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10-24-2019, 02:23 PM
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Paul Molitor was (is) my favorite player, and I distinctly remember the thrill of pulling his second-year card from a pack of 1979 Topps. Much cooler looking than his four-on-one rookie card, and he was photographed wearing the then-new Brewers uni/helmet with the glove logo.
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10-24-2019, 03:17 PM
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I was 14 in the summer of 1989 during the debut of Upper Deck and all the buzz about some rookie named Griffey. I didn't buy many packs of Upper Deck that year because, if you recall, they were over $1.00 apiece (compared to $0.45 for Topps). But one summer afternoon I bought a pack at my local card shop and sure enough got a Griffey. It felt like winning the lottery.
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10-24-2019, 03:52 PM
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1953 Topps mantle
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10-24-2019, 04:44 PM
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I can't remember every pack I ever opened, but here are the highlights:
1) In 1965 when I was 5, I bought a pack of Philadelphia Gum football cards from the ice cream man. I was too young to even know what football was. 2) In 1970, I bought a pack of baseball cards with money my mom had given me to buy broccoli. They came with a poster, and it was Ollie Brown. I figured he was a baseball legend. 3) By mid-summer of 1970 (I was 9), I was obsessed with cards. But the local stores stopped at the fourth series. My family traveled back east in the summer, and along the way, I picked up cards from the 5th and 6th series. Pulling Willie Mays from a pack was pretty exciting. 4) By the end of the season, Johnny Bench was firmly entrenched as my favorite player, but I still didn't have his card. But in December, I found his card in the display of a vending machine at a local grocery store, and fed coins into it until a card of the greatest catcher ever popped out. 5) The last meaningful pack I opened was in 1974. Although I was only 13, I was deep into vintage cards by this time. A neighbor and card seller, John Parks, sold me an unopened box of 1957 Topps football cards. It was sure fun busting them out of their cellophane, and I got all the big money rookies, but opening them was probably the worst financial decision in my life. Last edited by Chris-Counts; 10-24-2019 at 04:45 PM.
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10-24-2019, 05:26 PM
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Closest my kid ever got (now 13) was opening Pokemon packs - boy, was he into it for several years. The kids at his school were all into Pokemon, not a whisper of sports card pack, sigh.
He knew what he wanted - the Full Arts & Mega's. At least I got to watch his "Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat." Could be sheer joy, or almost in tears for not pulling anything good.
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10-24-2019, 05:28 PM
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10-24-2019, 05:41 PM
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10-24-2019, 06:40 PM
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I've pulled a few big ones in my time, but the most memorable was a card from the Exquisite pack below.
A few years ago I received a call from a private collector. This guy tracked me down after googling for a 08-09 Noble Nameplate Jordan card for his collection. I thought he was a crazy stalker/con man. I promptly got rid of him. He was persistent and reached out again a few days later. An offer was made that I couldn't refuse $$$$$$$. I said bye-bye to a card that I thought I'd keep forever... I do miss it. After the deal I was paranoid. I promptly changed my locks and laid low for a few weeks. This card hobby is serious. 
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#9
10-24-2019, 05:43 PM
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In 1984 at the ripe age of 11, I opened the greatest pack of my life, and just happened to be a pack of Donruss cards. Same pack had a pair of Don Mattingly rookie cards in it. He was the rage at the time, and 2 days later I made one of the best trades of my life, traded that pair of Mattingly’s for a 1956 Mantle in EX condition and a beat up 1958 Mantle. Sold the ‘56 9 years later to make a down payment on my wife’s engagement ring, I still have the ‘58 Mantle.
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10-24-2019, 06:02 PM
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Eleven years old in 1958 and bought a pack of Topps from my local candy store. I remember running home as I opened the pack to have Tony Kubek in all his orange brilliance staring out at me. It was a great pull as a Yankee fan and to this day, I still remember the color of that card.
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#12
10-24-2019, 06:25 PM
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You've heard this story before; nevertheless, it's worth repeating......
In the Fall of 1952, I opened this TOPPS 5-cent pack. Removed the skinny piece of bubble gum, tossed it away. And, started sorting thru the cards. Much to my surprise, Mantle was in the middle of these 5 cards. What a thrill. I still remember that moment of 67 years ago as if happened yesterday.   .  TED Z T206 Reference .
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#13
10-24-2019, 07:14 PM
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Wow, this is always a great story.........and will be tough to beat!
Thanks for sharing Ted Are those the other 4 original cards too ?? Quote:
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10-24-2019, 09:27 PM
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Yes, Chapman, Herman, Jeffcoat, and Spencer were in the pack with Mantle. I know this for a fact because I purchased only one TOPPS waxpack with Hi #s when I was a kid. Furthermore, all my cards from my youth were saved, and of the 1952 TOPPS (250+) cards, these 5 cards were the only Hi #s. TED Z T206 Reference .
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10-25-2019, 03:19 PM
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This is amazing in so many ways. I believe I read in another thread that you still own the Mantle.
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10-25-2019, 04:06 PM
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Value-wise mine pales in comparison, but since the thread is asking for 'memorable,' how about this experience from 1980? Every single card inside a wax pack I opened was the same, #230 Dave Winfield. All of the other packs I opened that day from the box at the drugstore were normal, but what an anomaly. A stack of fifteen (I think that's how many cards were in a pack back then) Winnies in the same wax cage. What a shame it wasn't filled with Rickey Hendersons! Oh well.
Here's a pic of an old binder still containing the lot (and others)... 1980winfields1.jpg
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10-25-2019, 04:10 PM
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Unfortunately, for me an 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. tops the list. I remember those foil packs and the feeling of someday making a fortune on the pages of his rookie cards that I pulled from packs.
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#18
10-25-2019, 05:20 PM
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Very true....I have a near complete 1952 TOPPS master set which includes this Mickey Mantle from my youth. Here are the two Mantle cards in my set...... Type 1 .................................................. .........……........... Type 2  TED Z T206 Reference .
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10-26-2019, 08:26 AM
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I agree. How can it get better than that for vintage? I don't remember my childhood days of ripping packs that much. We just bought a lot of the packs and opened them without giving it much thought, I guess. In my neighborhood we collected mainly teams (the Astros of course) and that was back in the late 60s and 70s....
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11-05-2019, 01:52 PM
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1958 Topps All-Star Stan Musial.
I was a young Musial fan who had been buying Topps cards since 1953 with no luck finding my hero. I had cut out a magazine photo of Stan and pasted it over Rip Repulski's head on a 1955 Bowman, but that was only mildly satisfying. But late in the (Topps) year in 1958 my wait was over.
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10-24-2019, 05:27 PM
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I think it was 1968 . There was a store across the street from my grammar school that sold packs. I remember pulling a Mantle and than a Unitas during the football season. 2 of my all time favorites .
Fond Memories John P
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