One thing missing from vintage collecting: opening packs

Griffins · #1 08-12-2020, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CJinPA

Maybe someone can tell me, is net54 a tag form the old Sportsnet dialup dealer group from the late 80's, early 90's? I use to be a member and have been curious over the past several months....

John Spencer was a dealer (he's still around, just not selling as much) with a company called Full Count. He had a message board attached to his website, which was by the time I found it in '99, the main vintage message board. After a few years John shut it down and that afternoon 2 replacement boards started up- a yahoo group run by John's partner Mike Williams, and a group on the Network 54 platform run by Eliot Bassin. After a few months Mike closed the Yahoo group, as that platform wasn't as functional as Network 54.
Elliot ran the group for a year, passed it over to Bill Cornell for a year, then Leon took over for good. Lots of improvements, lots of community building, and a new platform, which is why Network 54 is now Net 54 and on a more reliable platform.

Mike D. · #2 08-12-2020, 05:23 PM

For me it�s usually junk wax, but occasionally something random...like the 1994 Bowman wax box that�s currently on its way to my mailbox.

Some of the worthless junk wax is shredded and composted.

WA_HOF_rookie · #3 08-12-2020, 06:47 PM

I'm new to Net54 and just got back into cards when Covid hit. I hadn't purchased any packs (nor even thought about them) since the mid-80s, and really got confused with cards on eBay today being primarily chrome doodads, numbered rainbow sprinkles, and orange sherbert refractors, so I bought 5 Hobby boxes to try and understand the 'new' market (Archives, Heritage, Donruss, Series 1/2). I had a blast opening them, and even more fun putting them in penny sleeves and adding cards to binders like I did when I was a kid, but I don't like clutter, so no more packs for me.

I really, REALLY wish I had that money back to buy more old Ernie Banks cards, but live and learn.

I bought my first s74 silks on eBay last week and it feels good to have found vintage cards...and that's what led me here. If I do get the hankering to open a pack, I'll buy a box of old 1980-something Topps off eBay and try to finish the 1984 set I abandoned when I was a kid!

Nice to e-meet everyone and stay safe,
Chris

ajjohnsonsoxfan · #4 08-13-2020, 01:29 AM

Timely thread! Got the hankering to rip some packs last week and just got these from BBCE.

Den*nis O*Brien · #5 08-14-2020, 12:09 PM

... for the older members here. I thank the OP for putting the question up here. It really was rewarding to put the weekly allowance into a pile of wax packs with all the magic of hidden possibilities. And to go a bit afield and grab a few Zorro, Jets, Davy Crockett and various TV westerns packs. As has been mentioned, chewing so much gum the jaw hurt. The garbage can in front of the corner store over flowing with those glorious wrappers, huge wads of chewed pink gum and sometimes discarded baseball commons from a disappointed buyer. I have fuzzy memories of opening '55 Bowman and clear pictures of '58 and '59 Topps packs with those bright background colors bursting from the ripped wax . The Op is so very right there are a few important missing components to modern collecting. That is one of the reasons that I have no interest in the shiny new stuff. But I have had this tray of '78 unopened packs for over 30 years and have tattered the cellophane a bit. Although it is way too new for my collecting tastes I have resisted opening them just to test my resolve. But some nights before the 3rd glass of box vino....they are in danger. I have found that handling the book "The Wax Pack" soothes my need enough until I fall asleep. With the cover, The author has recreated the wax pack feel pretty accurately. Yep...packs were great !!

rjackson44 · #6 08-14-2020, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Timely thread! Got the hankering to rip some packs last week and just got these from BBCE.

Nice a.j

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