this yearly board highlight!
What a lineup, looking forward to it.
Good luck!
Thanks for the entertainment , and best of luck. (you deserve it).
Good luck and thanks for sharing the rip with everyone.
Another great rip in the making. Looking forward to it and good luck. Thanks for sharing.
Something cool about this hobby is getting a rush from a guy I’ve never met opening stuff I don’t collect. LFG.
OMG 1955 Wax!
Never seen one opened and very excited to see all of these!
This has been a glorious yearly treat for a decade. Nice job !!!
Best of luck! Sorry to hear this is the end.
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
I've always enjoyed these. I hope lighting hits many times!!
Day 1 - 1990 and 1989 runs
Not much say about these, a few nice stars from the '90s rack, but not much from any of the others.
1990 - Wax - (All cards)
1990 - Cello (Top 10 cards)
1990 - Rack (Top 22 cards)
1990 - Inserts from each pack
1989 - Wax (All cards)
1989 - Cello (Top 9 cards)
1989 - Rack (Top 18 cards)
1989 - Inserts from each pack
One Football set that caught my interest back in the 90’s was the 1994 Upper Deck Electric sets (silver & gold). I went back a few years from then and did some Topps sets…. And these photos remind me of how exciting it was collecting back then, as the league was growing in popularity.
Fabulous!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Live long, and prosper.
Trip down memory lane. I don’t know why, but the 89 Testaverde stood out as one I owned back then.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Love seeing big #92 for the Browns. Michael Dean Perry was a monster for a couple years. MDP!
How did dudes play with those shoulder pads!
Jim McMahon and Neil Anderson - would have been winning packs for me back in the day.
i like those 89's...
Day 2 - 1988 and 1987 runs
Even less to say about these...
1988 - Wax (All cards)
1988 - Cello (Top 10 cards)
1988 - Rack (Top 14 cards)
1988 inserts from all packs
1987 - Wax (All cards)
1987 - Cello (Top 9 cards)
1987 - Rack (Top 12 cards)
1987 inserts from all packs
Dorsett as a Bronco always throws me.
Loved seeing the Marks brothers!!!! (Hated when the Patriots had to play them!!!)
Live long, and prosper.
Loved watching Cornelius Bennet play.
I miss the Houston Oilers.
Day 3 - 1986 and 1985 runs
Great night of rippin' this evening, lots of nicely centered cards and HOFs in this batch of packs.
This '86 rack is one I've been waiting to open for quite awhile, I never thought I'd find one with the "ultimate sequence" and pull such nice cards from it too!
1986 - Wax (All cards)
1986 - Cello (Top 14 cards)
1986 - Rack (Top 21 cards)
These can be pulled from the same cell!!!!
1986 Insert cards
1985 - Wax (All cards)
1985 - Cello (Top 14 cards)
1985 Rack (Top 22 cards)
1985 Insert cards
Rice and Young. As a life long 49er fan it does not get better than that!
Oh my gosh…
Montana, Rice, & Young showing up on the same night!!!
Right before Christmas?
They’ll be telling this story for years to come!!!!
Congrats!!!!
Live long, and prosper.
I like the 85's...
Holly molly, super happy for you, you deserve it for putting together the thread of the year, every year.
Congrats on a beautiful Young RC and a very clean Rice RC. I think the Moon RC could be a solid PSA 9 too…beautiful card with only the slightest chipping on the bottom border. Great cards…thanks for sharing!
Wow. Nicely done! That Rice is crispy! Plus two Bernie Kosars.
Great Rice! Congrats.