At the National I was determined to find a vintage unopened pack of baseball cards. I was able to secure a
sweet 1975 Topps Mini pack, and I will be opening that some time in the not too distant future.
In the meantime, there were lots of not so vintage, but still a bit older packs of cardboard. Much much more affordable, too.
One example is this awesome pack of 1983 O-Pee-Chee. I actually got two of these, so hopefully this one will be so good that I won't be tempted to open the other one.
Let see Tony Gwynn, Ryne Sandberg, and Wade Boggs in this pack, ok?
Allons-y!
Oh the dreaded gum/card hybrid- the gum was stuck pretty firmly on the card and my attempt to remove it put a crease on the card... oh well.
First three in the pack - Bob Horner has a wax stain and a significant welt on the side of the card.
Kitty Kaat! That's a fun card.
We keep on Cruz-in' with Jose Cruz (senior)
Last three in the pack - you can see that Hayes is on a bit of a pedestal - that's the gum still stuck to the back...
My favorite card of the pack. Tom Terrific is (Now with Mets). He's a heckuva Lanceur.
I always worry about older wax packs being opened and then resealed with junk. For this reason I've never bought older packs of cards. I think I'm missing out. Your pack seems like it had an above average offering of players, with Seaver taking the cake.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Oh yeah, that's certainly a danger. It's less likely for sets that don't really have a signature card. 1983 has Gwynn and Boggs, but 1981 and 1982? Those two might be less likely to have been searched.
DeleteAnd you could always buy a whole box!
No wonder your French is so good, with all those O Pee Chee cards !
ReplyDeleteAbsolument!
DeleteI'd love to open an '80s OPC pack one day. Seaver is my favorite from this bunch as well.
ReplyDeleteThis pack was $2, which to me is maybe a little too much for what you get, but it was not an unreasonable amount of money for something that old and sealed.
DeleteMight start a mini collection of gum/card hybrid cards
ReplyDeleteIf you want that Von Hayes, let me know! I have a couple others too, I think. The gum may not stay stuck to the card if I mail it over, but I'd be happy to send it your way.
DeleteI've got a stack of gum stained cards hidden around here somewhere.
DeleteReally like those Reds cards, especially that odd Seaver card.
ReplyDeleteI'll add the Oester to the stack of 84 Topps I put together for you. I still want to check one more box for potentially more cards tonight, I should be all set to package the cards up and mail them out by Tuesday - oh! you should e-mail me your address so I can do that. My e-mail is brian dot d dot oneal at Gmail dot com
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