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07-13-2012, 07:08 PM
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I have opened 1960 packs
When I was working part-time for John Broggi back in the day, he got part of the Alan Rosen Paris Tennessee find of 1954 and 1955 Bowman packs and 1960 Topps packs.
I opened one 1960 Topps pack, pulled a Mantle and quit. At the time, that pack was 28 years old Rich 
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07-13-2012, 07:41 PM
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Unopened
I have a few boxes of unopened 1984 Topps lying around, and in the spirit of the evening I thought I'd open a few packs. First card ... Dale Berra. So much for nostalgia.
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07-13-2012, 09:16 PM
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Maybe a year or so ago, perhaps two, I found unopened packs of 1982 Topps in one of those vending machines that sell packs of cards. Usually the oldest I'll see is '86, and there are plenty of '88s and '89s.
Anyway I bought a few of those '82 packs - I think they were $1.00 apiece, maybe they were $2.00 - and I opened 'em - and I pulled a "Future Stars" Cal Ripken rookie.
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07-13-2012, 09:59 PM
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Not terribly vintage but I have an old countertop Donruss display that holds three boxes of wax packs. It's sitting on my dresser and it has a box of 88 and a box of 89 Topps in it. Every now and then I pull a couple packs out as I walk by and tear them open like I was a kid again. It's awesome. I know I'm not going to pull anything of value, but it's the thrill of just opening some wax from my childhood that I'm searching for. And I get it every time.
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07-13-2012, 10:50 PM
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I see no mention of anyone chewing the gum. In the early 90's I opened a pack of 77 Topps and decided to see what the gum tasted liked. The results, it tasted like cardboard and disintegrated in my mouth. Don't remember the cards but they must not have been any good.
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07-13-2012, 11:06 PM
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I did try the gum from my 88 and 89 packs! It was terrible. It tasted like it was chemically treated and disintegrated like you said. 
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07-14-2012, 12:00 AM
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Random Packs laying around
Opened a 1979 topps and got an Ozzie Smith rookie. And the gum always sucks. No matter what stay away from the gum.
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07-14-2012, 08:22 AM
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1966 Topps Football. PSA 7 Namath. Many 8's and 9 commons still in my set today. And at least 20 boxes of 1966 Monster Laffs. Prolly put together 5 sets of those. I do remember opening a 1963 Fleer Football box but can't remember what I pulled. 1965 Tall Boy football. Still have all the Bills from that box. 1964 Topps football. Still have those cards but some how they all are creased in the middle. 1966 Topps baseball. All those except the Yankees and orioles made it into my bike spokes or the inside of my baseball hat to keep the shape.
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07-14-2012, 08:51 AM
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No Graham, but the gum was deelicious. Stautner was the card.
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07-14-2012, 09:07 AM
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07-15-2012, 07:04 PM
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Not baseball but I opened 2 79 Topps hockey packs about 10 years ago...paid $20 each and got a Gretzky rookie and a Howe.A 1970 Topps basketball with a Maravich rookie showing through the back...kept closed and sold it.Baseball 1973 Topps ..a Palmer.Pack cost me $15 at the time.I think pre 1976 packs are priced such that unless you get the key card you will lose $$$.But is sure tempting to do.
I wish I had the spare money to relive my 2 favorite pack opening experiences...1971 with the tin coin..my 1st packs and 1975 ..the 1st year I actually collected /completed a set from packs.Memories of going through rack packs at the toy store trying to find those last evasive cards.Those days are gone but they were very cool.
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08-14-2012, 05:42 AM
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When I was really into sending cards to PSA around 2000-02 I ripped a few dozen old packs over that two year span including 1961 Fleer FB, 1962 Topps FB, 1968 Topps FB, 1971 and 1972 Topps HKY and 1972/73/74/75 BKB packs. I now kick myself in the a$$ every time I think about doing that!
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08-14-2012, 06:22 AM
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The oldest (legit) packs I've opened were '75 Topps and I've opened quite a few of them. I opened a rack pack last year (from BBC) and in just one sleeve, got Aaron, Blyleven, Gibson, and the Yount RC. Sent the Yount to PSA and got a 9.
Opened some '81 football recently and got a Montana RC in the first pack. I've gotten two Ozzie RCs in '79 Topps. I have a pack of '73 Topps but it's staying sealed because it has Killebrew on the back. Gotten lots of Ripkens in '82 Topps (one got a 9) and the trifecta in '83 Topps.
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08-14-2012, 02:53 PM
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Last edited by rainier2004; 08-14-2012 at 02:53 PM.
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12-18-2017, 06:54 AM
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In 1984 I made a 1951 Topps Red Back set out of packs. There was a find and they were pretty cheap. I also opened 1954 and 1955 Bowman and 1955 Topps packs out of the Paris, TN find and 1961 Fleer basketball which were plentiful in the late 80s.
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12-18-2017, 07:29 AM
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I had a 1959 One Cent pack for a while but I never opened it. I did discover though that if you held it up to a bright enough light you could see through the wrapper. There was Ray Narleski staring at me through some wax. I left him right where he was.
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12-18-2017, 07:43 AM
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About 10 years ago my father found 6 unopened 1972 cello packs in the basement. He used to get the Sunday papers and bring me back cards. he must have bought these and forgot. There were a large number of really nice cards but no major hits like a Fisk rookie. I still have them all.
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10-05-2012, 10:43 AM
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about 6-8 months ago i was at a local card shop and he had a box of 1979 o-pee-chee for around $5-$6 a pack and said what the heck and bought a couple hopeing to pull one of my childhood favorites the wizard ozzie smith and by a stroke of luck i pulled a ozzie smith rc in his padre uniform and its not worth much but man was i happy and walked out with a smile.
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