Whats the oldest unopened pack you ever opened and any luck?

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by griffins

steve hart is your best and only choice.

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[Jayjones82]

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.

[Tim Fritz]

Bought off ebay and opened 16 packs of '78-79 Topps basketball. Cards were NM to mint except for the card next to the gum. Almost put together one complete set.

And as others have already said don't try the gum.

[Griffins]

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.

[tjb1952tjb]

Originally Posted by Griffins

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.

Thanks for the good laugh Anthony.........very funny.

[teetwoohsix]

I don't know if it counts, I have an unopened can of hockey cards with Gretzky on the outside of the can 1997-1998 Pinnacle.... I often wonder what's on the inside. I bought it because at the time, I hadn't seen "cards in a can" before. Did they do this with baseball cards as well?

Sincerely, Clayton

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

I don't know if it counts, I have an unopened can of hockey cards with Gretzky on the outside of the can 1997-1998 Pinnacle.... I often wonder what's on the inside. I bought it because at the time, I hadn't seen "cards in a can" before. Did they do this with baseball cards as well?

Sincerely, Clayton

Yes. Baseball did the Pinnacle Inside (cards in a can) as well in 97 and 98.

[botn]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

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Steve is a great guy with an incredible inventory of graded and ungraded packs but isn't he the guy who grades packs for PSA?

[Jay Wolt]

Greg, from what I've been told, he doesn't grade them, he authenticates them & the graders assign the numerical grade.