Best pulls from Card Packs

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-09-24, 06:33 AM

That is a nice pull, congrats!!

Those paper cards are very hard grades, I would not send it in to get graded as certain cards are difficult to get 10s or even 9s. I sent in a Bobby Witt Jr rookie Home Field Advantage that I pulled a year or 2 ago and it looked very clean and it came back a PSA 8...

I would sell it personally unless he or you has some type of attachment to Nolan Ryan?

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-09-24, 07:39 AM

Nice, Brady. I don't do much modern.

Fun to open packs. For me, I OLDER packs. Best pull I've ever seen live = guy who pulled an Ozzie Smith rookie card. It looked to be Mint (a 9 or 10), and there aren's many of those.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-09-24, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Nice, Brady. I don't do much modern.

Fun to open packs. For me, I OLDER packs. Best pull I've ever seen live = guy who pulled an Ozzie Smith rookie card. It looked to be Mint (a 9 or 10), and there aren's many of those.

Chucky, ripping packs is definitely fun!

Be careful with those old packs(wax sealed) as many have already been opened and resealed.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-09-24, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

Chucky, ripping packs is definitely fun!

Be careful with those old packs(wax sealed) as many have already been opened and resealed.

For sure, Jake. So likely that the older packs have been re-sealed. There was a whole market for 1986 Fleer Bask packs. A clean WRAPPER sold for a good bit. I wonder why.

Have a few stories on the old packs. Much greater than 50/50 chance that they've been re-sealed.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-09-24, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

For sure, Jake. So likely that the older packs have been re-sealed. There was a whole market for 1986 Fleer Bask packs. A clean WRAPPER sold for a good bit. I wonder why.

Have a few stories on the old packs. Much greater than 50/50 chance that they've been re-sealed.

I'd never buy a wax sealed pack, regardless of how good it looks(clean wrapper) or if it's been certified...do not trust it.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-09-24, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

I'd never buy a wax sealed pack, regardless of how good it looks(clean wrapper) or if it's been certified...do not trust it.

That's sound advice. I have to jog my memory on these details. But I have one Ebay story:

*I purchased a 1980-81 Topps hockey set. It looked fairly good (but not Mint).
...I like collecting those sets. I was happy with the condition & price. Included Gretzky 2nd year card.
...Kicker was that he included one wax pack from that year. As I'm purchasing, I'm saying to myself that there's NO WAY that pack is authentic. You don't just throw that in.
...Of course the pack did not include a Gretzky. I will say that the cards look OK and weren't banged up.

**johnnyvegas13** · 08-09-24, 09:26 AM

Pulled a mahomes Texas tech patch out of a retail box

**johnnyvegas13** · 08-09-24, 09:27 AM

Worth around $100

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-09-24, 09:44 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

That's sound advice. I have to jog my memory on these details. But I have one Ebay story:

*I purchased a 1980-81 Topps hockey set. It looked fairly good (but not Mint).
...I like collecting those sets. I was happy with the condition & price. Included Gretzky 2nd year card.
...Kicker was that he included one wax pack from that year. As I'm purchasing, I'm saying to myself that there's NO WAY that pack is authentic. You don't just throw that in.
...Of course the pack did not include a Gretzky. I will say that the cards look OK and weren't banged up.

I can remember in the late 80s when Upper Deck started with that 1989 baseball set(iconic Ken Griffey Jr rookie). There were some error cards that were quite expensive(name missing etc). Some people I knew were taking erasers and using them on the card to remove the name and then melting wax and applying it back on the card so it would have that glossy look. This was 35 years ago!! Lord knows what people do now...One can easily reseal a wax pack by melting wax and using a hot iron or something to make it look new(unopened).

**biggie12** · 08-09-24, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

I can remember in the late 80s when Upper Deck started with that 1989 baseball set(iconic Ken Griffey Jr rookie). There were some error cards that were quite expensive(name missing etc). Some people I knew were taking erasers and using them on the card to remove the name and then melting wax and applying it back on the card so it would have that glossy look. This was 35 years ago!! Lord knows what people do now...One can easily reseal a wax pack by melting wax and using a hot iron or something to make it look new(unopened).

I have full sets of 91 92 upper deck baseball... I havent checked in years but they were not worth much I'm sure not much has changed Pretty sure this is when cards were really popular so they aren't very rare.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-09-24, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by johnnyvegas13

Pulled a mahomes Texas tech patch out of a retail box

Nice hit, John.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-09-24, 10:45 AM

Originally posted by biggie12

I have full sets of 91 92 upper deck baseball... I havent checked in years but they were not worth much I'm sure not much has changed Pretty sure this is when cards were really popular so they aren't very rare.

late 80s-early 90s are 99.9% overprinted worthless junk(a few exceptions)...sadly, I don't think either of those sets are worth more than $50.

**biggie12** · 08-09-24, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

late 80s-early 90s are 99.9% overprinted worthless junk(a few exceptions)...sadly, I don't think either of those sets are worth more than $50.

yeah I didn't think so. Maybe in another 30-40 years will be worth something for the kids.

I did have a Bobby Orr rookie card that was worth about $400 back around 20 years ago. Card was lost or stolen by someone through the years

**BradytheK9** · 08-10-24, 11:56 PM

Originally posted by johnnyvegas13

Pulled a mahomes Texas tech patch out of a retail box

Nice pull!

**BradytheK9** · 08-11-24, 01:24 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

That is a nice pull, congrats!!

Those paper cards are very hard grades, I would not send it in to get graded as certain cards are difficult to get 10s or even 9s. I sent in a Bobby Witt Jr rookie Home Field Advantage that I pulled a year or 2 ago and it looked very clean and it came back a PSA 8...

I would sell it personally unless he or you has some type of attachment to Nolan Ryan?

Thanks for the advice JAKEPEAVY21 . My nephew's love ripping packs but soon as they get done w/ last pack they dip. Then im stuck w/clean up duty so I have to put em all away in binders, sleeve, toploader or box. I get on them about rip'n & run'n all the time (or chewing & screwing as my grandma would say to u if u went to visit & took off right after dinner)! I got few value boxes & hobby box for oldests bday yesterday & they opened em all b4 I got off wk but I'll be damned by time I got home every single card they had pulled was already put away in binder, sleeve or holder which absolutely shocked me & made my day. Well I guess they are actually listening at least 1 out of 10 times I say something!

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 09-27-24, 11:27 AM

I saw that this past week someone pulled a Yamine Lamal 1/1 superfractor image variation auto from a 2023-24 Merlin blaster box($29.99)...That is the product hit and looks to be a 20k+ card...heck of a return on investment!!

**BradytheK9** · 11-28-24, 03:06 PM

I bought a 2024 Topps Update series box from Fanatics $24.99. It has 9 pks instead of 7. In the very last pack (9th) pulled a 1/1 magenta printing plate. It was my very first 1/1 after 30 yrs ripping packs.

**ThaWoj** · 11-28-24, 04:44 PM

Yeah I have complete topps baseball sets from 88 to 92 and they're not worth anything