Oldest packs you've opened?

canjond · #1 01-20-2010, 11:46 AM

ALR-bishop · #2 01-20-2010, 01:09 PM

Very nice Jon.

If you have a party maybe you can light one up and pass it around

JasonL · #3 01-20-2010, 03:53 PM

but that card looks trimmed to me!

(actually, very cool...thanks for sharing that one)

some wicked good centering on that one...

canjond · #4 01-22-2010, 02:26 PM

Actually - I must confess, I was not the original person to open the pack. The card and pack were opened, and then sold to me as such. It's actually a little unfortunate - I would have LOVED for that pack to stay unopened.

canjond · #5 01-22-2010, 02:28 PM

And on a side note, you can clearly see how the card was packed in the pack... it had it's back facing the cigarettes and the top part of the card was right under the flap (you can actually see a "soiling" mark below where the flap extended down to, leaving an outline of the flap.

Rickyy · #6 01-22-2010, 04:38 PM

My earliest memory was opening a 1967 wax pack as a little tyke..my dad bought it for me at the US NAVAL BASE exchange..but since I didn't collect them at the time I can't recall what cards were in them. I do recall opening 1971 cello pack that came in those blue box. I was seriously collecting between 1972-1975 as a kid so I vividly recall opening packs from those years many times over. Funniest one was buying 2 wax boxes at a local 7-11 in 1975 and going what the @$#%!

All the cards were miniatures..( I live in N. Calif

) then I went to the local drug store and found regular size cards...I went back to 7-11 and told them they sold strange cards..and the guy at the counter was like kid what are you talking about?

I also remember ripping open a 1971 Topps FB Rack Pack (I remember 2 Andy Russell All Pro cards on the front) and some 73 rack packs towards the end of the baseball season and getting cards from multiple series...

Ricky Yo

Griffins · #7 01-22-2010, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by onlychild View Post
Same here. I opened a 1954 Football pack and a 1956 Topps Round Up (non sport)...then ate the gum.

The Round Up ended graded an 8.

Kevin

Careful Kevin, that will stunt your growth!

Here's a friend of mine opening a '62 cello pack at the National in '08. It was a blast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyX4v8u2gr8

Leon · #8 01-23-2010, 10:14 AM

I bought a Ramly cig pack on ebay one time that still had the Ramly card with it. As Jon mentioned above, you could see a tiny stain in the exact spot where it was in the pack, as the pack had the stain too. It was really neat. I should have kept that card but I do still have the pack. I sent the card to SGC and it came back an 80...which is quite nice for a T204. It was sold to another board member and I don't know if he still has it or not. regards

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