My younger brother turned 11 in 1986 and I was 16. We were both into collecting cards, and I remember that all my brother wanted for his birthday that year was the 1986 Topps football set. So my mom took him down to Sears and bought him a factory set. He still has the entire set with all those great rookies. He never opted to have any of them graded, but many remain in great condition. I guess he had some foresight at age 11.
My brother was 1 year old in ‘86 and I was 3. We were at the time huge into cards. I remember all my brother wanted for his birthday was a Tonka truck but my father insisted he get the ‘86 Topps football factory set. He still has the entire set with all those great rookies. He never opted to get any of them graded (alcoholism) but remain in great condition (doesn’t read well). I gues he had some foresight as an infant
21:24 for the jerry rice. Nicest jerry rice I’ve ever seen pulled! Happy for you. I know some of the breaks didn’t pan out but nothing ventured, nothing gained
I have a Rice as good as that one without any corner damage and it graded a 9. Very tough to pull a 10 on that card. PSA shows on 62 tens out of 35k graded cards. I think that Steve Young is in that set as well as a rookie and his card that I have is also graded a 9 and looks perfect to me. I hate to send cards back to PSA for a regrade, so expensive and slow.
Slightly older than you guys, as a kid in the 70's, I opened alot of Topps cards 1972-74. Collected til I graduated in 79. Moved to Japan and when I came back in 82 my mom got rid of them all. Started in again when I had a daughter in 1989. Ripped alot of Topps and Donruss 1990. Alot of Err cards in that Donruss set.. Great memories.
Enjoyed the video. When I was in second grade I was buying 1968 Topps. That was the year I started collecting. 5 cents a pack. Still one of my favorite years. I started collecting again in 1986 consistently thru today. I recently went thru about 80,000 cards and pulled 1000 plus rookies and 2000 H of F type players. Like you I focused on baseball and would buy football occasionally.
I am addicted to your vintage box openings as a mid 40’s guy. Your mid 1980’s opening of football and basketball makes me happy. I am like you have said alot, i mainly collected baseball because it was the thing and now wish I would’ve stayed with football and basketball because I loved them both more. I ripped tons of 1987 baseball topps and donruss mainly because i could get them for 0.43 cents a pack 🤣. Searching for Bo Jackson and Mark rookies
Still worse. I rewound his opening of that pack, and his almost tired, cavalier handling of that back as he looked up while talking, and then ---- GASP ---- separating the pack of raw cards into two sets, letting the sides of the cards rub up and down against each other, before flipping through them fast. The upper left edge of the Rice card had a bit of "white" on it, if you notice. Could it have been from roughly opening up the pack or 'a glancing blow' to the corner as he was handking the cards?? ---- All I know is that I would be SO VERY CAREFULLY handling each pack, as if that pack held a perfectly centered Rice. (Maybe divide this video into two or three parts). But again, after spending a couple thousand on a box, where you'd know you'd get a Rice, I'd be so much more gentle. And that's just me. Still, it was a fun video to watch!
I know you were being careful at 23:00 trying to put the Rice in that sleeve but it was still making me cringe worrying that it was going to fray the corner. I would recommend opening up the sleeve and flicking the seam with your fingers just to get it to barely open up and separate. That way when you slide the other edge of the card into the sleeve it goes in smooth instead of trying to fit it into the area of the seam. I know I have had my own trouble before hoping I don't cause fraying until I started this method.
killing me with the sleeve loading. slice the inside corner on the sleeve with a razor blade so you don't jack up the corner of the card bro. love the videos!
I was born in ‘86 and my dad bought me this complete set when I was born. It was the set that got me into collecting football cards and I have been ever since. Still have it btw
I opened up a lot of 1984 Topps football and 1988 as well. I also bought a brand new box of 1988 Fleer Basketball for $11 in 1989 as a clearance item in my card shop.
Wow, I was 12 years old in 1986. Seeing these cards again really takes me back. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, and every allowance day, I would go to the local pharmacy with 2 or 3 friends. We would pick out our packs and sit down at the counter, order a chocolate milk shake, and open our packs. Great content. My prediction for tonight's Super Bowl is Eagles 34, Chiefs 31
All about the great memories! Yeah I was born in 77. I ripped alot as a kid. 1982- 1992 were my prime years. I was lucky enough to have a great single father and it was something we did together. We had like a draft and picked the guys we would collect. Like 25-40 each and if we pulled your guy you got to keep it. Kept them in 9 pocket sleeves in a binder back then. Not having the junk wax baseball anymore doesn't bother me but man the 86 and 87 fleer basketball cards I miss haha. I mean multiples of all the stars and rookies
We opened a few boxes when 86 Topps was new on the market. My kids were 12, 9 & 3 and it was fun !! We even put a box or two aside. Well, of course, they were all opened eventually and we put the whole set together in a 3 ring binder. Is there anyone I could email a photo of a couple cards I think would grade well ? It sure is fun to pretend and imagine the best. Reality is another thing that brings one down to Earth rather quickly. Great video Geoff !
When I was 14 years old I did buy some packs from 7-eleven store but now most of the cards in the album is mostly are damage condition. I got steve young, bruce smith, reggie white, wilber marshall, eric dickerson, roger craig, walter payton, lawrence taylor, john elway and dan marino
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I did, tons of boxes. 1980 to 1988 boxes as a young boy up in Fresno, California! They were so cheap to buy!
I ripped a lot of 88,89,90 Topps, Fleer, and Donruss baseball. Also ripped a lot of 89 Upper Deck because 11 year old me was chasing that Griffey Jr and like yourself never ripped that one. Eventually caved at a card show for it. The 80’s & 90’s were a simpler time collecting.
My mom owned a small grocery store back in the day and I remember she had multiple boxes of these 1986 Topps football cards sitting on the counter. The things didn’t sell, so she gave them to me. I had at least 10 of those Rice rookies in my card album. I still remember the day I gave all those football cards away for a few 1950’s baseball cards. Yeah, not my best trade ever.
I ripped a ton 89 upper deck baseball when I was 10. Every time my dad would go to the store I would go with and we would stop at the card shop. He would buy my a few packs and make me open them at the store and said don't tell mom. Later found out my mom new the whole time.
This brings back memories! My best friend back then was a 49'ers fan, and didn't get a Rice RC. I gave him one because I had doubles of it. To be young and innocent again...
I was unfortunately a junk wax era kid so 1988-1992 is what I ripped the most. I did mostly Topps and some Donruss and Upper Deck. Just got back into the hobby with football and loving it since I get to do it with my 13 year old boy.
@Sports Card Investor yes sir. It was my first year at Fresno State. I worked side jobs, saved up money, and bought from the local Safeway grocery stores! The manager's at first would look at me funny, probably thinking, "Why does this kid buy a box per week?" Ahhh, the memories!
I used to go into TG&Y when I was 12 and buy packs of this. I pulled the Rice, Young, and the B. Smith card. Kept them wrapped in rubber band so just imagine how the edges looked.
1985 Topps baseball, hunting down Mark McGwire USA Baseball rookies. My favorite player growing up and still is. Been collecting Big Mac since the early 90s.
Geoff you probably won’t see this But your videos got me started in investing in sports cards literally just started by buying Chronicles Masterbox’s from Walmart Had no idea what I was doing but watching your videos I figured I could make money I ended up pulling some Brock purdys Eventually I started buying Prizm packs I’ve profited $1,500 in the my first 3 months Now I have an eBay store and over 1,000 football cards I’m busy posting online Today I learned we have the same last name !
My 9-year-old is the collector now. I went broke at Walmart with 96-97 Chrome Basketball. Still mad I sold my Kobe BGS 9 to a card shop for $150. AND Jermaine, Iverson, and Nash....but we learn. I had 2 full base sets.ungh It's fun to "school" him a bit now. He's a solid football and hockey kid though. We won a Twitter contest for an 86 Rice SGC 3.5 and he lost it. He likes Pokémon too. I'm still figuring that out. I appreciate the videos.
Haha.. remember the Super Bowl Shuffle.. those were the days. I was living in Auburn Alabama and my dad owned a restaurant and Bo Jackson would come in all of the time.
1990 Donruss Baseball. It was all about the Bo Jackson cards that got us excited. In fact, this was my first box of cards ever given to me. It was my first pack of cards ever opened for me as a kid. I believe it was an Easter basket present from my parents.
I spent a kid's fortune on Score cards trying to get that Bo Jackson landscape with him in football bads holding the bat over his shoulders. Never got it.
Beautiful Rice you pulled. Haven't read all the comments so maybe someone asked already. PSA For a 9 or SGC or CSG for 9.5 or Beckett with subs getting a 9 with maybe some higher sub grades? The centering on that looked awesome. Follow up video on grading and the thought process on all the cards you plan to submit would be very informative. And yes I'm writing this before the end of the video so maybe you explained this at the end.
Super fun to see this. I ripped a lot of ‘87-‘91 junk wax stuff. My favorite was ‘89 Upper Deck when I could afford it. I never pulled a Griffey but 2 different friends pulled a Griffey on 2 different occasions we went to the local card shop. I was excited but so disappointed lol. The ‘85 Bears won the Super Bowl XX played in January 26, 1986. Congrats on the Rice. Gotta send it in and do a follow up.
Same here, dude. I had to spend my entire allowance just to buy 1 pack of UD cards every month. I watched several people pull Griffey Jr. right after I bought a dud pack. Had to wait until I was an adult to make up for it. I was able to buy several complete sets. I have no kids, so some guy will probably find my collection hidden in my abandoned house decades after Im gone. Im betting he wont get too excited about the dozens of Jimmy Garoppolo cards I stocked up on when my Niners traded for him. 😅
The 1986 Bears were the reason I am a Bears fan. It was the first year I really got into football. When I started collecting the packs I ripped the most of were 1990 Upperdeck Baseball.
I really didn't rip a lot of cards until I got to high school and had a summer job....I ripped SO MUCH 1989 score football. Score was cheaper than pro set and topps was boring. I had so many Barry's and Aikmans... all gone now sadly.... it was good to meet you in burbank Geoff
I was born in 1974 and I collected football cards as a kid. 1986 was right in my sweet spot. I have tons of '86 cards. I ripped more '86 packs than any other year. I had a cork board in my bed room. My favorite players got pinned up on my cork board 😥 LT, the Fridge, Walter Payton and many others have a nice little pin hole right at the top of the card. I still have the cards in an old Trapper Keeper.
I was ripping garbage pail kids open in 1986. That was a big deal back then. Lol. I started collecting sports cards in like 1990 at the age of 13. I remember going to the store in the 80s and seeing baseball cards but never thought to collect them. I would probably be rich had I been investing in 1986 fleer basketball or 86 topps football as there was a lot of high dollar cards in those years. Anyway great rip on those 86 topps football. I always get a thrill ripping open old packs from my childhood. Just takes me back. Great video 💯
I remember getting a box of these for Christmas and I debated on keeping it unopened since I already had the set. But my 12 year old brain couldn't resist tearing them. AND the best part is I sold my set for $15. AND there's more!... Four years later I sold the dozen or so Rice's I had for gas money.
Fun video to watch - I'm from Chicago so cool to see the cards that were out in that SB year! Will you post a reveal on what grade you got from PSA on the Rice RC?
Bought this set back in the early 90s during my childhood collecting days. Younger me knew what I was doing. My Rice came back an 8 and Young a 7. Hope you get lucky on that Rice!
1989 upper deck. It was the hottest thing because of the high quality of card in 1989. I played baseball for Florida Tech saved my travel good money to buy cards every road trip. Chase Griffey my whole college career.
I found a Troy Aikman Topps super rookie card in a collection i bought from a guy. It was in absolute perfect condition, till you flipped it over and saw the nice gum stain 🤦🏼♂️ gotta love it
When I was a kid, 85-86 were the years I started collecting, I was way into baseball more, but actually owned about 5 Jerry Rice rookie cards. I traded one of them later for a Nintendo Game Boy :). 87 Topps baseball was the set I opened the most and I never pulled a Griffey Jr. either.
Man, I've been breaking packs/boxes since the mid-80's and I can honestly say - I have no idea what product I ripped the most of.. I'm mostly a hockey card collector (these days) however when I was a kid I ripped a ton of baseball. I mean when I was 12-13 I actually acquired a couple dozen (at least) wax, cello, rack and vending cases of late 80's early 90's junk wax - so I broke a ton of that... I got back into the hobby in 2016 after a 20 year hiatus and broke a ton of hockey - especially early 90's junk wax for fun and nostalgia... So yea, I couldn't tell you what I broke the most of, but if I had to guess it would be a junk wax product, lol... Yes, of course being from Chicago I remember watching Super Bowl XX - I was 6, but I remember it as clear as day, lol.. It's 12:30pm CST so I'm not cheating, lol. Chiefs 28 Eagles 20
My best pack hit would have been UD Ken Griffey JR, two 89 Score Barry Sanders and one Troy Aikman rookies. I went to a card shop back when Brady Quinn, Jamarcus Russell and I forget who the third QB was, but they opened up a new box of Sage Hit. I bought three packs and managed to pull out all three top QBs of that rookie year.
I know people can give you a hard time in the hobby. People have said you know very little about cards. By the way you handle these, it shows you have a hard time putting a card in a penny sleeve... We're you nervous? You are the star of the show! Flip through these like a black jack shoe 🤣
Takes me way back, though we opened boxes and boxes of earlier cards, mostly 1981 Topps football (Montanas are all beat up) and baseball... Grew up in Gainesville a few blocks from The Swamp. Would listen to the stadium announcer and recreate the plays of Tony Green, Scott Hutchinson and Scot Brantley in the yard with my brothers... shocked you passed by the Wes Chandler cards without a Gator reference. I caught a few passes from Chandler at a Gator Growl. Thanks for the memories...
1986 was when I started working so much of my money went to this set.. my cards have been in storage for 25 years & now going thru them to get graded.. 6 Jerry Rice rookies !!
How'd they grade. Just opened a box of 92-93 (Shaq Rc) year. Found 2 but probably 9 or 8's. But I did get a Michael Jordan Beam Team chase card. 10's going for 6-8k. In a 10 of course. Looks great but has a dimple on the front bottom edge. Quality Control... Love ripping old boxes.
Unfortunately, the product I opened as a kid was either 1990 Score or 1994 Collector's Choice (football), lol. The product I had the most FUN opening as a kid was 1995 Sky Box Premium. LOVE the Mirror Images cards and base cards in that set. Also really enjoyed the Pay Dirt insert and I actually bought the complete insert set awhile back for cheap. For collectors looking for higher dollar cards, there are some rare parallels of that Pay Dirt insert set.
I have a Jerry Rice rookie in a box with some other cards that have been sitting for about 20 years. I wonder if it's worth getting graded. It looks like a solid print with decent centering.
Just found your channel, loving it so far! Speaking of going through a lot of pain in the 80's, while I understand it was tough for you as an Elway fan, I am a huge Marino fan, so I feel your pain X2. At least you finally got to see Elway win a couple of Super Bowls!
When cards are stuck together like that , I lightly steam the cards to separate them then use wetdry or the lil bags that come in new shoes to take the moisture out of the air.
I have the 1990 Topps football complete 660 card set.. the box has some of the picture missing from masking tape but I have personally looked at around 40 or 50 of the cards but the rest of the 660 cards have never been out of the box.. I have no idea what the centering looks like and if there are any defects or print marks, ink spots or any damage it is from the factory.. the edges that can be seen when the box is opened are perfect... Ive had the box since I was 12 or 13 I bought it from my Older cousin for $10 🤣🤣🤣🤣 surely its worth a couple dollars more today
First Topps pack I ever opened was 1986 Topps Football. Most ripped: 1987 Topps Baseball, 1991 Pro Set Football, 1991 Pro Line Portraits Football, 1991 UD Hockey, 1992 Topps Hockey, 1997 Topps Football, 2005 Topps Football
I was also a big Elway and Broncos fan back in the day. My brother was a Brett Favre and Packers fan so there was a rivalry there but it was great when the Broncos knocked off the Packers in the 1998 Super Bowl.
Anytime opening up older wax from the 80s or 70s, can't expect the cards to be graded at a 10, most likely the ones that look good to you will be 9s & 8s. You have to watch for centering, print defects, staining, and sometimes gum powder gets embedded into the sides of the card.
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Can you suggest me some good value boxes to open?
Price 50-500 and under per box, cards inside mostly decent? (Unlike optic/prizm?)
Most ripped packs for me was 89 Topps baseball when I was a kid. Then when I got back into the hobby in 2001 the Topps baseball.
Hey sir, someone is messaging me on here pretending they're you!!😠
Do you have Telegram Jeff, or is someone spamming??
Sorry I’m late
My younger brother turned 11 in 1986 and I was 16. We were both into collecting cards, and I remember that all my brother wanted for his birthday that year was the 1986 Topps football set. So my mom took him down to Sears and bought him a factory set. He still has the entire set with all those great rookies. He never opted to have any of them graded, but many remain in great condition. I guess he had some foresight at age 11.
That’s a great memory!
Grade that young with the gum, ahahah
If you send it in.......prolly a 7 or 8 tbh. I bought a sealed set and it came back 8😣. Broke my heart
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My brother was 1 year old in ‘86 and I was 3. We were at the time huge into cards. I remember all my brother wanted for his birthday was a Tonka truck but my father insisted he get the ‘86 Topps football factory set. He still has the entire set with all those great rookies. He never opted to get any of them graded (alcoholism) but remain in great condition (doesn’t read well). I gues he had some foresight as an infant
21:24 for the jerry rice. Nicest jerry rice I’ve ever seen pulled! Happy for you. I know some of the breaks didn’t pan out but nothing ventured, nothing gained
What did the Rice grade?
I have a Rice as good as that one without any corner damage and it graded a 9. Very tough to pull a 10 on that card. PSA shows on 62 tens out of 35k graded cards. I think that Steve Young is in that set as well as a rookie and his card that I have is also graded a 9 and looks perfect to me. I hate to send cards back to PSA for a regrade, so expensive and slow.
The criminals at PSA would give him a 10 even if someone had drawn a dick on it, they give preferential treatment to guys like him
Slightly older than you guys, as a kid in the 70's, I opened alot of Topps cards 1972-74. Collected til I graduated in 79. Moved to Japan and when I came back in 82 my mom got rid of them all. Started in again when I had a daughter in 1989. Ripped alot of Topps and Donruss 1990. Alot of Err cards in that Donruss set.. Great memories.
I was getting excited watching you open these packs looking for the holy grail. Hope your Jerry Rice turns out to be grade 10!!
It will be. Psa will make sure of it and he knows it
Enjoyed the video. When I was in second grade I was buying 1968 Topps. That was the year I started collecting. 5 cents a pack. Still one of my favorite years. I started collecting again in 1986 consistently thru today. I recently went thru about 80,000 cards and pulled 1000 plus rookies and 2000 H of F type players. Like you I focused on baseball and would buy football occasionally.
I am addicted to your vintage box openings as a mid 40’s guy. Your mid 1980’s opening of football and basketball makes me happy. I am like you have said alot, i mainly collected baseball because it was the thing and now wish I would’ve stayed with football and basketball because I loved them both more. I ripped tons of 1987 baseball topps and donruss mainly because i could get them for 0.43 cents a pack 🤣. Searching for Bo Jackson and Mark rookies
anyone else getting stressed when he wasn't putting down the cards in his left hand to separate the sticky cards? lol great set! Thanks for sharing!
People handle cards like savages lol idk why
Still worse. I rewound his opening of that pack, and his almost tired, cavalier handling of that back as he looked up while talking, and then ---- GASP ---- separating the pack of raw cards into two sets, letting the sides of the cards rub up and down against each other, before flipping through them fast. The upper left edge of the Rice card had a bit of "white" on it, if you notice. Could it have been from roughly opening up the pack or 'a glancing blow' to the corner as he was handking the cards?? ---- All I know is that I would be SO VERY CAREFULLY handling each pack, as if that pack held a perfectly centered Rice. (Maybe divide this video into two or three parts). But again, after spending a couple thousand on a box, where you'd know you'd get a Rice, I'd be so much more gentle. And that's just me. Still, it was a fun video to watch!
🚨 @21:24 if you wanna skip right to Jerry Rice, Thank me later! 😉👍
Thanks legend
I can only imagine the horror of a piece of gum stuck to the Jerry Rice card
Was going to post this. 😢
Don’t imagine that.Imagine 10 PSA RICE
I know you were being careful at 23:00 trying to put the Rice in that sleeve but it was still making me cringe worrying that it was going to fray the corner. I would recommend opening up the sleeve and flicking the seam with your fingers just to get it to barely open up and separate. That way when you slide the other edge of the card into the sleeve it goes in smooth instead of trying to fit it into the area of the seam. I know I have had my own trouble before hoping I don't cause fraying until I started this method.
Interested in seeing how you did on the Rice as far as grading....hopefully there is a follow up video. Good Luck man!
killing me with the sleeve loading. slice the inside corner on the sleeve with a razor blade so you don't jack up the corner of the card bro. love the videos!
I was born in ‘86 and my dad bought me this complete set when I was born. It was the set that got me into collecting football cards and I have been ever since. Still have it btw
I opened up a lot of 1984 Topps football and 1988 as well. I also bought a brand new box of 1988 Fleer Basketball for $11 in 1989 as a clearance item in my card shop.
Can’t go wrong with that!
Great way to kickoff Super Bowl Sunday. Love the 86’s!
Wow, I was 12 years old in 1986. Seeing these cards again really takes me back. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, and every allowance day, I would go to the local pharmacy with 2 or 3 friends. We would pick out our packs and sit down at the counter, order a chocolate milk shake, and open our packs. Great content.
My prediction for tonight's Super Bowl is Eagles 34, Chiefs 31
Ironic. Me too. Merrill, WI.
Marshfield WI for me
All about the great memories! Yeah I was born in 77. I ripped alot as a kid. 1982- 1992 were my prime years. I was lucky enough to have a great single father and it was something we did together. We had like a draft and picked the guys we would collect. Like 25-40 each and if we pulled your guy you got to keep it. Kept them in 9 pocket sleeves in a binder back then. Not having the junk wax baseball anymore doesn't bother me but man the 86 and 87 fleer basketball cards I miss haha. I mean multiples of all the stars and rookies
We opened a few boxes when 86 Topps was new on the market. My kids were 12, 9 & 3 and it was fun !! We even put a box or two aside. Well, of course, they were all opened eventually and we put the whole set together in a 3 ring binder. Is there anyone I could email a photo of a couple cards I think would grade well ? It sure is fun to pretend and imagine the best. Reality is another thing that brings one down to Earth rather quickly. Great video Geoff !
1989 Score football packs were my weakness. I pulled over 20 Barry Sanders RCs and that set was stacked!
That was a great set. Too bad it tanked.
I ripped an enormous amount of NFL Topps packs in 1984
When I was 14 years old I did buy some packs from 7-eleven store but now most of the cards in the album is mostly are damage condition. I got steve young, bruce smith, reggie white, wilber marshall, eric dickerson, roger craig, walter payton, lawrence taylor, john elway and dan marino
I did, tons of boxes. 1980 to 1988 boxes as a young boy up in Fresno, California! They were so cheap to buy!
As an 8 year old and being Canadian, the 1977-78 OPChee hockey was my best memories. Sure takes me back.
I ripped a lot of 88,89,90 Topps, Fleer, and Donruss baseball. Also ripped a lot of 89 Upper Deck because 11 year old me was chasing that Griffey Jr and like yourself never ripped that one. Eventually caved at a card show for it. The 80’s & 90’s were a simpler time collecting.
Yeah those were my years too!
My mom owned a small grocery store back in the day and I remember she had multiple boxes of these 1986 Topps football cards sitting on the counter. The things didn’t sell, so she gave them to me. I had at least 10 of those Rice rookies in my card album. I still remember the day I gave all those football cards away for a few 1950’s baseball cards. Yeah, not my best trade ever.
Love these older box rips. Fun to see and teaches people about these cards. By the way nice to meet you at Burbank Card show.
I ripped a ton 89 upper deck baseball when I was 10. Every time my dad would go to the store I would go with and we would stop at the card shop. He would buy my a few packs and make me open them at the store and said don't tell mom. Later found out my mom new the whole time.
This brings back memories! My best friend back then was a 49'ers fan, and didn't get a Rice RC. I gave him one because I had doubles of it. To be young and innocent again...
I was unfortunately a junk wax era kid so 1988-1992 is what I ripped the most. I did mostly Topps and some Donruss and Upper Deck. Just got back into the hobby with football and loving it since I get to do it with my 13 year old boy.
Same brother. I'm having a blast getting into cards again with my 7 year old.
1984 Topps football was the year I opened up most!
That was a great year too. Elway and Marino!
@Sports Card Investor yes sir. It was my first year at Fresno State. I worked side jobs, saved up money, and bought from the local Safeway grocery stores! The manager's at first would look at me funny, probably thinking, "Why does this kid buy a box per week?" Ahhh, the memories!
Great show and truly enjoyed. The last minute was too funny; I'm bustin. Hope you are well God Bless
I used to go into TG&Y when I was 12 and buy packs of this. I pulled the Rice, Young, and the B. Smith card. Kept them wrapped in rubber band so just imagine how the edges looked.
1985 Topps baseball, hunting down Mark McGwire USA Baseball rookies. My favorite player growing up and still is. Been collecting Big Mac since the early 90s.
Nice Jerry Rice card! I predict the Chiefs win 38-34.
1 point off lol
Was this fr? Or did you wait till the end of the game to make a more accurate prediction?
@Sebastian Pacheco No this was actually my prediction.
Geoff you probably won’t see this
But your videos got me started in investing in sports cards literally just started by buying Chronicles Masterbox’s from Walmart
Had no idea what I was doing but watching your videos I figured I could make money
I ended up pulling some Brock purdys
Eventually I started buying Prizm packs
I’ve profited $1,500 in the my first 3 months
Now I have an eBay store and over 1,000 football cards I’m busy posting online
Today I learned we have the same last name
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My 9-year-old is the collector now. I went broke at Walmart with 96-97 Chrome Basketball. Still mad I sold my Kobe BGS 9 to a card shop for $150. AND Jermaine, Iverson, and Nash....but we learn. I had 2 full base sets.ungh It's fun to "school" him a bit now. He's a solid football and hockey kid though. We won a Twitter contest for an 86 Rice SGC 3.5 and he lost it. He likes Pokémon too. I'm still figuring that out. I appreciate the videos.
My son and his buddy ,in 1989,ten yrs old pulled two Ken Griffey Jr upper deck 1989,in only three packs,at a card show. I will never forget it.
Opened a ton of 1987 Topps baseball. Still love it. Wish I had opened up more 1986 Topps football or Fleer basketball, though.
Great video! I loved this!! These were the first year I started collecting!!
Haha.. remember the Super Bowl Shuffle.. those were the days. I was living in Auburn Alabama and my dad owned a restaurant and Bo Jackson would come in all of the time.
@Sports_Card_Investor- scammer! Be gone!
The set I opened the most was Upper Deck Hockey 1990-91, that's when I fell in love with the hobby at 9 years old, I nee a box right now!
1990 Donruss Baseball. It was all about the Bo Jackson cards that got us excited. In fact, this was my first box of cards ever given to me. It was my first pack of cards ever opened for me as a kid. I believe it was an Easter basket present from my parents.
I spent a kid's fortune on Score cards trying to get that Bo Jackson landscape with him in football bads holding the bat over his shoulders. Never got it.
Beautiful Rice you pulled. Haven't read all the comments so maybe someone asked already. PSA For a 9 or SGC or CSG for 9.5 or Beckett with subs getting a 9 with maybe some higher sub grades? The centering on that looked awesome. Follow up video on grading and the thought process on all the cards you plan to submit would be very informative. And yes I'm writing this before the end of the video so maybe you explained this at the end.
Yes send that Jerry Rice card out and see if it's a 10 if not then it's a solid 9. WOW Congrats on that pull Geoff! :)
Thanks!
That Rice was a piece of art. Loved the facial expressions during the gum chew! It was fun
Super fun to see this. I ripped a lot of ‘87-‘91 junk wax stuff. My favorite was ‘89 Upper Deck when I could afford it. I never pulled a Griffey but 2 different friends pulled a Griffey on 2 different occasions we went to the local card shop. I was excited but so disappointed lol. The ‘85 Bears won the Super Bowl XX played in January 26, 1986. Congrats on the Rice. Gotta send it in and do a follow up.
Same here, dude. I had to spend my entire allowance just to buy 1 pack of UD cards every month. I watched several people pull Griffey Jr. right after I bought a dud pack. Had to wait until I was an adult to make up for it. I was able to buy several complete sets. I have no kids, so some guy will probably find my collection hidden in my abandoned house decades after Im gone. Im betting he wont get too excited about the dozens of Jimmy Garoppolo cards I stocked up on when my Niners traded for him. 😅
The 1986 Bears were the reason I am a Bears fan. It was the first year I really got into football. When I started collecting the packs I ripped the most of were 1990 Upperdeck Baseball.
Do you mean the '85 Bears? Who went 15-1..There only loss was to Miami..on Monday night.
I really didn't rip a lot of cards until I got to high school and had a summer job....I ripped SO MUCH 1989 score football. Score was cheaper than pro set and topps was boring. I had so many Barry's and Aikmans... all gone now sadly.... it was good to meet you in burbank Geoff
Could feel the relief when you saw the gum wasn't on the Smith to the despair when you realized it was Young who took the hit
Yeah 😔
That's a 10 bro. Hell yeahhhh that's what I'm talking about. Glad u pulled it. Penny Hardaway is the man
Congratulations and getting that Jery Rice card… I hope you get a 10 when you grade it..👏👍🇺🇸 from Louis 🙂
I was born in 1974 and I collected football cards as a kid. 1986 was right in my sweet spot. I have tons of '86 cards. I ripped more '86 packs than any other year. I had a cork board in my bed room. My favorite players got pinned up on my cork board 😥 LT, the Fridge, Walter Payton and many others have a nice little pin hole right at the top of the card. I still have the cards in an old Trapper Keeper.
I was ripping garbage pail kids open in 1986. That was a big deal back then. Lol. I started collecting sports cards in like 1990 at the age of 13. I remember going to the store in the 80s and seeing baseball cards but never thought to collect them. I would probably be rich had I been investing in 1986 fleer basketball or 86 topps football as there was a lot of high dollar cards in those years. Anyway great rip on those 86 topps football. I always get a thrill ripping open old packs from my childhood. Just takes me back. Great video 💯
I remember getting a box of these for Christmas and I debated on keeping it unopened since I already had the set. But my 12 year old brain couldn't resist tearing them. AND the best part is I sold my set for $15. AND there's more!... Four years later I sold the dozen or so Rice's I had for gas money.
1975 Topps Baseball was the cornerstone of my collection...Robin Yount and George Brett rookie year
not bad at least $400 worth of cards out $3500 dollar box
Fun video to watch - I'm from Chicago so cool to see the cards that were out in that SB year! Will you post a reveal on what grade you got from PSA on the Rice RC?
Bought this set back in the early 90s during my childhood collecting days. Younger me knew what I was doing. My Rice came back an 8 and Young a 7. Hope you get lucky on that Rice!
If your name was Geoff Wilson on your psa return you’d be hittin that 10-10
1989 upper deck. It was the hottest thing because of the high quality of card in 1989. I played baseball for Florida Tech saved my travel good money to buy cards every road trip. Chase Griffey my whole college career.
I found a Troy Aikman Topps super rookie card in a collection i bought from a guy. It was in absolute perfect condition, till you flipped it over and saw the nice gum stain 🤦🏼♂️ gotta love it
When I was a kid, 85-86 were the years I started collecting, I was way into baseball more, but actually owned about 5 Jerry Rice rookie cards. I traded one of them later for a Nintendo Game Boy :). 87 Topps baseball was the set I opened the most and I never pulled a Griffey Jr. either.
Griffey jr was 1989 upper deck
@@mellegacy30 I know, I was just stating that I never pulled one.
Man, I've been breaking packs/boxes since the mid-80's and I can honestly say - I have no idea what product I ripped the most of.. I'm mostly a hockey card collector (these days) however when I was a kid I ripped a ton of baseball. I mean when I was 12-13 I actually acquired a couple dozen (at least) wax, cello, rack and vending cases of late 80's early 90's junk wax - so I broke a ton of that... I got back into the hobby in 2016 after a 20 year hiatus and broke a ton of hockey - especially early 90's junk wax for fun and nostalgia... So yea, I couldn't tell you what I broke the most of, but if I had to guess it would be a junk wax product, lol...
Yes, of course being from Chicago I remember watching Super Bowl XX - I was 6, but I remember it as clear as day, lol..
It's 12:30pm CST so I'm not cheating, lol.
Chiefs 28
Eagles 20
Super Bowl score Eagles 28-Chiefs 23. Great video and congrats on pulling a Rice rookie.
My 1st yr of collecting football cards was 87' I was a huge Niners fan growing up in NH and my family came from NJ and were huge NYG fans.
My best pack hit would have been UD Ken Griffey JR, two 89 Score Barry Sanders and one Troy Aikman rookies.
I went to a card shop back when Brady Quinn, Jamarcus Russell and I forget who the third QB was, but they opened up a new box of Sage Hit. I bought three packs and managed to pull out all three top QBs of that rookie year.
I was 10 in 1984. I remember having a ton of the 84 Topps Baseball. Living in the Detroit area, those WS Champs Tiger cards were the chase.
86 topps football was my favorite set to open wax and put together sets with. The best set ever!!
I know people can give you a hard time in the hobby. People have said you know very little about cards. By the way you handle these, it shows you have a hard time putting a card in a penny sleeve... We're you nervous? You are the star of the show! Flip through these like a black jack shoe 🤣
Shut up numb nuts
I loved the 1986 Tops Football because it has a great design and like Jeff it was one of my favorite to open up a lot of packs!
Opened the most of 1998 leaf rookies and stars chasing those elusive and BEAUTIFUL Crusades!
Takes me way back, though we opened boxes and boxes of earlier cards, mostly 1981 Topps football (Montanas are all beat up) and baseball...
Grew up in Gainesville a few blocks from The Swamp. Would listen to the stadium announcer and recreate the plays of Tony Green, Scott Hutchinson and Scot Brantley in the yard with my brothers... shocked you passed by the Wes Chandler cards without a Gator reference. I caught a few passes from Chandler at a Gator Growl. Thanks for the memories...
1986 was when I started working so much of my money went to this set.. my cards have been in storage for 25 years & now going thru them to get graded.. 6 Jerry Rice rookies !!
How'd they grade. Just opened a box of 92-93 (Shaq Rc) year. Found 2 but probably 9 or 8's. But I did get a Michael Jordan Beam Team chase card. 10's going for 6-8k. In a 10 of course. Looks great but has a dimple on the front bottom edge. Quality Control... Love ripping old boxes.
@William Potts I haven't sent those out yet.. I'm new to the grading process and what to understand how to do it before sending the big ones..
Amazing and major congrats. Love this channel. Oh I saw a few you passed up also like Warren Moon, Dan Fouts QBs.
Opened a lot of 1989 Upper Deck.. still have my KGJ RC ungraded!
Unfortunately, the product I opened as a kid was either 1990 Score or 1994 Collector's Choice (football), lol.
The product I had the most FUN opening as a kid was 1995 Sky Box Premium. LOVE the Mirror Images cards and base cards in that set. Also really enjoyed the Pay Dirt insert and I actually bought the complete insert set awhile back for cheap. For collectors looking for higher dollar cards, there are some rare parallels of that Pay Dirt insert set.
Getting a psa 10 is the hunt here, pretty much guaranteed to get at least one, opened several boxes of these back in the day and always got a full set
That Rice could get a 10. Very rare for PSA to give that out today for those old cards, but it does look very nice
I have a Jerry Rice rookie in a box with some other cards that have been sitting for about 20 years. I wonder if it's worth getting graded. It looks like a solid print with decent centering.
YES, ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT BRO!!
1975 Topps baseball . Always have loved the 2 color design.
My brother and I opened tons of 1987 Topps baseball. The first cards I remember opening were 1982 Topps baseball.
I remember mowing lawns and taking my earnings down to the local card shop and buying these up for $1.00 per pack in 1989.
Wow!! That Rice RC should at least get a 9 Mint, As long as the surface is clean.. Very nice man!!
Just found your channel, loving it so far! Speaking of going through a lot of pain in the 80's, while I understand it was tough for you as an Elway fan, I am a huge Marino fan, so I feel your pain X2. At least you finally got to see Elway win a couple of Super Bowls!
1990 91 and 92 basketball and football. Ripped so many cases man. I still have the boxes and all the cards.
When cards are stuck together like that , I lightly steam the cards to separate them then use wetdry or the lil bags that come in new shoes to take the moisture out of the air.
I have the 1990 Topps football complete 660 card set.. the box has some of the picture missing from masking tape but I have personally looked at around 40 or 50 of the cards but the rest of the 660 cards have never been out of the box.. I have no idea what the centering looks like and if there are any defects or print marks, ink spots or any damage it is from the factory.. the edges that can be seen when the box is opened are perfect... Ive had the box since I was 12 or 13 I bought it from my Older cousin for $10 🤣🤣🤣🤣 surely its worth a couple dollars more today
1987 Donruss was what I opened the most. Ton of good RC's
First Topps pack I ever opened was 1986 Topps Football. Most ripped: 1987 Topps Baseball, 1991 Pro Set Football, 1991 Pro Line Portraits Football, 1991 UD Hockey, 1992 Topps Hockey, 1997 Topps Football, 2005 Topps Football
That really is one of the best looking 86 boxes I've seen. I've been ripping 85 rack packs. Those are worse than 86 on quality!!🤣
Of course he did! Lol. I’m sure if anyone else opened it, would get nothing good lol
I was also a big Elway and Broncos fan back in the day. My brother was a Brett Favre and Packers fan so there was a rivalry there but it was great when the Broncos knocked off the Packers in the 1998 Super Bowl.
I opened sooooooo much 2020 SCORE when I quarantined
Wow Jeff, great find I have been look for a Jerry Rice myself. God bless you, so happy for you.. 🤙🏻
Anytime opening up older wax from the 80s or 70s, can't expect the cards to be graded at a 10, most likely the ones that look good to you will be 9s & 8s. You have to watch for centering, print defects, staining, and sometimes gum powder gets embedded into the sides of the card.
Here’s some free advice. Putting cards like that in penny sleeves will cause chipping on the bottom edge. USE CARD SAVERS.
Just ran across this on UA-cam and the Jerry Rice pull. 🎉 I have the ‘89 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr in a factory complete set unopened.
That was fun to watch! Congrats on the J. Rice. I’ve got the Eagles 34 KC 24
The gum crunch was amazing ASMR. 😂😂
Awesome cards. That gum would be like eating broken glass LOL