Buying unopened packs

[Econteachert205]

The last pack I bought online was a raw 1978 ops baseball for like 25 bucks. I pulled an Eddie Murray rookie. It was oc, but it's probably the best time with cards I've had in a long time.

[Republicaninmass]

recently bought some 79s and pulled an Ozzie Smith RC, waay off center. Still a nice suprise

[swarmee]

If you want a cheap unopened pack, you can normally find some 1961 Nu-Card football packs for cheap and the cards come out looking Mint. There was a big find of these boxes, and since there's really only one or two worthwhile rookie cards in the set (Ernie Davis), there's not a huge demand.

[drcy]

Someone once sold me his small childhood collection because he needed money and it included a couple of 80-81 Topps basketball packs. I didn't buy the collection for the packs, they were just part of it. I opened them and one included the Larry Bird/Magic Johnson rookie. He asked me what I pulled from the packs and I told him nothing special so as to not make him feel bad.

[JustinD]

I have a few unopened packs around as I think they make great display pieces. Like someone has said before, with many packs they are worth more as "unscratched lottery tickets" to many folks.

Many people work the system on these by either opening a few and finding the centering sucks for the box or some issues have easily figured out collation of the cards. 1986 fleer basketball for one, I have heard from some that you can basically open a box pull out the 3-4 Jordan's based on the sequence of the top visible card of the pack and then sell the other packs for a couple hundred each to people who don't know about this.

BBCE is a good supplier as previously mentioned, but I still would buy a sealed box and not single packs to get the best chances for fun.

As for those christmas rack packs, as others have mentioned those are absolute fantasy pieces. Complete Ebay junk.

[ALR-bishop]

Justin--- if you want to see what a great pack display looks like we need to get Anthony ( Griffins) to post his. Awesome

[JustinD]

Sounds like something I need to see!

I love vintage unopened packs as just picking one up brings me back in time to that youthful moment when you were in the dime store and you first saw the new cards of the spring next to the other candy.

love it.

[Griffins]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Sounds like something I need to see!

I love vintage unopened packs as just picking one up brings me back in time to that youthful moment when you were in the dime store and you first saw the new cards of the spring next to the other candy.

love it.

That is exactly why I started collecting packs and empty display boxes. I still get that feeling every time I look at them

[Boccabella]

Some excellent insight on vintage unopened packs, Christmas racks, spotting reseals etc.,from Steve Hart of BBCE/PSA: http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...ed-collectors/

[Snapolit1]

Amazing how much you can learn on these boards in a day. Thanks everyone.