Opening a RARE $2,500 Box of 1984 Topps Football! 🏈 Elway, Marino, Dickerson and More! 🔥
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Geoff Wilson opens a sealed box of 1984 Topps Football searching for rookie cards from NFL Hall of Famers like John Elway and Dan Marino. LINKS BELOW 👇
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I worked at Best Buy in Florence KY, Chad Johnson used to come in every once in a while. The fist time I met him he was in his second year and hadn’t become a superstar yet! I was chatting with him as he was picking up a stand for his stereo. A guy and his baby daughter were walking by and Chad saw that he was wearing an old 80’s “Welcome to the Jungle” Bengals sweatshirt! He excused himself, went over to the guy and said, “How are you sir? I just wanted to come over and say thank you for supporting the team, and I promise with all of the new guys and coach Lewis we are working really hard to make the team something you can be truly proud to support! I’m sorry we let you guys down last week but we are going to turn it around.” The guy realized who he was thanked him, asked if he would sign a ball in his car and took pictures with him and his daughter including holding his daughter! This is the type of person he always was even as his star started to rise! He’s humble, appreciative and kind to everyone I saw him meet! He’s a wonderful person!
Welcome to Taco Bell, can I take your order??
I live 10 min from Florence, KY
Barry Sanders was and always will be the most exciting player I've ever seen on the field.
Spot on, especially given the offensive line he had with the Lions. Every yard gained was his own.
That’s part of his legacy though. A lot of his best highlights are six yard gains, but he juked and broke tackles starting 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
I couldn't agree more...I've argued with a couple friends because they say Tyreek hill is the most exciting ever but I nicely remind them that they're out of their damn mind and they either don't remember just how good/entertaining Barry was to watch or they simply just didn't have the opportunity to watch him much...don't get me wrong I'm not even a chiefs fan and I love watching machines and hill play but Barry is Barry and they'll never be another one like him
He is my second favorite player all time after elway and easily the greatest RB ever.
People who say otherwise don’t realize the dude did all that with guys like Rodney Peete as his QB and the defense was always stacking the box against him.
I spent 15 years working for Southwest Airlines as a flight attendant. I got to meet Brian Urlacher, Bo Jackson, Malcom Smith, Marshawn Lynch, and Jerry Rice. They were all down to earth and just really appreciated the fans who supported them. I now do part time firefighting and collect cards. I've been collecting since I was 9, I'm now 50 and still building my collection. My all time favorite card I have in my PC is the Topps 1955 card #68 The Four Horsemen. Thank you for all the videos you produce!!!
This set deserves a lot more fanfare and the Marino and Elway PSA 10’s should be worth a whole lot more!
I absolutely agree. Its a great set. I actually have 2 sets that I built and 1 factory set that is untouched. The cards still look like a brick, kinda like an unopened vending box. I lucked out a few years back on Ebay. I don't think they knew what they had. I paid like 100 bucks...
I met Otto Graham outside of Browns stadium on a Saturday before a game. It was a legends weekend and he was with his wife and another couple. He was very nice.
Always fun to open a box. However I’ve learned from watching you open this and the 1987 fleer basketball box that it is never a good idea to hunt for the mint condition RC.
In older boxes that is
@@jaytay1995 As someone who breaks alot of Vintage wax its extremely hard to hit PSA 10s in these boxes, Best to buy and keep sealed. So many factors as well Large sets, May be good box but not hit anything due to all coming from a bad sheet and BBCE missing a searched box(They're not Perfect as we have found out)
Very true
@@cardmansales9376 when Topps started doing Topps Chrome basketball not a lot of that was produced in comparison to late 80s-mid 90s stuff(Hoops,Skybox,Fleer Ultra etc...) Early 2000s are the good times! Topps Chrome 🏈 and 🏀 cards are 🔥
@@cardmansales9376 Baseball was more overprinted than basketball for many years. There was little demand for basketball in the 70s through 80s when products came out. 87 Fleer Basketball is actually rarer than 86.
1984 Topps is probably my second favorite 80's football card design, right up there with 1982. Loved the logos on the front.
My two favorite sets to.
That was the best design of the decade. 1982 was the first year they had the NFLPA license and could use logos.
I have three athlete meetings of interest to mention. My favorite meeting will always be Dale Murphy (Braves legend who should be in the Hall of Fame). Met him at games a few times with my family and he is always polite and welcoming.
Also met a couple WWF wrestling legends. Bret the Hitman Hart is one of the nicest pros I’ve met. He stood outside, in snow, for almost 10 minutes after an event and talked with my brothers and I.
Also, Shawn Michaels. My little brother went up to him and said, “Mr. Michaels can I have your autograph?” He said, “Sure, but just call me Shawn, not Mr. Michaels.” He said it with a smile and signed and talked with us. Great times.
Good break and great trip taken together down memory lane!!! Always great and fresh content!! Congrats Geoff!! 👍🏻 🏈
OJ Simpson was my favorite growing up. When I first started watching football he was the biggest star in the game.
What about after he murdered them people? Were you still a fan?
@@im11sostfu86 no, certainly not a fan of that.
@@im11sostfu86 but, still my favorite player growing up.
I met Jerry Rice in San Diego. He was walking out of the elevator a few years ago at the Omni hotel. Was in total shock. Door opened he walked out. I shook his hand told him I was a huge fan and his fingers went past my wrist. Only wish I could have gotten an autograph on a card. Seemed like a great guy. Love your channel!! Just started watching it recently!
Love this set! Not every day you see a box being opened. Awesome stuff!
I went to Monday Night Football in Dallas on Labor Day in 1992. I was 14 and a sophomore in high school. The Redskins were in town. Dallas upset them. Hank Williams Jr. was there and sang the MNF song. We waited in the players parking lot. We met and got Autos from Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin and a few others. I got their autos!! Both of them were really cool. Good Times!!
That’s awesome!!
Watched my 1st ever SB as an 11 year old in 1982. Joe Montana was/is my favourite player. Gotta get his rookie card this year.
I was 12. Me and my cousins all watched it in my parents basement. Joe's the GOAT
Loved the Raiders when I was a kid, had a Howie Long poster "Real Men Wear Black" and Bo is the greatest athlete I ever saw in person. As a Vol, got an up close view of Bo running over Bates. No guarantees with old wax, topps was notorious for using an A/B/C/D, etc... rolls and some boxes may only have that one roll without the RC's.
That's my buddy Gregg Bingham that you passed over at the 12:31 and 40:38 time stamps in this video. Gregg was an avid coin collector (numismatist) who assembled the finest Early Commemorative United States Half Dollar Collection known. Gregg started and played in every game during his career without missing a start. Great guy! By the way, his 1984 Topps card here currently has a low population of only 8 in PSA 10 Gem Mint.
I met Gary Clark at a signing around 92 at a foot locker. No one else was there. He was laughing at the rookie card I brought cause of his Afro. Nice guy!
I was a equipment manager for the original Dream Team so I met and played my 1st 2 rounds of golf with Mj Charles Barkley and John Daily Larry Bird. I hit a 78
I opened a bunch of this from my LCS as a kid in '88 and it was a blast. Love seeing you dig into this. Congrats on the Elway and all the other RC's from this epic set.
At 27:23 moment of video you blew by another Darrell Green rookie
Congratulations on Dan Marino and John Elway card
Barry Sanders and Randall Cunningham were my childhood favorites.
Roger Staubach is my favorite player of all time. Even though my cousin is Tony Dorsett!
Hopefully you rechecked them packs & picked up the 2nd Darrell Green RC!!!
I love 1984 football. Another nice one is 1983 baseball. It's always nice when a box has more than one potential rookie card. 1989 score football is another crowd pleaser.
I meet Prince Fielder in Marysville,Michigan while I was getting Cecil Fielder’s auto when I was 13 years old. Prince was bigger then his own Dad,after leaving my Dad a I both looked at each other and said “can you believe how Prince is compared to his Dad at only 12 years old” at the exact time while gettin in the Truck. That’s what got use hooked on collecting sports cards. My Dad was the foreman on the ppl mover back then so he knew the Detroit area really well,every weekend we would look at the back of the Becketts to see where the Card shows were at. I remember seeing in the Becketts every month and seeing that Mickey Mantle’s rc was only $5000.00 dollars,Thank God my Dad bought one graded at a PSA 9 !! He passed away shortly after in 1993,so in honor of my Dad I keep collecting Cards. I’m Seriously thinking about flying to an Auction to sell that Mantle that’s been sitting in my safe since then. What do you think Jeff about selling it or holding onto it ? Looking forward to hear from ya Bud🤘🇺🇸🐊
I got to meet Willie Mays in a baseball suite at the inauguration of the minor league baseball field in Fresno California. He autographed a ball for me. SF Giants are my hometown team and he is still my favorite baseball player of all-time.
Pretty nostalgic made me have lots of memories I opened a bunch of those packs when I was little
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Joe Montana was my favorite. As crazy as it sounds, he actually seems underrated now.
Mine too. It’s because the youngest of us that saw him play is forty. I’m sure in the 80s you had forty, fifty year olds saying Sammy Baugh is underrated.
Love the 49ers! Joe Montana and Jerry Rice were my heroes as a child!!!
Jeff Lageman! Awesome person, great outdoorsman. Ive had the pleasure of fishing with Jeff and became friends with him years ago.
When I was a kid my goal was collect all Topps Football sets from the 80s . It took a long time but I did and still have them
Marino was the only QB at that time with current QB stats, when guys weren't doing that, way ahead of his time. Best arm maybe in NFL history, I was always amazed how far he could throw in the old Pro Bowl QB challenges they use to have. What a cool box, all off center in the same way, tells me it was legit.
This is awesome Jeff!! Great way to start off Superbowl Sunday!!
Emmitt smith, with his running ability it’s amazing and astonishing what he can do.
I met Yoggi Berra in the 1980s at a New Jersey Devils game. My uncle pointed him out to me. He singed my game ticket. Also met Gronk after a UA wildcats game.
An enjoyable trip down memory lane with these cards. I got the set for Christmas in 84 when I was 9 years old. Played with the cards of course and traded the Marino to my friend a few years later. I have since bought ungraded versions of Elway and Marino just for sentimental value.
John Elway was my hero too, and still love him.
I got to meet Mickey Mantle at a card show a few weeks before he died while he was in Oregon. He had a bandage covering a bruise on his face. My dad, no stranger to fights, asked Mantle, "tou got in a fight eh?" and Mickey tells my dad how he was at a bar in Portland and someone approached him and asked if he was Mickey Mantle. When he said he was, the guy punched Mickey and then Mantle told my dad how he started kicking the guy's ass. Security tried to rush us through, I dropped a couple cased cards, and Mantle sees it and looks at me and says, "hey kid, you dropped your cards. " as I locked them up shocked he was talking to me, I was 8, he says, "let me see those" and signs all our cards and photos. The guy was a badass it was an amazing day with my dad, Mantle loved my old man lol.
Curtis Martin: I met Curtis at a training camp practice at Hofstra University and he signed an official game ball for me. My favorite piece of Jets memorabilia I own.
I have been around many sports stars. I am from Atlanta and reside now in Myrtle Beach. When I lived in Minneapolis for a VERY short time, Kirby Puckett was honestly the best guy ever. I have seen him sit outside of the HHH Metrodome and sign autographs day after day for everyone around. Not 1 kid left without an autograph. R.I.P. Kirby. The game needs more of you!!
Walter Payton favorite player! Allen and Payton for second rushing yards. Dang, got it wrong :)
Art Monk was the all time receptions yards and td leader for a while
Mine was John Elway since 1987 and he still is my favorite player and always will. I have this set and it's my favorite.
Favorite player that era was actually Curt Warner. Huge hawks fan. I would play football in front yard and had his jersey. I have a couple of his rookies from when I was a kid.
Dan Marino came to my local Sam's club in Springdale Arkansas. He was doing a promotional thing for some kind of mattress. My dad called me at 6 a.m. and told me that he had heard that Marino was going to be there for a signing. I had already bought a Dan Marino jersey and a Dolphins helmet, I flipped a quarter to see witch I would rather have autographed. Tails, Dan autographed my helmet and I still have it sitting on my mantle to this day!
Back in the early 90's there was a huge flea market near the Buffalo area and they had these packs for sale. I bought three packs can't recall how much I paid for them. Anyways I pulled two Marino's out of the three packs and still have one of them. Thanks for this Jeff!
super flea
Here's the thing, opening a box like this is fun, no doubt, and Jeff has a fortune so he can do it and it won't hurt his pocketbook what-so-ever. However, for the average person, there is an alternative that can get you high grade cards for way less. Search around, shows, shops, different marketplaces, and find several sets. Chances are you will eventually fine on that has a really nice Marino or Elway, or both. I just bought a set for $150 with a Elway that looks amazing, a Marino that is probably an 8-9, and the rest of the set was very nice. The set was collated back in the 80's and had been in storage since. Sets like that are out there, the hunt to find good deals on gem RCs in sets is fun, and you will often get them cheaper that way and can grade if you want. And you can pass on the ones that aren't nice.
Gale Sayers and Floyd Little were my hero’s growing up..
I used to love watching Walter Payton,Barry Sanders and Icky Woods. Warner's rookie has value and T.D from Broncos was one of those cut short playing career that was a beast, as well as Bo Jackson
I honestly just remembered mostly 90s and up players once I became old enough to know about players and cards
so hard to get those card psa 10 - shows you why the value is high. the elway was beat and the marino even wasn't close to a 10 - and you opened them fresh out of a box. Insane. Great pulls anyway and always a fun time when you open cards on the channel.
I love watching the cowboys....big Emmitt Smith fan and of course Troy Aikman
Fun break! Thank you for sharing! Thurman Thomas is my favorite player I’ve met. Jim Kelly would have been another potential pull from that box but he opted to go to the USFL.
I was fortunate enough to have worked at the Sheraton Torrey Pines as a Butler in 1992. We had the Dream Team stay with us for two weeks and I go to meet all of the greatest basket ball players that ever lived. Magic, Jordan, Malone and Barkley were super cool. The stories I have are in a vault...no cell phones back then, but I could tell you some interesting stuff LOL. My favorite was playing pool with Wilt Chamberlin and my "man crush" Christian Laetner LOL
Kevin LePage who wasn't overly famous NASCAR drive. But he came to my HS in 2000. I met with him after. Really nice guy.
I got to meet Sparky Anderson and Ernie Harwell when The Tigers played in Seattle back in the early 90's.
My favorite player growing up was Troy polamalu. It was my first game I ever watched I’m 2004 as an 11 year old kid. I became a steeler fan that year and I’ve been loyal every year since. I think every fan has one player who made them a fan of that team. If I weren’t a steeler fan and I started watching football last year I probably would’ve been a chargers fan because I absolutely love Justin Herbert.
True. I’m older, so my player was OJ Simpson. He was probably that player for a lot of fans my age.
I grew up in chicago so I got to see all the greats including the 1985 Chicago Bears and all the Bulls ships.
I grew up with Bernie Kosar and the Kardiac Kids🤣
Went to Cincinnati to watch a Reds game and went to a local pizza joint after the game. Walked in and there was Billy Hamilton eating at the bar. Met him and he introduced my nephew and I to his mom and dad. Had dinner with them and they conversed with us as if we had known them our entire lives. Very down to earth and intelligent individual. Highlight of the trip.
John elway is my favorite spots player of all time
My favorite athlete I met was Nolan Ryan...at a grocery store while fueling my truck.
He pulled you in a dulley that was pulling cattle trailer
At that time he was pitching for the Astros and he was my favorite player on that team.
I went to high school with Frank Thomas in Columbus. I also have several pics with Hershel Walker as my old company bought chicken from his company. Both are super good people!
You got some Jackie Slater rookies in there too!
I met Sandy Koufax at a card show in the sixth grade. He was super friendly, signed my baseball, and posed for photos. Met Hacksaw" Jim Duggan from the WWF at the same show - I was a little intimated given his size, but he was super nice.
I use to work in a grocery store and a gentleman gave me 5 binders of football cards which included a full 1986 and 1987 Topps set.
Once I met John elway at Elways in Denver. Religious experience. I was with my wife and she didn’t understand the importance of that experience. The comeback kid shook my hand and I almost cried
I was waiting for “GI Joe!!?? GI Joe!??” Haha
Favorite athlete was Bill Romanoski. Was at the World Mountain bike Championship in 2001. I was watching the downhill mens finals with my dad and good friend on a very steep section at the finish line. My pops had left for a minute and comes walking up later saying " you wouldn't guess who I just meet ? your favorite athlete ." I yell Bill Romanoski and he says yes and points down the mountain to the stands at the bottom. I see a huge human sitting there and start to beeline down the mountain. Not more then a few feet I trip over something in the excitement and tumble head over heel down to the bottom in front of thousands. You hear a OOOH go over the crowd and I pop back up and still beeline for Bill. I get there and say Bill I had to meet you. First words that come out of his mouth is " nice Digger kid" we both laugh and I shake his massive hand compared to mine. Then he goes on to ask me if I know what is going on here . I sit down and explain what the downhill race is all about and who's the best for about 15 min. Lucky I was wearing a bronco hoodie at the time and had him sign it. He Gave a kid a dream that day and it was amazing to me.
The second KC Chiefs game I ever went to I got to meet Neil Smith and Derrick Thomas. I got to talk to Derrick Thomas about the game while he drank a couple beers. He is my favorite football player of all time and my sons name is Derrick. I also have a Chiefs tattoo with the number 58 in the arrowhead!
I worked at Staples Center for over 9 years and I met a lot of athletes but my favorite athlete had to be Magic Johnson. I wish all athletes would act like him
Randy Moss is my favorite football player of all-time. Also Tom Brady, but Randy Moss back in 98 and early 2000s phew. Also remember in 98 his rookie cards exploded.
I was starting to get worried for you UNTIL , enough said 👍
When I was stationed at Ft Lewis, WA in the Army, I recognized Jon Kitna at an Elmer's restaurant and he talked to me and my daughter for a good 10 minutes while I was in uniform. He ended up telline thank you for your service and I asked the waitress for my bill and she replied with the guy you were talking to paid your bill. So Kitna bought me and my daughter breakfast. Pretty cool memory.
That Brad Van Pelt was cool to see. He went to my highschool! That Marino looks about as good as my PSA 8
7 years old Skins fan growing up in LA. You can guess which 2 rookies I admired most ;)
Glad you hit the Elway, Marino, & Dickerson. BBCE was probably sweating
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At a card show in Orlando in 1985 there were tables stacked up with 100's of these boxes at six dollars a box. Loaded up the back seat and put together two dozen complete sets.
I met Ryan tannehill at a training camp with my dad when he was on the dolphins so he was my favorite
Got a box of those for 15 dollars in 1985 when I was 13. Set for 10 bucks. I got two Elways,two Marinos and two Eric Dickerson cards out of the box,and two darrel green.
I met Elway and Walter Payton at Aloha Stadium at the pro bowl practices. Got their autographs. Met alot of football players back in the day.
Friendly suggestion, make a slit or cut the corners of your penny sleeves so the corners don't get dinged when you put them into the sleeves
I like the cards for some of the kickers that set like Raul Allegre, Rohn Stark, Gary Anderson, and Max Runager. Amazing hair.
Elway is my all time favorite player growing up and to this day. I am a lifelong IL resident and a broncos fan because of elway. Go Broncos!!!
My favorite player was Randall Cunningham, close 2nd was Marino
Famous athlete for me; huge hockey fan from the 70s and 80s and got to meet Dave "Tiger" Williams after a game in the Chicago Stadium! Just a tough hard working player who would fight anyone at anytime.... I was thrilled.
Joe Greene, my late father and I went to a Father son dinner with Joe Greene, Jack Ham, and George Perles. I got to meet all of them when I was 7. It was pretty amazing.
You can still get a 9 oc, especially the older cardboard stock
I met John Elway at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley Colorado 1984 for spring training he's my favorite of all time
Randall Cunningham was my QB hero in the day with the Eagles! Paved the way for a lot of other running QB's for sure and I got 3 of his rookies from 1987 topps!
Grew up a Giants fan. So either Simms, Joe Morris, L.T probably my favorite from back than. When Parcells went to New England I went to New England as well. True story!
[Geoff opens new pack]
Me: ok, don't flip the cards upside down this time.
[Geoff flips the cards upside down again.]
Just wanna say..I seen you struggling to put that first card on the sleeve... here's a trick I use.. pinch the top open corner and just give it a roll... it'll leave an opening so you don't damage the corners or shred the edges...btw my favorite player growing up was Bo.. still is
That feeling when you’re opening wax and score!
Famous player I met- I grew up with Hope Solos brother. Funny story was when she was like 12 he would brag and say how she was going to be on the Olympic team. We all laughed. I guess he got last laugh on that.
RANDALL CUNNINGHAM was my guy in the day...congrats on hitting ELWAY RC :)
I met wayne gretzky when I was 10 while I was getting my skates sharpened . I was lucky enough to grow up in his hometown Brantford Ontario even played golf with Walter a few times
I was a HUGE John Riggins fan as a kid. "Crank up that DIESEL"!
man you are so lucky to be able to go to the shows and get the cards and have the money to buy them it's got to be awesome