most memorable card you got opening a pack

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

5) The last meaningful pack I opened was in 1974. Although I was only 13, I was deep into vintage cards by this time. A neighbor and card seller, John Parks, sold me an unopened box of 1957 Topps football cards. It was sure fun busting them out of their cellophane, and I got all the big money rookies, but opening them was probably the worst financial decision in my life.

If all of our worst financial decisions happened when we were 13, we would all be pretty well off. LOL

[milkit1]

37 years of opening packs and got my best pull ever this summer.

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[herbc]

I've pulled a few big ones in my time, but the most memorable was a card from the Exquisite pack below.
A few years ago I received a call from a private collector. This guy tracked me down after googling for a 08-09 Noble Nameplate Jordan card for his collection. I thought he was a crazy stalker/con man. I promptly got rid of him. He was persistent and reached out again a few days later.
An offer was made that I couldn't refuse $$$$$$$. I said bye-bye to a card that I thought I'd keep forever... I do miss it.
After the deal I was paranoid. I promptly changed my locks and laid low for a few weeks. This card hobby is serious.

[insidethewrapper]

In 1960 I rode my bike to the local party store and bought a pack of 1960 Topps, opened it and there it was, a horizontal card of Al Kaline. I rode back home as fast as I could to show my dad.

[Buythatcard]

1961 was the first year that I started buying cards. I bought enough packs that year to complete the set. Found multiple Mantles in the packs but that didn't excite me. Pulling a Roger Maris card from the pack was my biggest thrill since I was such a diehard Maris fan.

[Rascal1010]

In 1984 at the ripe age of 11, I opened the greatest pack of my life, and just happened to be a pack of Donruss cards. Same pack had a pair of Don Mattingly rookie cards in it. He was the rage at the time, and 2 days later I made one of the best trades of my life, traded that pair of Mattingly’s for a 1956 Mantle in EX condition and a beat up 1958 Mantle. Sold the ‘56 9 years later to make a down payment on my wife’s engagement ring, I still have the ‘58 Mantle.

[ocjack]

Eleven years old in 1958 and bought a pack of Topps from my local candy store. I remember running home as I opened the pack to have Tony Kubek in all his orange brilliance staring out at me. It was a great pull as a Yankee fan and to this day, I still remember the color of that card.

[rats60]

A 1954 Bowman Mickey Mantle from a "Paris, TN find" pack.

[davidan]

1979 Topps Football Earl Campbell Rookie for me. He was my hero then (I was 7) and still my favorite player of all time. That was, is and will always be my favorite card!

[whitehse]

I stopped opening packs years ago but on occasion I would buy a box just to scratch that it so to speak. 1994 I was doing a card show and one of the dealers there has unopened Upper Deck boxes for a great price so I bought one. To pass the time during the slow show I opened the packs and about half way through I hit the Mantle/Griffey duel autograph card. I Was so shocked and had to ask several dealers around me if what I was holding was indeed what I pulled.

I loved that card but financial issues caused me to sell it a few years later and is probably my only regret in terms of selling a card.

1986 DonRuss Jose Canseco in '90 or '91 when it was a $100 card, and a '90 Leaf Frank Thomas in 1991 or 1992 when it was one of the hottest cards in the hobby.