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07-15-2012, 07:11 PM
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What dealer these days has the best vintage selection of the pre 1976 packs? Reading the posts about the 1950's packs being opened was pretty cool.You guys must have been nervous as hell...like russian roullette.
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07-15-2012, 07:59 PM
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Tho its only 23 years old now. I just got an 89 score FB pack. Itching, but waiting for my friend to get home from Maine. When I get my mini pack, hopefully in October, I'll post the photos and results here
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07-15-2012, 08:21 PM
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A couple weeks ago at a show I picked up a '82 Donruss pack for $2 and got the Ripken rookie, pretty excited about that. I also remember pulling a '84Mattingly topps rookie out of a pack in the mid '90's and was jumping up and down.
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07-15-2012, 08:34 PM
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With the newer, by comparison at least, stuff, its just the fun of opening and finding the name, eg. the Ripken in the Donruss.
I think the old pack openers, and I used to be one, are NUTS. If ANYONE opens something awesome, give us results and photos of what you pull 
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07-15-2012, 09:05 PM
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Opened about four 5 cent 1962 Topps packs back in the early 80's from a card shop in Kansas City. The owner had a whole box out and was selling packs for maybe 15-20 bucks a pop. I know, in hindsight I should have purchased everything.
Don't remember any stars and I think the centered cards are in my set to this day.
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07-15-2012, 09:19 PM
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I had a dealer friend in the middle later 80s who had a huge deal coming w Mr. Mint. the day before, I went to his store, and he had a bunch of 65 cello packs. He said I could have five for 15.00 each.
 I remember getting Clemente, Maris and Koufax out of some of the packs I opened. AT LEAST nines. Sadly they and the packs are long gone. This thread is bringing back a LOT of memories from the good old days. Course, then there was the 69 cello I got from the Atlanta National in 1992 from The Prince of Cards. I didn't open it till a few months later. Twelve commons, w TWO CARDS w WAX on the face in the middle of the pack. Needless to say, I WAS FURIOUS 
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07-15-2012, 10:59 PM
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07-16-2012, 06:42 AM
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www.bbcexchange.com Last edited by GrayGhost; 07-16-2012 at 06:42 AM.
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08-08-2012, 09:53 AM
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Not the oldest packed I've opened, but it had the best hit: I bought some '75 mini packs to have graded a year or so ago. My sister was over at my house with her kids and I walked into my office to find my 2-year-old nephew messing with one of the packs. He'd already peeled the back of the pack open, so I figured I might as well go ahead and open it, since there wasn't any use getting it graded. I'd bought 5 packs...the one he forced me to open had a nice Brett RC.
Last edited by Jayjones82; 08-08-2012 at 09:55 AM.
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08-08-2012, 12:31 PM
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About 8 years ago I was going thru some packs I'd bought at the National to send off for grading.
As I grabbed the '62 pack it slipped out of my hands, and in making a quick grab I ripped the back flap. Figuring it was toast, I went ahead and opened the pack (bunch of commons, not great centering). Curiosity got the best of me and I popped the gum in my mouth. It disintegrated instantly, and left the 2nd worst taste I've ever had in my mouth (you don't want to try homemade millet beer in West Africa either, trust me). I brushed my teeth, gargled, and then started drinking single malt to kill the gum taste. No avail. More single malt, and then some more. At this point I didn't care about the foul taste that much, and the '63 Fleer pack started looking like it needed to be opened as well. I hesitated for a moment, looked at the pack, the now half full bottle of Macallan, and decided to head to bed. Gum taste stayed with me for 2 days.
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08-08-2012, 10:12 PM
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Good laugh.........
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Thanks for the good laugh Anthony.........very funny. Last edited by tjb1952tjb; 08-08-2012 at 10:13 PM.
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08-08-2012, 06:53 PM
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