Sixty years after it was boxed up and left the Topps plant during the Eisenhower administration, a Topps baseball cello pack finally revealed its contents Tuesday night. Still tightly sealed, the 12-card pack would have cost 10 cents in 1960. It was the star attraction in a five-hour pack breaking marathon conducted by Just Rip It. The company offered … [Read more...]
Notes: Big $ for Trout; Doncic, Leonard Jerseys at Auction; ’61-62 Fleer Break; Graham Elliot Talks Cards
Bidding for one of 25 BGS 9.5 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout autograph Orange Refractor cards is set to pass the six-figure mark heading into the final weekend of bidding at Goldin Auctions. It’s one of three Trout cards with bids currently exceeding $10,000 including: a 2009 Bowman Sterling Prospects BGS Black Label 10/Auto 10; a 2009 Bowman Sterling Propsects Gold Refractor … [Read more...]
Notes: NSCC Tickets, 1969 Cello Rip with Rico for Charity; Talking MLB Authentication
Tickets to the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago went on sale Monday morning. This is the 40th year for the large confab of collectors, dealers, auction companies, authenticators, breakers and anyone else associated with the hobby. General admission and VIP packages are being sold now. Autograph tickets will be available at a later date. The … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Rip at the National: 1958 Topps Football
1958 Topps football, how do we love thee? Well, there's the Jim Brown rookie card. Second year cards of John Unitas and Bart Starr. Several other Hall of Famers are also present in this pre-Lombardi era set. There are thousands of collectors who either own a set or are working on one. There are far fewer who have done a 1958 Topps cello pack break. 24 hours after … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break at the NSCC: 1968 Topps Cello
What fun is having all of these vintage wax and cello packs at the National Sports Collectors Convention if you don't open a few? Just Collect picked up a few old packs and on Friday, a 1968 Topps cello pack rip drew an audience in the 500 aisle at the show. Spoiler alert: Former AL MVP Zoilo Versalles makes an appearance. Watch it all unfold in less than three … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1976-77 Topps Hockey
Wayne Gretzky was on the way, but the National Hockey League didn’t feature many big time rookie cards 37 years ago. Hockey cards weren’t for speculators or investors either. They were for collectors the 1976-77 Topps hockey set is one even those on a limited budget can successfully chase. Our Vintage Pack Break of the Week courtesy of Just Collect takes you back to that … [Read more...]
Pack Break of the Week: 1984 Fleer Baseball
There was quite a buzz around the hobby in the spring of 1984. Donruss and Fleer had gained traction in the marketplace and there were some new rookies ready to make a splash at the big league level. While Topps cards could be found just about anywhere you looked, Fleer and Donruss were a little harder to locate. After utilizing a beige colored border in '83, Fleer went … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1980 Topps Baseball
Collectors were in for a jolt just one year later, but in 1980, the baseball card world was essentially as it had been for most of the previous 25 years. One manufacturer. One main set. Wax packs with a stick of gum. Fleer and Donruss would enter the business in '81 and so there's a bit of a nostalgic feel when you spot an unopened pack or box from 1980. Our Vintage … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1975-76 Topps Basketball Wax
If you love basketball history, there might not be a better set of trading cards than this one. This week, our sponsor, Just Collect, is ripping a 1975-76 Topps basketball pack. It's from an important and quite awesome time in hoop history. '75-76 marked the last year of the American Basketball Association prior to the merger with the NBA. Not every team made it, so this is … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Break of the Week: 1951 Topps Red Backs
The year before its 407-card debut set that turned the world of baseball card collecting on its ear forever, Topps dipped a toe into the game by producing two small issues of 52 cards. Referred to simply as Blue Backs and Red Backs, the cards were meant to be played with as a tabletop game rather than collected and put into bike spokes. The 1951 Topps Red Back set is easier … [Read more...]