1980s Wax Packs and some CU fun

tennesseebanker · September 4, 2006 1:01AM

Heres mine

fsjeter · September 5, 2006 12:54AM

1983 Topps Pack (Still no luck

! )
47 Dave McKay
78 Bill Caudill
89 Leon Roberts
119 Tom Brookens
157 Steve Bedrosian
284 Jeff Lahti
318 John Tudor
350 Robin Yount
512 Doyle Alexander
554 Mike Vail
593 Broderick Perkins
626 Jerry Martin
633 Vicente Romo
712 Bruce Kison
785 Dennis Leonard

Buccaneer · September 6, 2006 7:33AM

It's amazing, out of the whole lot, I got only a few dollars worth of cards - some All-Star cards and a few second-tier stars. Figures.

shambo2000 · September 9, 2006 3:19PM

Not a bad pack at all!

Shannon
shambo2000

zef204 · September 9, 2006 3:30PM

THAT RIPKEN IS GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray for you!!

zef204 · September 9, 2006 3:36PM

My pack sucked. I have yet to pull a decent card!

Guidry and Concepcion AS are litterally the only cards worth mentioning.

I feel a Henderson RC in my future.

HoofHearted · September 9, 2006 6:23PM

Heeeey, it's nice to see someone pull such a nice card as that CRipken RC. I had hoped to see one in my distrubtion, but didn't. I really enjoyed the cards of the players I got -- especially the very first card, Rod Carew IA, #501. That's one of my all-time favorites (non-Twin!) of him. The second card was Joe Niekro, #611. Jeez, busted on TV when he threw a file out of his back pocket to the ground -- as a Twin by the way.

The rest:
442 Bruce Kison (Angels)
257 Larry Harlow (Angels)
532 Toby Harrah (Indians)
730 Gary Carter (Expos)
39 Lou Whitaker (Tigers)
349 George Frazier (Yankees)
53 sticker - Burton Hooton (Dodgers)
455 Tom Burgmeier (Red Sox)
696 Pirates Leaders - Madlock/Solomon
279 Bill Russell (Dodgers)
6 1981 Highlights - Fernando Valenzuela
346 Tom Seaver N.L. All-Star
497 Jim Anderson (Mariners)
311 Dodgers Leaders - Baker/Hooton

Scans tomorrow...

milbroco · September 9, 2006 11:35PM

My pack:

Dale Murphy
Kirk Gibson (one of my favorite players)
Dave Parker All Star
Goose Gossage

Oh well, another pack without a major rookie card....but what the heck, I am getting the Henderson!
By the way, nice Ripken pull Shannon

Bob

ROBERTB · September 10, 2006 12:22AM

Great pull on the Ripken!

Wizardsguildcards · September 10, 2006 12:30AM

Only card I have had in the whole thing over a dollar was the 1987 Bonds rookie. Not even a real star in any of the other packs.

ajw · September 10, 2006 12:35AM

I really enjoyed my 1982 pack. No Ripken, but I got another decent shortstop. I really like this design, and I love the special cards, including the All-Stars, highlights and In-Action cards. (Some of the cards in this pack were slightly bowed, which makes the scans look a bit goofy.)

1. Not a real good hair day for the Hawk
2. Off-cut, but maybe Mike could use a nail file to shave down the right edge. I didn't know he was a Met to start his career. His 1986 season was simply amazing.
3. Another Hawk. I *loved* collecting stickers in this era. Maybe even more than cards. The first complete box I got was a box of stickers - my grandma bought it for me when I was in Florida. I couldn't believe that she bought the WHOLE box. That was unheard of!
4. Did you know that Porter was MVP of the 1982 World Series?
5. Fernandomania!
6. I love cards from Ozzie's days on the Padres. He looks so out of place.

ArnyVee · September 10, 2006 12:39AM

Wow, this '82 pack could've quite possibly have been the worst in my whole batch so far.

Gary Lavelle - Giants (Wax)
Silvio Martinez - Cardinals
Dennis Lamp - White Sox
Bucky Dent - Yankees All Star
Mike Proly - Phillies
Tony Pena - Pirates
UL Washington - Royals
Ron Hodges - Mets
Graig Nettles sticker
Reggie Smith - Dodgers
Larry Herndon - Giants
Ed Lynch - Mets
Steve Braun - Cardinals
Willie Upshaw - Blue Jays
Dave Roberts - Astros
Dickie Thon - Astros

.......not much at all. I'll throw some scans up of a couple interesting cards later.

HoofHearted · September 10, 2006 4:12AM

Amazing what a good night's sleep will do for you. Here are the scans of some of the cards I posted about earlier this morning:

rvc · September 10, 2006 4:40AM

arny i think mine was worse
here are a few of the highlights
great looking gum though

rvc · September 10, 2006 4:40AM

rvc · September 10, 2006 4:42AM

mcholke · September 10, 2006 8:19AM

Nothing much to tout here but fun to open.

ArchStanton · September 10, 2006 10:22AM

My pack was so good, I ate that giant slab of gum.

rvc · September 10, 2006 10:36AM

arch i couldnt do it but i was close. how was it?

rvc · September 10, 2006 10:38AM

lothar can i send you the 82's anyway? i think my best pack as far as centering goes was my '81 fleer. who wants the 83's, 84's etc?

rvc · September 10, 2006 10:44AM

can we get 2500 posts for the 81's and 80's?

fsjeter · September 12, 2006 2:05AM

Better but still not much to speak of.

1982 Topps Pack

70 Tim Raines
139 Jeff Jones
180 Steve Garvey IA
215 Mike Krukow
319 Dave Rozema
392 Rick Bosetti
435 Robin Yount
441 Astros Future Stars (Heep, Smith, Sprowl)
507 Terry Harper
531 A’s Future Stars (Bordi, Budaska, Moore)
551 Reggie Jackson AS
608 Jerry Royster
691 Dave Schatzeder
743 John Stearns
765 Gorman Thomas

Scott

ajw · September 12, 2006 4:09AM

<< <i>Better but still not much to speak of.

1982 Topps Pack

70 Tim Raines
139 Jeff Jones
180 Steve Garvey IA
215 Mike Krukow
319 Dave Rozema
392 Rick Bosetti
435 Robin Yount
441 Astros Future Stars (Heep, Smith, Sprowl)
507 Terry Harper
531 A’s Future Stars (Bordi, Budaska, Moore)
551 Reggie Jackson AS
608 Jerry Royster
691 Dave Schatzeder
743 John Stearns
765 Gorman Thomas

Scott >>

I don't know...I'd consider that a pretty good pack. Two HOFers (Yount, Reggie), one that should be (Raines) and one that was a frequent All-Star (Garvey). I know we're all looking for the Ripken rookie, but maybe our sights are set a little too high.

ArchStanton · September 12, 2006 6:25AM

My pack got even better. I saw that lots of guys had stickers in their scans, but I had no sticker. I went through the cards again. My sticker was one of my all-time favorites - Rickey Henderson. I'll post a pick when I get home. It is OC, but it still be Rickey.

viking7 · September 12, 2006 6:55AM

fsjeter, If the #139 Jeff Jones card is solid and should grade PSA 9/10 I would buy that card from you for
my Registry set. I would buy any of the 12 or so cards I still need to finish if in mint condition (excluding the Seaver AS which I have and needs a corrected flip).

Arny Vee, the Reggie Smith card is one tough card to find in high grade,if yours is a lock for a 9 I would be interested for my raw set. I was able to buy the only PSA 10 from another 82 Registry collector luckily but the best I ever found myself from cases was one example that graded 8.

rana · September 13, 2006 5:03AM

82 Topps Highlights...

Nobody minds if I show off my Wockenfuss and Tekulve, right?

fsjeter · September 13, 2006 6:22AM

<< <i>fsjeter, If the #139 Jeff Jones card is solid and should grade PSA 9/10 I would buy that card from you for
my Registry set. I would buy any of the 12 or so cards I still need to finish if in mint condition (excluding the Seaver AS which I have and needs a corrected flip).

Arny Vee, the Reggie Smith card is one tough card to find in high grade,if yours is a lock for a 9 I would be interested for my raw set. I was able to buy the only PSA 10 from another 82 Registry collector luckily but the best I ever found myself from cases was one example that graded 8. >>

Nope. It's nicely centered on the front (a little off top to bottom but within limits) but the print defects along the top border and slight corner/surface ware would keep it from being a 9/10. I'd give it a 7 with an outside shot at an 8. Sorry!

Scott

tennesseebanker · September 14, 2006 8:20AM

Better late than never on the 82's- I had a rickey henderson leaders card that looked gem, And now I cant find it !

Onlypsahockey · September 14, 2006 9:06AM

Just letting everyone know the HOCKEY wax rip is getting organized.

Click here --->80's HOCKEY wax rip! Who wants in? if you want to get in on the fun!

We now return you to the baseball rip.

Bob C.

viking7 · September 14, 2006 9:23AM

Scott, I knew it was a long shot on the Jeff Jones card but worth a try! After 4 yrs the best I've been able to come up with is a PSA 8 Jones. Thanks for checking back,I appreciate it! Good luck with your sets!
Steve

tennesseebanker has what looks to be some real colorful 82's. I like the Putnam and Campbell cards also Hoofhearted's Dodgers Ldr card. Nice!

mcholke · September 17, 2006 1:47AM

Here are the highlights from the 1981 pack. Good luck to the rest, I left some good cards in the box on this one:

ajw · September 17, 2006 3:23AM

I was pretty happy with my pack. As a kid in Wisconsin, a pack with Yount and Cooper would have been just about perfect!

I hope some more people start posting their scans. I really thought we'd see 36 packs each week, but we're down to a dozen or fewer, now.

mcholke · September 17, 2006 3:25AM

Here are a few more autographed cards received TTM from our pack busts

HoofHearted · September 17, 2006 5:06AM

1981...the year I was married and the year I started collecting again after 13 years of single-living and partying.

That's a nice lookin' Yount! The cards in my '81 pack were either badly OC or nicely centered. Here's my pack:

55 Mike Norris (A's P; wax on front -- easily wiped off!)
535 Omar Moreno (Pirates OF)
392 Lance Parrish (Tigers C)
153 Tom Poquette (Red Sox OF)
71 Hal Dues (Expos P)
300 Paul Molitor (Brewers 2B-SS)
425 Al Bumbry (Orioles OF)
142 Jackson Todd (Blue Jays P)
679 LA Dodgers Team
85 Mike Caldwell (Brewers P)
582 Gaylord Perry (Yankees P)
225 Ruppert Jones (Yankees OF)
362 Bo Diaz (Indians C)
113 Mike Phillips (Cardinals 3B-2B)
667 KC Royals team

And some highlights to scan and enjoy:

ArnyVee · September 17, 2006 6:20AM

My pack had many OC and some miscut cards. My two best ones were the two pictured below...at least one was of a very good pitcher who happens to have some...ahem...legal problems right now.

Here are the other cards....

Bobby Castillo - Dodgers Pitcher
Dickie Noles - Phillies Pitcher
Otto Velez - Blue Jays Outfielder
Geoff Zahn - Twins Pitcher
Ron Davis - Yankees Pitcher
Tom Hausman - Mets Pitcher
Jim Essian - A's Catcher
Denny Willing - Astros Outfielder
Jim Wohlford - Giants Outfielder
Ramon Aviles - Phillies 2B-SS
Al Williams - Twins Pitcher
Mike Krukow - Cubs Pitcher
Billy Sample - Rangers Outfielder

rvc · September 17, 2006 8:50AM

hoof how'd you get the wax off?

ArchStanton · September 17, 2006 9:40AM

I got another good pack this week. The Pete Rose I pulled back in '81, I traded to my neighbor along with all of my other Phillies for all of his Pirates. Good trade. I think the Don Robinson below is the first Pirate card I've pulled from all of these packs.
1981 was also this first year I bought a whole set at once. Well, my mom actually sprung the $13 for the set at a flea market in Adamstown, PA. It was professionally packaged in a wax box.

ArnyVee · September 17, 2006 9:56AM

The centering is really tough on these '81s not a lot of room for error.

AJW, the Yount and Eck cards are centered nicely...good for you!

HoofHearted · September 17, 2006 10:19AM

<< <i>hoof how'd you get the wax off? >>

When the wax is on the glossy card front, I just use an old tube sock. I rub it back and forth a few times over the wax spots, taking care not to snag a corner or the edge. The friction warms the wax, making it easily removed.

Try it on a "worthless" card for practice...

milbroco · September 17, 2006 12:35PM

Yoo Hoo! My 81 pack yielded me the highly touted and heavily sought after rookie card of Joe Charboneau. Also got Tony Armas.........still waiting for my Henderson rookie.

80sJunkie · September 18, 2006 1:57AM

Hey guys this looks like it's been a fun rip. Not to bust into the thread but I wanted to see if any would be interested in doing another 80s wax rip with all three topps donruss and fleer. Cost would be roughly 60 for 28 packs . Talked with steve at bbcx and we could get all 28 boxes. If there's any interest pm me and I'll start a new thread.

mcholke · September 18, 2006 3:39AM

I would be interested in another pack rip experience. Please let me know if it comes together.

XanaduNow · September 18, 2006 7:27AM

Edited to remove possibly hijacking material.

ArnyVee · September 18, 2006 8:50AM

I'm not sure that $60 covers all of those packs Junkie. '81-'89 for Topps, Donruss & Fleer?

80sJunkie · September 18, 2006 9:17AM

edited as not to hijack this thread

Downtown1974 · September 18, 2006 9:21AM

I would be interested in getting in on that too Junkie.

80sJunkie · September 18, 2006 10:03AM

sorry to hi jack this thread again new thread started for new complete 80's rip

ArnyVee · September 18, 2006 10:03AM

Count me in Junkie...love the rippin'....so must Steve Hart!

rvc · September 18, 2006 12:37PM

my 81's yielded lots of oc and a nice yaz but yaz is smeared with wax. i am gonna try hoof's advice and see what happens.
nice baines back there. how under rated was he?
and where are all the fernando's ???

rana · September 19, 2006 2:55AM

1981 Topps Cards:

1980s Wax Packs and some CU fun

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