I opened a lot of these packs in 1952. I was 5-years old or approaching 5 in Aug of 1952. I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting on the steps outside the local neighborhood store ripping the wax wrappers and throwing them away and then jamming the cards into my pocket. You had to have been there for such a memory.
That is awesome. My dad was born in '44 and to this day, still calls cards 'Flips'. Said it was a game the kids played, flipping the cards on the ground or something!?! He grew up in St. Louis, MO, so not sure if kids did that all over, on top of putting them in wheel spokes, haha!
@@clinitekservice2122 My dad was born in 1922. I never asked him if he collected baseball cards. He did tell me, though, he sold peanuts at Detroit Stadium in the mid 1930s.
Guy shares a pack of 1952 Topps opening with the world and gets nothing but critics busting his chops. 1. THIS IS AN AMAZING VIDEO. He is doing something all collectors dream of. I for one appreciate him sharing. 2. This is obviously not a resealed pack. He got 3 good name stars of the era. No way you will find this quality in a reseal. 3. You people kill me complaining about him not talking. probably the same people who bitch on videos about people talking to much
Obviously not a reseal because of that quality? The "stars" he got are worth barely more than commons. There are a bunch of HOFers in the first series of '52 Topps. Plus, it's GAI, which means it was basically ungraded. Murphy left there soon after they started grading packs; there's even a video of someone opening up an old GAI graded pack and getting cards from a different year in it. th-cam.com/video/_y9PtfSRC0U/w-d-xo.html There is no way of really knowing if it was searched. It's great that he opened it obviously, but I can't imagine wagering thousands of dollars on just the hope that it somehow wasn't. Doubt the odds were anywhere near in his favor
Thank you for sharing this experience. That's a once in a lifetime opportunity and you shared it with the world. I'd like to do a pack one day but I'm not quite in the $15K arena for box/pack breaks. :)
Do you think whoever sold him that pack by chance mentioned IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE to pull the mantle from this pack lol...that was a pack from series 1.....the mantle is in series 2
Wow, a 1952 1st series wax pack. Only a handful of collectors nowadays will ever have that opportunity. Some nice looking pack fresh 52's. Thanks for sharing
back in 1989 i went to a card show near seattle. Mr. Mint was there and someone had brought in a near full 1952 topps unopened box 1st series. Mr. Mint paid $400 a pack. i don't know how many packs were in a box in those days but i do know Mr. Mint bought more than 15 of those packs. wondering how much those packs sell for now?
I think it was a repack. What the hell was that inner lining thing? Supposed 2 get at least one hall of Famer. Gum wasn't sticking to that cards. He got ripped off.
Rosen and Sauer were both MVP's of their leagues, Ferris Fain was a good hitter, Pollet and Staley were useful pitchers. The five cards probably bring 300-400 if left ungraded.
I can't come to terms with somebody opening up packs that old. I know you have to open to get a card graded BUT damn. That's just one more pack that isn't opened. A thought, what if someone had THE LAST unopened pack of a certain year in existence? Would you still open it?
lol I had his 67 card .. was not born until 59 .. started collecting in 66 thru 73 and had over 10,000 baseball cards alone.Some were worth a good bit,helped me buy my house. Lots of fun back then when the greats were playing and Topps was king.
That Ferris Fain is a beautiful card. My grandfather has an autographed 1953 topps card signed by him. He, (Fain) had an interesting life. Great video. Thanks for sharing
Just read his bio, and yes he sure did have an interesting life, ha! Too bad for him he wasn't born much later, could have really prospered growing good weed where he lived in CA.
I played softball back in the 70’s with a guy who had collected cards with his dad all of his life. His dad passed away in the late 60’s, and he and his mom kept the cards because it was a memory of them being together. My mom sold all of my cards at a garage sale, including a complete set of ‘65 Topps obtained by buying packs (traded 12 comic books to get Warren Spahn to complete the set). My friend decided to look back at the cards when collecting surged in popularity. He found 7 Mantle rookies… it was his dads favorite player so he didn’t sell at that time, against all the advice from team members! We said keep one, sell the rest. Haven’t seen him in 40 years!
back in 1997 I saw a complete run of boxes, all series from 1952 to date. There was an open box, with cards and wrappers, the other was untouched. My partner wanted to buy it all, but the man laughed
This is amazing. Al Rosen had some great seasons. An MVP winner. Thank you for sharing this with the world. I wonder how man of these even still exist?
After checking the value of an unopened 52’ wax pack (approx. $50,000 to $60,000), I almost threw up. This poor man (although can obviously afford it) reduced its value to a few hundred dollars. Even the S & P 500 hasn’t lost that much value lately.
Other than opening a cigarette pack for hope of a t-206 card, this is the next best thing. I give him credit for having 50k worth of balls to open this.
@@dennispaulsen2408 got to cost at least 5k per card. so at least $25k for the pack. thats just minimum. would probably be between 25 and 50k for the pack. whats amazing is i was at the card show when Mr. Mint bought a near box full of these, like 20 packs for $400 a piece. this was back in 1988 or 89.
Wow i just looked up that Al Rosen card because its the best card of the 5, to me it looks like an 8 and on PSA one went for 5 thousand bucks, id say he definitely got his moneys worth lol
hey this is a cool youtube channel. I am a 10 year old and my dad gave me all of his cards when he was a kid in the early 90s. I started my own youtube channel opening up cards, your youtube has given me some good tips. thanks.
Man those first four were dang nice, I just wish you could have hit a star! I have two of those cards anyhow that was three years ago that pack now my goodness I can only imagine what that same type would sell for right now in 2021
Go Noles - A cat like me, who is only in this 'game' for the sheer enjoyment of collecting. One who isn't fooled by thinking that just because I collect baseball cards too, that one day I will magically become a millionaire because of it either. So to all you haters, who is the joke on now? Ya dang fools !!! 😂
Do you really think that pack had been unopened? Who in the right mind would SALE A pack of unopened 52 tops? With a Rookie Mickey mantle Worth hundreds thousands of dollars Why SALE it
Of course it was opened beforehand. The dipshit is just trying to cash in on peoples' stupidity, looking for his likes and subscribes. People like him are just sad.
On one hand, I'm cringing watching him open a pack like this because unopened packs aren't common. On the other side, I now have a better understanding of how they were issued and where the gum was placed. Mixed feelings for sure.
You have to have a last series pack for a chance at Mickey. In a first series pack if you had gotten a real nice Andy Pafko (#1) that could've been worth just as much if not more so!
Yes I get why people are critical of him opening that pack, but you should still appreciate the fact that these cards are really old and you can't find too many of them
You gave me a heart attack when you were trying to force out that pack. Lol
same
Yeah, you would think he didn’t know how to open a pack of cards.
And just going to town with scissors so close to edge
The hands never stopped shaking the entire video, that was nerve wracking
500k Heart Attack
I opened a lot of these packs in 1952. I was 5-years old or approaching 5 in Aug of 1952. I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting on the steps outside the local neighborhood store ripping the wax wrappers and throwing them away and then jamming the cards into my pocket. You had to have been there for such a memory.
Beautiful story.
Then put them in the spokes of your bike.
That is awesome. My dad was born in '44 and to this day, still calls cards 'Flips'. Said it was a game the kids played, flipping the cards on the ground or something!?! He grew up in St. Louis, MO, so not sure if kids did that all over, on top of putting them in wheel spokes, haha!
@@clinitekservice2122 My dad was born in 1922. I never asked him if he collected baseball cards. He did tell me, though, he sold peanuts at Detroit Stadium in the mid 1930s.
Sounds exciting. I can just picture it in my mind
I like how the video is 3:11 long and Mickey Mantle is card #311 in the '52 Topps set. I don't know if that was planned, but if so... pure genius!!
Must just be the Vintage Topps Gods doing that.
They are just taunting him
Mantle was in the high series pack.There was zero chance of him pulling a mantle.
I dont see a mickey mantle
Guy shares a pack of 1952 Topps opening with the world and gets nothing but critics busting his chops.
1. THIS IS AN AMAZING VIDEO. He is doing something all collectors dream of. I for one appreciate him sharing.
2. This is obviously not a resealed pack. He got 3 good name stars of the era. No way you will find this quality in a reseal.
3. You people kill me complaining about him not talking. probably the same people who bitch on videos about people talking to much
Too*
Obviously not a reseal because of that quality? The "stars" he got are worth barely more than commons. There are a bunch of HOFers in the first series of '52 Topps. Plus, it's GAI, which means it was basically ungraded. Murphy left there soon after they started grading packs; there's even a video of someone opening up an old GAI graded pack and getting cards from a different year in it. th-cam.com/video/_y9PtfSRC0U/w-d-xo.html There is no way of really knowing if it was searched. It's great that he opened it obviously, but I can't imagine wagering thousands of dollars on just the hope that it somehow wasn't. Doubt the odds were anywhere near in his favor
He clearly was clickbaiting, he did not even get a Mickey Mantle
@@sbeni2 1952 Rosen in PSA 9 IS $11,900 TO 13K. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIGH GRADE 52S?
@@sbeni2 also Murphy authenticated this pack. 102# Do a little research
Appreciate you opening this for us all
bless this mans soul
right he was giving me a panic attack opening them cards lol
Thank you for sharing this experience. That's a once in a lifetime opportunity and you shared it with the world. I'd like to do a pack one day but I'm not quite in the $15K arena for box/pack breaks. :)
Much respect for going for it. This dudes got a set of balls the size of bowling balls.
Asmr with $10,000 pack of cards. This guy is an eccentric genius.
Lololololol!!!
Or, something !!
LOL he is a special genius in how to lose money.
That opening was soo stressfull
Do you think whoever sold him that pack by chance mentioned IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE to pull the mantle from this pack lol...that was a pack from series 1.....the mantle is in series 2
Wow, a 1952 1st series wax pack. Only a handful of collectors nowadays will ever have that opportunity. Some nice looking pack fresh 52's. Thanks for sharing
Since mick was in series 3
back in 1989 i went to a card show near seattle. Mr. Mint was there and someone had brought in a near full 1952 topps unopened box 1st series. Mr. Mint paid $400 a pack. i don't know how many packs were in a box in those days but i do know Mr. Mint bought more than 15 of those packs. wondering how much those packs sell for now?
@@golfmaniac007 BBCE has a brick of 8 for $570,000 for sale on their website.
@@thomasdaubert1114 i just saw video that its the same packs bought back in the seattle find. they said it was 44 packs or so if i could remember.
I cant believe this is even available.
Video should be titled “How to lose $15,000 in 3 minutes”
Someone was gonna open it at some point lol
Or how to take way to long opening it
You're a prikckcccd
It would eat at you forever if you didn’t open it!
Sell the gum for 5,000, what a waste of money
Damn bro, you nervous?
I can't believe how many haters comment on this video. this guy just opened a 1952 topps pack and the jealous comments make you look like idiots
We are saying this just to assume your response is gay.
yo,its brock where’s the Mikey mantel
@@angrymerkbossjay6346 jesus christ you lame! His name is mickey mantle, genius, not what you just said.
A Mike-y Man-tel, I love it.
Finally a video where i just hear you opening and showing the cards without talking. Thank you
He’s speechless because he knows that he screwed up and lost a lot of money
These will look cool in the bicycle spokes.
Troll much?
Why don't you put Mark 1:15 into action and stop judging folks?
@@VintageToyTheatre bruh
I think it was a repack. What the hell was that inner lining thing? Supposed 2 get at least one hall of Famer. Gum wasn't sticking to that cards. He got ripped off.
Rosen and Sauer were both MVP's of their leagues, Ferris Fain was a good hitter, Pollet and Staley were useful pitchers. The five cards probably bring 300-400 if left ungraded.
Is this for sure not from a later "reproduction" set?? (Only reason I wonder is that the condition looks so perfect on these cards.)
It's all staged, lol. Notice how the dipshit doesn't respond to any of the comments. Just report his video and channel for misleading content.
at least he didn't eat the gum, thanks for sharing, everyone dreams of doing this just once and you did
I would of ate that piece of gum like a boss!
I ate a slab of 52 gum in 1991 at the national!
Hello you don't know that yet
That was a $20,000 pack of cards
I can't come to terms with somebody opening up packs that old. I know you have to open to get a card graded BUT damn. That's just one more pack that isn't opened. A thought, what if someone had THE LAST unopened pack of a certain year in existence? Would you still open it?
Wonder why the video is exactly 3:11?
Ironic since the Mantle card is #311 in the set.
lol I had his 67 card .. was not born until 59 .. started collecting in 66 thru 73 and had over 10,000 baseball cards alone.Some were worth a good bit,helped me buy my house. Lots of fun back then when the greats were playing and Topps was king.
Weird
Hands shaking huh yeah mines would too
That Ferris Fain is a beautiful card. My grandfather has an autographed 1953 topps card signed by him. He, (Fain) had an interesting life. Great video. Thanks for sharing
Just read his bio, and yes he sure did have an interesting life, ha! Too bad for him he wasn't born much later, could have really prospered growing good weed where he lived in CA.
@@clinitekservice2122 lol yeah who would of though.
Where can you buy a pack and how much
I’m the type of guy who will slice the top of that off and then be like “yeah bad idea” and then send it back off to get graded again
How was the gum?
Still waiting for you to announce the names of these player's?
I played softball back in the 70’s with a guy who had collected cards with his dad all of his life. His dad passed away in the late 60’s, and he and his mom kept the cards because it was a memory of them being together. My mom sold all of my cards at a garage sale, including a complete set of ‘65 Topps obtained by buying packs (traded 12 comic books to get Warren Spahn to complete the set). My friend decided to look back at the cards when collecting surged in popularity. He found 7 Mantle rookies… it was his dads favorite player so he didn’t sell at that time, against all the advice from team members! We said keep one, sell the rest. Haven’t seen him in 40 years!
a Mantle would be right up there with Willy Wonka's golden ticket
What a cool experience. Thanks for sharing and taking the risk, I know I'll never get to do this
Who's Mickey Mantle and was he famous?
dad1442 He was an Okie alcoholic. A rather poor shortstop too. Nothing to see here.
David T. He played for the Yankees for a while and he’s in the baseball hall of fame
He was a switch hitter at the ballpark, and was just as good at the bar.
back in 1997 I saw a complete run of boxes, all series from 1952 to date. There was an open box, with cards and wrappers, the other was untouched. My partner wanted to buy it all, but the man laughed
This is amazing. Al Rosen had some great seasons. An MVP winner. Thank you for sharing this with the world. I wonder how man of these even still exist?
Yeah, cool pull but he lost like $15,000
If I shuffle them again will a mantle appear
Is Michael J Fox opening these cards?
Watching you opening this reminds me of the first time I put a rubber on lol
Thanks for the memories. The only thing missing was the smell of the bubble gum.
This guy is a gambler for sure
Wow you have big grape fruits! No way I could open it. It was definitely fun to see to bad no mantle or Mays!
got your bicycle spokes ready yet?
After checking the value of an unopened 52’ wax pack (approx. $50,000 to $60,000), I almost threw up. This poor man (although can obviously afford it) reduced its value to a few hundred dollars. Even the S & P 500 hasn’t lost that much value lately.
How does an unopened pack ger graded ?
Other than opening a cigarette pack for hope of a t-206 card, this is the next best thing. I give him credit for having 50k worth of balls to open this.
So, how much did he pay for this 1952 pack ? Does any one know or can estimate.
@@dennispaulsen2408 got to cost at least 5k per card. so at least $25k for the pack. thats just minimum. would probably be between 25 and 50k for the pack. whats amazing is i was at the card show when Mr. Mint bought a near box full of these, like 20 packs for $400 a piece. this was back in 1988 or 89.
50k down the drain
50k down the drain
Who did he get? I can't read the small names.
Cards look amazing!! Would have saved that pack for life if it was me.
I will buy the hank sauer card he was a personal Friend of mine
way too hard to watch...feel like something is wrong with me watching because his hands are shaking so much geez
Thought I was the only one. Second hand anxiety sheesh haha
Wait so wheres Mickey Mantle?
Why?? Knowing that most of the vintage packs are resealed and can get all low series commons.
Wow i just looked up that Al Rosen card because its the best card of the 5, to me it looks like an 8 and on PSA one went for 5 thousand bucks, id say he definitely got his moneys worth lol
probably paid more for the pack though
@@tr3cardo 20k
are u nervous or do you have the Alcoholic shakes ??
Shoulda kept that one sealed
WOWWWWWWWW are there ANY other of these on youtube?
hey this is a cool youtube channel. I am a 10 year old and my dad gave me all of his cards when he was a kid in the early 90s. I started my own youtube channel opening up cards, your youtube has given me some good tips. thanks.
great video man....love it! ive never seen a graded pack...awesome
its crazy how a ton of these packs were dumped into the ocean
He did not pull a micky mantle, I just saved you 3:11
An amazing gem good opening the opening gave me a mental and nervous breakdown
Great job, I give you credit. I would have been wearing cloth gloves just to avoid finger prints on the cards. Beautiful cards !
Did you get these cards graded? I'd love to know what that Staley card graded, being in the sweet center spot. He's a tough card in NrMt.
psa 3
Dennis paulsen I may only be a kid yet at the age of 12 but that seems like a great Memory to have haha
A bit shaky?
Looks like you were nervous. Thanks!
Those scissors were making me nervous
Not a bad group of cards there!! Nice!
Man those first four were dang nice, I just wish you could have hit a star! I have two of those cards anyhow that was three years ago that pack now my goodness I can only imagine what that same type would sell for right now in 2021
He didn't get hall of famers but he did gets stars... Rosen and Sauer were both mvps
Who opens that?
Go Noles - A cat like me, who is only in this 'game' for the sheer enjoyment of collecting. One who isn't fooled by thinking that just because I collect baseball cards too, that one day I will magically become a millionaire because of it either. So to all you haters, who is the joke on now? Ya dang fools !!! 😂
Glad this dude is not a surgeon.
That Al Rosen looks like it's a PSA 9 send it to be graded
Do you really think that pack had been unopened? Who in the right mind would SALE A pack of unopened 52 tops? With a Rookie Mickey mantle Worth hundreds thousands of dollars Why SALE it
Of course it was opened beforehand. The dipshit is just trying to cash in on peoples' stupidity, looking for his likes and subscribes. People like him are just sad.
On one hand, I'm cringing watching him open a pack like this because unopened packs aren't common. On the other side, I now have a better understanding of how they were issued and where the gum was placed. Mixed feelings for sure.
Thanks for sharing the experience !! Get graded and sold, pack fresh should bring a decent return I hope.
You have to have a last series pack for a chance at Mickey. In a first series pack if you had gotten a real nice Andy Pafko (#1) that could've been worth just as much if not more so!
Correct me if I am wrong but I will keep this pack unopened . It is worth a lot if money.
Its a series 1 pack. No chance of a Mantle. He was in the 5th series.
Why did you mention Mickey Mantle in the title? You want me to burn your house down or something?
That's what I was thinking. Click-Bait much? Just for that, he earned a downvote for the video and the middle finger from me.
I'm curious how much you paid for the unopened pack. I also wish you would have talked while you were opening it.
1:13 > hmm
the old switcharoo
Yes I get why people are critical of him opening that pack, but you should still appreciate the fact that these cards are really old and you can't find too many of them
2020eagleman I have one seen 2 opened
Thank you for showing us both sides of the stick of gum. I could have used a bit more proportionality between the sides, however.
Say something dammit!
Man what's up with all the shaking?
His hands are shaking like crazy. Good shit.
Who is this guy Shaky McShakerton?
His favorite song was "Shakin all Over"
LoL!!! My nigga's shaking like a leaf!! Calm down, bro!! Everything's gonna be okay!! 👌😂😂😂😂
Weird use of the n word scene
Are you that stupid that you've never heard of Parkinson's? Or just a horrible person?
Cards paid for the pack... Rosen, Sauer alone are roughly $13,000 in Gem Mint 9
Was going to say! The centering looked very nice on those 2.
I believe a Beckett 9.5 is a Gem Mint and PSA 10 is a Gem Mint . A 9 for both companies is just Mint.
Thank You for sharing such an awesome video!!!!!! i see the nervousness
Could your hands shake any more?
Your hands shaking gave me anxiety, lol. Great video though. This is a collectors dream.
That pack is worth a lot of money unopened
Was worth a lot of money unopened you mean.
Damn, I didn't realize those came with a mere 5 cards.
Gotta love that the video is 3:11 long
Very cool. Pretty sure junk wax sal would have eaten that gum.
My hands would be shaking too! Lol
This is a gem. "Thank you."
Bro did this and disappeared 😂 this was crazy to watch though good video