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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Temptation

I purchased some sealed vintage wax packs awhile back - Here's one of 1979 O-Pee-Chee



 There are ten cards to a pack, I just know there's a Met in this one. I'm very tempted to bust it open and see what other cards might be in there! It's very hard to resist, so thankfully I bought two. Here's what I saw when I opened the pack:

Two cards get eaten by gum and wax, respectively, so here's most of the pack. I think Joaquin is my favorite, I'm a fan of the rainbow sunrise Astros uniforms...

But


wait


what's

this?
I have to say that I never, ever, ever, get the "hit" in a pack or box of packs. Pulling Ozzie's Rookie card is definitely the best card I've ever gotten out of a pack in my life. Sweet sideburns, dude.

I'm less tempted to open that other pack now.

I'm geared more towards vintage, so this made me happier than if I had pulled a relic or auto - what is the best pack you've ever opened? Is there any single card that made you do a little happy dance?
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16 comments:

  1. RAZFebruary 10, 2015 at 7:06 PM

    That's a pretty good pack.

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  2. JediJeffFebruary 10, 2015 at 7:56 PM

    Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

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  3. GOGOSOX60February 10, 2015 at 8:26 PM

    Awesome sauce!

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  4. Play at the PlateFebruary 11, 2015 at 1:44 AM

    Very nice pack!!

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  5. Mark KazFebruary 11, 2015 at 5:13 AM

    Whoa Nellie! I mean...Whoa Ozzie! Nice card of the Hit King, also.

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  6. The Junior JunkieFebruary 11, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Wow! Keep that wrapper. Very cool design.

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    1. BrianFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:24 AM

      I've seen the wrappers alone on sale on ebay - I guess there is a market for everything! I agree, these older wax wrappers are pretty cool. I've got several of them from 1979 and 1978 just chillin in a little ziplock baggie. I'm not sure how best to store the empty wrapper. The full packs fit nicely in team bags...

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    2. Mark HoyleFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM

      I have a full run of Topps baseball wrappers for the 70's. I have them in two pocket pages. They fit pretty good if opened and laid flat

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    3. BrianFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:55 AM

      That's a good way to do it, Mark - I might try that! I'll have to see if the shop that's hosting this weekend's show has 2-pocket pages.

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    4. Mark HoyleFebruary 12, 2015 at 5:56 AM

      The show down near me has every type page imaginable. Let me know how you make out. I can send you a few.

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    5. BrianFebruary 12, 2015 at 8:01 AM

      Cool - I'll do that. I'll for sure have a post up about the show on Saturday or Sunday.

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  7. Johnnys Trading SpotFebruary 11, 2015 at 9:58 AM

    a 1 of 1 elway was the best pull I ever had. and yeah I did a happy dance. congrats on the oz pull, and the rose too!

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    1. BrianFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:25 AM

      I would dance for any 1/1 - but pulling one of your favorite players as a 1/1 must have been extra special! Very cool.

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  8. UnknownFebruary 12, 2015 at 7:35 AM

    Sweet Nice pull for Vintage.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:11 AM

    That's the first sports set I ever collected. When I got back into baseball cards after abandoning it c. 1992, that was the first set on my priority list to finish off.

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    1. BrianFebruary 12, 2015 at 9:19 AM

      Very Cool - I have to say I prefer the O-Pee-Chee logo to Topps on the 1979 set.

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