1982-83 Wrestling All Stars PSA Graded Cards

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...72.m2749.l2649


It has been a while since I purchased a set of the 1982 A. I saw this one pop up on Sunday and initially sent a lower offer but after about a half an hour of looking at them and no response I just the hell with it and hit the BIN.

The seller is from Allentown, PA where the WWF did their TV taping's at this time and it wouldn't surprise me if this set came from an original owner who got one from the mail away in the programs.

I am really hopeful the seller sends them in top loaders or card savers. The centering on many are too low to grade but a handful in this lot look like they have great potential. I am very curious to see what the Andre looks like because in the pic it looks like it is NM or higher.

Once I get them I will update and post some scans.

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I tracked down my mailman Mike this morning and signed for my package.

It came in a big box so I assumed they were shipped protected in top loaders or card savers. The seller mailed them in a team bag inside of a small box and thankfully they arrived in great shape. I was a little nervous about how they would be shipped and even more so when I opened the box but no problems.

This is a beautiful set and they look like someone must have ordered them in 1982 and left them sitting in a safe place. I got them all in card savers and had to race out of the house and I am anxious to study them further tonight and get some scans of the better cards.

A good number of these are definitely heading to PSA.

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Here is the Andre

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Bill Watts

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The Chrusher

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Dusty Rhodes

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Ric Flair

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Terry Funk

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Hulk Hogan

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Jyd

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Jerry Lawler

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Pedro Morales

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Ted Dibiase

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Wahoo McDaniel

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Sending in these three as well.

Brock Gold /50

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Brock Playoff Honors /425

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Tyson Gritti back.

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Nice to see some All Stars being listed by an auction house. I asked on the main board and I think the price is pre buyers premium. Either way a solid showing and I am sure the buyer will really like them.

https://www.hugginsandscott.com/cgi-...l?itemid=35912


Edit:Price listed is confirmed to be pre buyers premium of 20 to 23%

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Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Nice to see some All Stars being listed by an auction house. I asked on the main board and I think the price is pre buyers premium. Either way a solid showing and I am sure the buyer will really like them.

https://www.hugginsandscott.com/cgi-...l?itemid=35912


Edit:Price listed is confirmed to be pre buyers premium of 20 to 23%

I know there is the convenience factor of picking up all three sets at one shot. But I would want a Hogan that didn't have the dreaded "OC" designation.

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Just got these this morning. This is the nicest raw Hogan I have ever gotten. The corners are absolutely blazing on it. The Andre has tremendous surface and a little OC and the corners look better in hand then in this scan. The bottom left is definitely touched.

I was at the pool Sunday partying but always make time for a quick EBAY search and found a set listed and the Hogan was the nicest card in the lot. Sent an offer I thought would get turned down and it was accepted. These are definitely making a trip to CA!

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Andre

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I check the pop report everyday and just now I went to look and saw the 10 column bump up by 1 and said to myself I bet it is a Hogan. Sure enough it was.

For PSA to award one a 10 it must be incredibly nice.

It will be very interesting to see if this card surfaces.

https://www.psacard.com/pop/boxing-w...s-series/54191

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Okay so not sure what to think of this. The Hogan is not in the Pop report now. I have never once seen a 10 removed. Obviously lower grade cards have dropped off from either a cert being mailed in from a crack out or a review.

https://www.psacard.com/pop/boxing-w...s-series/54191

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I sent an email to Steve this morning to try and find out some details and I already got an email back from Jackie and while she can't discuss specifics as it is another customers order she did confirm there is not a PSA 10 of the card.

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It could be a card involved with the altered/trimmed card scandal, and was removed from the Pop report.

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Originally Posted by sthoemke

It could be a card involved with the altered/trimmed card scandal, and was removed from the Pop report.

Steve it is hard to say so I won't speculate. I will say that is extremely odd and I can easily see how one might draw that conclusion.

It lasted one business day.

Someone asked in my CU thread why I check the population reports every day and had I not I would have never known.

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For some reason I can't get the price to come up in Watch Count but I know Greg got over 4k for this PSA 9 Mint Hogan. A new record.

It is amazing how the supply of this card in general has simply dried up. You used to be able to go to EBAY and see quite a few copies in various condition listed at one time but that isn't the case any longer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...orig_cvip=true

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Originally Posted by Dpeck100

For some reason I can't get the price to come up in Watch Count but I know Greg got over 4k for this PSA 9 Mint Hogan. A new record.

It is amazing how the supply of this card in general has simply dried up. You used to be able to go to EBAY and see quite a few copies in various condition listed at one time but that isn't the case any longer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...orig_cvip=true

There used to be a contant supply of sealed sets also. Now they are a rarity.

Has grading submissions slowed since the sealed sets dried up?

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Originally Posted by sthoemke

There used to be a contant supply of sealed sets also. Now they are a rarity.

Has grading submissions slowed since the sealed sets dried up?

Yes they have.

We are at a point where the population totals are crawling. As to be expected at this stage of the game.

I connected with a guy on Twitter recently that confirmed the production is extremely low and his parents owned the printing company. I am hoping to get some more information from him.

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Just had a chance to scan these with my Epson V600

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The American Dream

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Check out this article on the 1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A

https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2019/06...trading-cards/

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Just got this in the mail today. I love it when a yellow card has so much lower border. Great looking card!

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...kAAOSw-hVdDSUq


This sale caught me by surprise. Very strong price. Second Hogan to go for over 4k in the past month.

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The wife is out and have wanted to take a Kerry pic and rounded them all up.

[Card Tech710]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Thanks for the comments guys.

I purchased an Epson V600 recently and the scans finally do the cards justice.

Unbelievable 82 Wrestling All-Stars collection, I never knew that alot of those classic wrestlers were even in the set (Big Jon Studd, Steamboat, Curt Hennig) and all in high grade.

I have the Ric Flair in an 8 and paid a pretty penny for it so I can't imagine what some of your PSA 10's are worth.

Congrats again

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Originally Posted by Card Tech710

Unbelievable 82 Wrestling All-Stars collection, I never knew that alot of those classic wrestlers were even in the set (Big Jon Studd, Steamboat, Curt Hennig) and all in high grade.

I have the Ric Flair in an 8 and paid a pretty penny for it so I can't imagine what some of your PSA 10's are worth.

Congrats again

Thank you for the comment!

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I went to The Gathering in Charlotte this weekend and got a good number of cards signed. It was a great time!

My primary goal was to get Slaughter to sign the card I cracked out of a PSA 9 holder. I made sure he was super careful with it and it came out great.

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All the cards I got signed for me this weekend.

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Originally Posted by Dpeck100

I went to The Gathering in Charlotte this weekend and got a good number of cards signed. It was a great time!

My primary goal was to get Slaughter to sign the card I cracked out of a PSA 9 holder. I made sure he was super careful with it and it came out great.

Slaughter has aged well, IMO. Other than being a bit thinner, he doesn't look that much different than he did 30 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Bored5000

Slaughter has aged well, IMO. Other than being a bit thinner, he doesn't look that much different than he did 30 years ago.

He has aged very well!

Very friendly guy too.

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Originally Posted by Dpeck100

He has aged very well!

Very friendly guy too.

I know you did not grow up in WWF territory, but Slaughter's "Cobra Clutch Challenge" was such a hot angle when I was a kid. Week after week, he would challenge a jobber to try and break the hold, and, of course, none of them could. Rick McGraw came close, but the fans went absolutely nuts when Pat Patterson got up from the broadcast table to accept the challenge.

When the Grand Wizard (Ernie Roth) died in real life while managing Slaughter, for the next several television matches, Slaughter would turn before his match and look around for the Wizard to hand him his hat and whistle. I thought that was such a cool thing to have a heel do.

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Scans

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More signed cards

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Candi Devine

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Sheik

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Gagne

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Joyce

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Spike

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