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Old 10-21-2023, 11:26 AM
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What I have never understood is why vintage packs sell for a price that seems to assume that the most expensive card in the set is in that pack.
It's never made any sense to me, if that's the case, just buy the card so there is no question about what you have. I get there are collectors who buy packs for the esthetic of the wrapper but to pay for a 52 Topps pack assuming there is a Mantle in every pack seems crazy to me.
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Old 10-21-2023, 02:17 PM
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It's never made any sense to me, if that's the case, just buy the card so there is no question about what you have. I get there are collectors who buy packs for the esthetic of the wrapper but to pay for a 52 Topps pack assuming there is a Mantle in every pack seems crazy to me.
+1 on that. Ridiculous.
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Another one valued way up there that was opened recently was a 2003-04 basketball Exquisite Collection which I think had a Lebron James Jersey auto rookie numbered to 99. The seller had bought a three-pack case, and was opening them one at a time.
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1528212 This shows one of those box/packs, at a cost of $75K.

For those that aren't aware of modern box prices, Topps does a product annually called Transcendant that costs about $30K, and includes a whole bunch of HOF autos, a cut signature of a legend, and a ticket to go to a player meet and greet.
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It's never made any sense to me, if that's the case, just buy the card so there is no question about what you have. I get there are collectors who buy packs for the esthetic of the wrapper but to pay for a 52 Topps pack assuming there is a Mantle in every pack seems crazy to me.
some people split 10's in blackjack!
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some people split 10's in blackjack!
If the dealer is showing a 6, why not?
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