1954 Bowman Baseball Wax Pack Break - Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen Collection

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
  • Breaking the Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen 1954 Bowman Pack!

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  • @Mountainmansportscards
    @Mountainmansportscards 7 місяців тому +22

    Pack of commons. That's why you keep those packs sealed.

  • @jamessekulich2344
    @jamessekulich2344 10 місяців тому +82

    Can't believe that you put those valuable old cards into the worst card sleeves and without penny sleeves.

    • @roberthuot7887
      @roberthuot7887 10 місяців тому +9

      I cannot believe that either.

    • @brooklynbreaks2.0
      @brooklynbreaks2.0 10 місяців тому +12

      He’s an amateur

    • @historybuff1483
      @historybuff1483 8 місяців тому +5

      Semi rigids. Pretty common for vintage.

    • @edwinbjorgen3790
      @edwinbjorgen3790 8 місяців тому

      What a DA

    • @cardsandcomics
      @cardsandcomics 8 місяців тому +7

      PSA used to reject vintage in penny sleeves. It's not really needed for vintage

  • @willbryant9297
    @willbryant9297 7 місяців тому +8

    Video should be titled “how to turn $7000 into $5”

  • @user-tl5ub2wq5l
    @user-tl5ub2wq5l 6 місяців тому +4

    Wow, that first 20 minutes of pack opening was awesome

    • @trevordinsmore2194
      @trevordinsmore2194 5 місяців тому +1

      Really...six and a half minutes before we see a card.

  • @lilyak1408
    @lilyak1408 Рік тому +18

    He said "Hasent been opened since 1954..." lmao bro this pack was opened searched sold searched again resold probably 5 time until every card was trash! Poor guy

  • @geoffrey8722
    @geoffrey8722 Рік тому +47

    So incredibly painful......to watch

    • @Feargod999
      @Feargod999 Рік тому

      Why?

    • @itguy8900
      @itguy8900 Рік тому +3

      Agree

    • @allsomejunk2088
      @allsomejunk2088 10 місяців тому +4

      RECKLESS

    • @KYLEMATHENEY304
      @KYLEMATHENEY304 10 місяців тому +5

      So reckless he doesn't need to be ripping expensive packs cause after he handles them and throws them down and shoves them into the card saver without sleeves. Just plan out RECKLESS

    • @jayvalentine2046
      @jayvalentine2046 9 місяців тому

      In so many ways

  • @rivrev65
    @rivrev65 Рік тому +21

    I can use the gum to put in my next pack of unopened cards.

  • @christopherangeli8847
    @christopherangeli8847 10 місяців тому +8

    Very entertaining, of course I enjoy watching paint dry.

  • @joseph6507
    @joseph6507 8 місяців тому +4

    Part of Rosen's 1987 Paris Tennessee find. OVER 750 UNOPENED PACKS OF 54,55 BOWMAN,and 55TOPPS.

  • @tonymoretti2347
    @tonymoretti2347 8 місяців тому +3

    Searched pack all crappy commons. Thanks for coming out

  • @coryhardcastle3031
    @coryhardcastle3031 6 місяців тому +5

    The fact that I waited six and a half minutes just for you to pull the first card shaking my head

  • @jaycollector6555
    @jaycollector6555 Рік тому +13

    No penny sleeves before card saver??

    • @JmfnP
      @JmfnP Рік тому +6

      ..... $0.01 ..... our thoughts EXACTLY my guy! 1st break watched, will never participate just due to the lack of $0.07 .....

    • @historybuff1483
      @historybuff1483 8 місяців тому +1

      Not for a semi rigid. PSA wont even accept them

  • @theodorerivera81
    @theodorerivera81 7 місяців тому +1

    Very cool video and cards. Vintage cards rock.

  • @Final50Meters
    @Final50Meters Місяць тому

    I've seen that L. Dale Mitchell going as high as $600 at a PSA 9 ... The Mantle would have been amazing!

  • @jerseyshawn4283
    @jerseyshawn4283 8 місяців тому +4

    OMG that is def a repack the gum didn't even leave any marks

  • @twobobsboxbreaks3134
    @twobobsboxbreaks3134 Рік тому +13

    Man oh man hard to watch. Sleeve before putting in plastic ultra… and there’s no way this pack wasn’t searched. W/o a PSA 10 year or Sg/BGS or whatever perfect grade, DO NOT INVEST

    • @historybuff1483
      @historybuff1483 8 місяців тому +1

      Its not normal to sleeve cards in a semi rigid and PSA wants them this way

  • @anthonysaponaro6318
    @anthonysaponaro6318 Рік тому +25

    people got to be out of their minds thinking these packs aren;t searched and then re-searched and then graded as unopened

    • @golfmaniac007
      @golfmaniac007 Рік тому +3

      an experienced collector can tell if wax pack has been compromised. wax pack is like a fingerprint. now i wouldn't trust GAI grading cuz they are shady dealings in past.

    • @aaronjohnson3463
      @aaronjohnson3463 Рік тому +2

      So has PSA.

    • @Ben-ph7pv
      @Ben-ph7pv Рік тому

      Most older products had a pack code so you. Literally could pick all the packs with a mantle out first

    • @SP-qo3pd
      @SP-qo3pd Рік тому +3

      You can't trust people in the hobby, always out for themselves.

    • @jimduncan-qw6xo
      @jimduncan-qw6xo 11 місяців тому

      Ouch. That really sucks.@@Ben-ph7pv

  • @smichaels10
    @smichaels10 Рік тому +2

    I love the look of those cards.

    • @JonathanWanchalk
      @JonathanWanchalk 8 місяців тому

      Great match. A bu m sc am mer (allan) with a person who doesn't know what the word "random" means. Lollll

  • @TheHelionOmega
    @TheHelionOmega Рік тому +7

    my dad was around 5 years old when that came out, he told me that the gum back then in some of the packs were as big as the cards.

    • @ObsessedCollector
      @ObsessedCollector 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes. Was pretty large until about the early 70s

    • @nascarvintage17
      @nascarvintage17 7 місяців тому +1

      i have see that is incredible lol compared at the gomme exemple we finded on the box or pack o pee chee to 90@@ObsessedCollector

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 6 місяців тому +2

      I remember opening a pack of 80 Topps and the gum was pretty big. I made 10 by eating the gum.😂 i opened the pack in 89 I think.

    • @nascarvintage17
      @nascarvintage17 6 місяців тому +1

      Wait, did you eat the 1989 chewing gum? Weren't you sick?@@yankees29

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 6 місяців тому

      @@nascarvintage17 I ate the 1980 gum in 1989. 🤣🤣

  • @animalmother53
    @animalmother53 4 місяці тому +1

    1951-52 still best looking Bowman’s in my opinion.

  • @ObsessedCollector
    @ObsessedCollector 8 місяців тому +6

    That pack was searched. I wouldnt have trusted Mr Mint any farther than I could throw him. Dude was shady af. And Mr Mint was always RUDE.

  • @itguy8900
    @itguy8900 Рік тому +8

    Have you ever opened a pack before?

  • @mitchfredricks3851
    @mitchfredricks3851 3 місяці тому +1

    Between those 7 less than "common" cards,i bet there wasnt 50 mlb games played in all of their careers.

  • @ObsessedCollector
    @ObsessedCollector 8 місяців тому +8

    I feel bad for the people that bought into this break. Pack was definitely searched and resealed.

  • @shawnnixon2616
    @shawnnixon2616 Рік тому +7

    Man . Get yourself a scalpel for opening those packs

  • @jonnagel7022
    @jonnagel7022 7 місяців тому +2

    GAI? Bet that pack was searched before sending to that authenticator.

  • @mwdollar
    @mwdollar Рік тому +9

    Great looking cards but realize that most packs have already been gone through and resealed. It is just WAY too easy to do with the wax and the rewards are too high. Live and learn.

    • @jimduncan-qw6xo
      @jimduncan-qw6xo 11 місяців тому +4

      I agree. Too obvious! Leave it to Alan "MR MINT" Rosen to perfect resealed wax packs.

    • @ObsessedCollector
      @ObsessedCollector 8 місяців тому

      ​@@jimduncan-qw6xoI ran into Mr Mint back in the 80s a few times. Not the nicest persona. Rude guy.

  • @JM-yz2fj
    @JM-yz2fj 10 місяців тому +2

    No penny sleeves?

  • @Dirty_Farmer_1977
    @Dirty_Farmer_1977 6 місяців тому

    Hard to believe that these cards havent been seen already...

  • @antoniodelgado7469
    @antoniodelgado7469 Рік тому +6

    Really dude!!! U know better than that. Please get your prints off the cards. Pull the cards with a open hand. Gripping them on the side. This way is even better than the One Touch. And I would like to say Congratulations!!! This is something that people will always purchase from you!!! Your gonna sell out every time!!! Nice!!!

  • @agoogleuser992
    @agoogleuser992 10 місяців тому +5

    you really thought you were going to get a Mickey Mantel, Ted Williams, or Roy Campanella?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jonnagel7022
      @jonnagel7022 7 місяців тому +1

      Especially with that authenticator GAI. Guaranteed that pack was searched.

    • @jeffsmith2022
      @jeffsmith2022 Місяць тому

      MANTLE...

  • @joshpitts25
    @joshpitts25 Місяць тому

    Covid really f'd up the collecting hobby. For real

  • @don63
    @don63 3 місяці тому +1

    Commons are worth something, but not what you paid for the pack.

  • @breaks_n_stuff4049
    @breaks_n_stuff4049 2 роки тому +5

    A lot easier to open then PSA he’s says… they are also a lot more tampered with too👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻. GAI is not a reputable grader.

    • @scratchking3205
      @scratchking3205 Рік тому

      Mark Murphy who certed packs for GAI was the best ever. Much better than bbce

    • @eltoroloco1936
      @eltoroloco1936 Рік тому +1

      Depends on the time frame when graded. There are many early graded packs that are good. The older label looks like it was during the more than likely legitimate era. Thise cards look crisp too. Definitely 8's, some 9's and maybe a 10 in that pack

  • @mikeemery4510
    @mikeemery4510 7 місяців тому +1

    I wonder how much these poor souls paid to be in this break.

  • @calliopivogiatzis2235
    @calliopivogiatzis2235 Рік тому +2

    You can use the gum to hammer nails!😄😄😄

  • @joefran619
    @joefran619 Рік тому +1

    nicely centered

  • @billschipper1718
    @billschipper1718 Рік тому +3

    No big cards but those cards look great.

  • @larryunderwood1148
    @larryunderwood1148 Рік тому +2

    Id like to have the gum. How much do you want for it?

  • @James-6977
    @James-6977 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow what a hot pack of garbage, that is a definite reseal, save the gum though to out back into the pack

  • @jst1redeye
    @jst1redeye 7 місяців тому +1

    Terrible. You did not use penny sleeves before putting in top loader. Glad I didn't get a spot

  • @guyincognito5598
    @guyincognito5598 5 місяців тому +1

    I fell asleep watching. What'd I miss?

  • @KYLEMATHENEY304
    @KYLEMATHENEY304 10 місяців тому +4

    So so Reckless shoving those cards into the worst card savers and without any sleeves at that, whoever pain into that break deserves a 50% discount on the buy in cause that was so RECKLESS. HURTS TO WATCH

    • @historybuff1483
      @historybuff1483 8 місяців тому +1

      Semi rigid sleeves are common for vintage

  • @MsAmelia65
    @MsAmelia65 5 місяців тому

    Your “big prize”, went on to Brooklyn, and represented the final out in Don Larsen’s perfect Series game, in 1956. Not bad, but…beginning to wonder, given all the cards I’ve now seen, how many immortals in real life played the majors(?) Maybe we’re the ones getting played….

  • @jeffreyelliott622
    @jeffreyelliott622 Рік тому +3

    I say you're NUTS if the unopened 1954 Bowman wax pack was graded by Beckett 7.5 why OPEN it to begin with for just more money and you didn't even have any big dogs in the pack at all !!! I wouldn't have opened it !!!

  • @yodapapavintageamericana
    @yodapapavintageamericana Рік тому

    Great opening oh well

  • @theIzzyfurreal
    @theIzzyfurreal 6 місяців тому +2

    Wake me when it's over...

  • @jayvalentine2046
    @jayvalentine2046 9 місяців тому +2

    7:08 Your a hack bro

  • @mousegrowing4951
    @mousegrowing4951 Рік тому +2

    Send the gum to Junk Wax Sal

  • @drewbonlender4405
    @drewbonlender4405 Рік тому +5

    God damn be more careful putting them in sleeves haha

  • @humdrum9653
    @humdrum9653 2 роки тому +1

    Mr.Rob got ya ha

  • @spitfiregames5655
    @spitfiregames5655 Рік тому +2

    Penny sleeves. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @gregoryerway8551
    @gregoryerway8551 Рік тому +3

    Cringed the entire time you were cutting that open. Holding the cards with your finger prints. Never showed the condition of the back. Please take this as constructive criticism for next break.

    • @eltoroloco1936
      @eltoroloco1936 7 місяців тому

      These aren't chrome cards dude.

    • @douglasmckinley-sr1507
      @douglasmckinley-sr1507 5 днів тому

      @@eltoroloco1936back accounts for 25% of the overall grade so centering is important on the back, etc.

  • @rosafernandez3401
    @rosafernandez3401 2 роки тому +9

    wow that's an expensive pack of commons---lol.

    • @PackHeightsCollectibles
      @PackHeightsCollectibles  2 роки тому

      Tell me about !

    • @vintage.baseball
      @vintage.baseball 2 роки тому +1

      @@PackHeightsCollectibles PSA 8 commons are still about $100 each, so still not too bad.

    • @breaks_n_stuff4049
      @breaks_n_stuff4049 2 роки тому +3

      TAMPERED

    • @oldandbitter
      @oldandbitter Рік тому +3

      @@vintage.baseball And $50 to grade and the wait and eBay fees. You're still only getting a few bucks. And that's assuming you didn't pay much for the raw card.

  • @jayvalentine2046
    @jayvalentine2046 9 місяців тому +1

    First time doing this i see

  • @CollectorsChest
    @CollectorsChest 8 місяців тому

    No good Gus, no soft sleeves?

  • @snapnpiksallthetime7672
    @snapnpiksallthetime7672 4 місяці тому

    how much was the pack???

    • @mitchfredricks3851
      @mitchfredricks3851 3 місяці тому

      $7000 for the "chance" at a mantle rookie or Ted Williams...maybe one of the 3 or 4 previous people to open that pack found them

  • @user-ku6vv8sb5d
    @user-ku6vv8sb5d 6 місяців тому +1

    No penny sleeves 😂 rookie

  • @dbp192000
    @dbp192000 Рік тому +3

    no gloves = no credibility

  • @mikemike5123
    @mikemike5123 Рік тому +1

    No stick gum ? Wonder if it was suger free lol

    • @ObsessedCollector
      @ObsessedCollector 8 місяців тому

      Those packs came from an attic I believe in Tennessee. 33% of the boxes and packs were destroyed by mice. I would think this is enough proof of a searched pack. Attics are not the best spots for unopened. Unless.the climate was decent.

    • @mitchfredricks3851
      @mitchfredricks3851 3 місяці тому

      From 1950's you know that gum had lead in the food coloring,pressed by asbestos machines and probably even had medicinal cocaine in it so not to get a headache..lnao

  • @caesarvalentin6332
    @caesarvalentin6332 3 місяці тому +1

    What is the chance to find a star in a wax pack? .0099657 percent, what a waste of money opening a vintage wax pack, not a clever idea

  • @questtech7148
    @questtech7148 4 місяці тому

    My father had thousands of baseball cards from the 50s and 60s and gave them all away to his neighbor.
    My grandfather traded 5 acres of property for a boat that he later sold for $250..
    I come from a long line of financial losers.

  • @Famdoc1000
    @Famdoc1000 8 місяців тому +1

    10 minutes and 35 seconds. Would have been far less boring if you did it in three.

  • @chiefracosky5372
    @chiefracosky5372 8 місяців тому +1

    Painful to watch

  • @CB-ke7eq
    @CB-ke7eq 5 місяців тому

    Womp womp

  • @martinedwards4522
    @martinedwards4522 Рік тому +1

    get on with it

  • @dr.options
    @dr.options 6 місяців тому

    It's considered bad luck to not chew the gum.

  • @jeffthevideoguy23
    @jeffthevideoguy23 7 місяців тому

    JFC, 6 1/2 minutes to get to the damn point?

  • @Drew-dd5nh
    @Drew-dd5nh Рік тому

    At least the seller left him with a dollar to get, nothing in 2023. Wait, you can buy a $1 drink outside of Walmart.

  • @tomlynch4232
    @tomlynch4232 2 роки тому +7

    THis should be illegal

    • @MyMg23
      @MyMg23 2 роки тому

      sucker born every day-every minute in this 'hobby'

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 2 роки тому +2

      What should be illegal, exactly?

    • @justinkoeberl5797
      @justinkoeberl5797 Рік тому +4

      @dave idmarx selling "unopened " packs of cards, especially from that era...it is WAY too easy to open these packs, search them and reseal them without detection...hell most are just people that buy the wrappers and put a bunch of commons in...there is no way to accurately detect if these packs are legitimately unopened or searched.

  • @rdj3video
    @rdj3video Рік тому

    Fortunate enough to have received a bunch of 1954 Bowman from an uncle. No Mantle or Ted, but have a Mays. These cards are vintage, but super ugly with the autographs inside the rectangular box.
    This video probably should have taken 3 minutes.

    • @eltoroloco1936
      @eltoroloco1936 7 місяців тому

      It's a group break, not just a pack break. There are multiple people involved with money invested. But he could work on a proper tool to cut three sides of the holder.

  • @ozman1966
    @ozman1966 7 місяців тому

    Why no penny sleeves? For a non scratched up slide, lol, but all worthless dud's anyway.

  • @therealogbaggy470
    @therealogbaggy470 2 роки тому +1

    Where is your penny sleeve

    • @brandonduhon1933
      @brandonduhon1933 Рік тому

      There’s cards are probably too large for the regular parent sleeves , also a lot of vintage guys use these top loaders
      It kills me

    • @jmc_-im6sd
      @jmc_-im6sd Рік тому +1

      They don't fit. Have you never held a 54 Bowman? They're huge

    • @justinkoeberl5797
      @justinkoeberl5797 Рік тому

      @@jmc_-im6sd they have penny sleeves that will fit these

  • @paysongeorge7080
    @paysongeorge7080 7 місяців тому

    Lol. You are joking right!!

  • @TheShipNaturalist
    @TheShipNaturalist 9 місяців тому +7

    Your handling of the cards as you put them in the card savers is embarrassing - you actually whip the plastic on card #2!
    It is easy to prevent this - put the cards in penny sleeves and cut one of the edges of the card saver for easy insertion (and likely grading with PSA).
    Level up folks! We need to teach new collectors the best practices!

    • @peterchoe
      @peterchoe 8 місяців тому +1

      for years people grading and handling high end vintage cards never put them in penny sleeves. As someone else pointed out, PSA actively discouraged it for a while. What advantage does a penny sleeve even offer in a card saver? People love to be armchair experts.

    • @eltoroloco1936
      @eltoroloco1936 7 місяців тому

      These aren't Chrome or Prizm boss, go back to the minor leagues with your advice.

    • @deadrabbits8788
      @deadrabbits8788 7 місяців тому

      Penny sleeve will help prevent scratching DA

    • @TheShipNaturalist
      @TheShipNaturalist 7 місяців тому

      Really? I always felt like I was committing some sort of unholy crime by putting a card "naked" into a card saver. It seems like a great way to ruin the surface. I wouldn't say that I am an armchair expert... a bit more than that. More like a Chez Lounge Enthusiast. @@peterchoe

  • @Saukit-xq8nj
    @Saukit-xq8nj 7 місяців тому

    10:35 of absolute boringness. Thank You.

  • @thomasginter6834
    @thomasginter6834 3 місяці тому

    They saw you coming with this pack of nothing.

  • @brandonroseville
    @brandonroseville 9 місяців тому

    Yo

  • @andrewtaweel4764
    @andrewtaweel4764 8 місяців тому

    6 1/2 minutes of a 10 min video before we see a card??? Might as well post paint drying

  • @imlurking9103
    @imlurking9103 Рік тому

    Defective gum. I hate that

  • @willieluncheonette5843
    @willieluncheonette5843 Рік тому

    zzzzz Give you $20 for the lot, gum included of course.

  • @murphaa9564
    @murphaa9564 8 місяців тому

    Define bad luck and waste of time/money in one video!!

  • @larrysieczynski3879
    @larrysieczynski3879 2 місяці тому

    Cringe-worthy

  • @hondo3313
    @hondo3313 7 місяців тому

    Lame!

  • @billhighroller2469
    @billhighroller2469 Рік тому

    Mr Mint, was the man. Got a Nolan Ryan 5000k signed strike out ball from him

  • @Antonio_bandana0u812
    @Antonio_bandana0u812 3 місяці тому

    Al Rosen Mr Jew mint . Would not trust anything that guy claimed was an unopened pack lol