1980 TOPPS WAX BOX OPENING! (THROWBACK THURSDAY)
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- Today we are opening an authenticated box of 1980 Topps from a sealed case to look for a Rickey Henderson Rookie Card they recently sold for over $25,000 that graded out to a PSA 10. Would we find it??
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I was nine years old when this box came out. This was the very first year I started collecting. So many great memories of going down the the Ben Franklin in town and buying packs after school.
Opening that box and seeing those wax packs as tight as when it was boxed in 1980 was a thing of beauty!! Awesome video!!
This may be the greatest video on TH-cam. Brings back so many memories. Summer of 1980 I was 15 years old. We had a neighborhood grocery store in my little town that sold baseball cards. You could buy an entire box for nine dollars and over the course of that summer I bought 4 boxes trying to complete the set. I had a large paper grocery bag full. Wish I still had them! You are now officially my favorite TH-camr.
Thank you very much!
1980 is the year I started collecting cards. For me, it was a blast buying cards from 80 to 83. To be a kid again....
I bought from 1974 to 1996 when it got too expensive when I got married and had a kid. It was a ton o fun to buy up stacks and stacks of baseball and hockey cards and open them, chew a huge wad of bubblegum, and try to put sets together. 🤪
Jabs! At 5:17. You pulled my uncle!!! Alan Knicely!!
Wow your uncle is a baseball player it will be sweat to get his autograph
noiceee...
I know who Alan Knicely is. I’m from Harrisonburg.
WHOA! thats so cool!
You have a good name. Almost named my son Addison
O.J. Simpson, not a Jew!
But guess who is... Hall of Famer, Rod Carew, (he converted!)
Reeeeeeee
ya cant really convert to be a jew.
@@vincenjones4915 tell Adam Sandler bro
This is quite possibly the best design Topps ever produced!
Great entertainment , I remember opening up lots of cello & wax bxs from 71 thru 82 back in the day !!!!!!
Love your videos! Old school like me! These are players that I grew up watching!
Listen, at 67% chance to pull a Ricky you did the far more statistically hard thing by not getting him. Grats!!
Just opened a 1979 Topps Wax Pack and have a 1980 Grocery Cello 3-Pack Rack pack. These boxes went from $75 to over 1K in a matter of a few years. Crazy what one or two chase cards can do. Thank you for sharing.
This is one of the best Topps designs of all time.
Yes, but one of the lamest years for good cards.
This is the year me and my brother started collecting... Always a favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing!
The 1980 Topps Dale Murphy & Johnny Bench cards were the first two I ever purchased at my local card shop as a kid. Nice to see those cards in these packs (especially in much better condition than mine are now thirty years later).
Good to know that you have one
25:57 YES!! It's shocking how many times Topps "swung and missed" with the 1980 Future Stars cards.
Remember when I was in elementary school and spend the quarter that my grandfather gave me for snack every day on 1980 topps cards😂😂😂
Did your grandfather ever find out that you were a liar?
This will always be my favorite year. It was my first year of collecting and I was 9 years old. My grandfather had a small grocery store and would let me take home anything I wanted. Still have most of them, except that I’m sure that I lost some good ones due to kids being kids.
This is how I collected cards as a kid. My grandfather would buy me two boxes like this in early summer and then spend the rest of the summer trading with my friends in an attempt to complete my set. :-)
I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed watching this box break. Thanks for the vid.
This looks awesome! Nothing like digging up some cardboard treasure. These cards really do command such high value! Oh, boy, do my eyes light up when I see an un opened box!
You have got me excited about baseball cards again! Grew up in the 80s collecting with my dad. Love your channel!
Brings back a lot of old memories. Great watching keep the videos coming.
Love your videos brings me way back, your monotone way and funny wise cracks are awesome. Keep it up brings me back to the 80's. Thanks!
Dude, I have a bunch of those Cards. That's the year I started collecting. Loved the smell of a newly opened pack.
Looks so familiar. I use to get a quarter and walk down to the store for a pack of cards. Then I would take them and wrap a rubber band around them lol Still have many of those cards today.
The 1979 and 1980 were two of the best looking years for Topps Baseball Cards .
Agreed. I also really like the 1974 cards.
One of the sets that I collected and was able to complete the entire set as a kid, the ol’ fashioned way: went to the local pharmacy and bought about 5-10 packs at a time. My neighbor and I would both collect, and we’d walk about a mile to the store, and wouldn’t open the packs til we got home. That walk home seemed to take forever, but still it was like walking on air the entire time. Ah, those days of summer back in SW Pa.. 🤗
fan4life34 yep! Home run derby all day long, playing as an individual team (I was Pirates, he was Phillies usually) imitating players batting stances and learning how to bat left handed for the players that did 😆
Amen brother.
these videos make me wish i had a time machine and $200 lol. i’d be coming back with a few of them boxes
Love those 1980 cards!!!
Jabs family is the best TH-camr ever😁
Back in 1980 I bought several hundred wax packs and traded duplicates with a friend. I then bought 4 vending boxes out of the Sporting News and I was still one card short of a complete set. Frank Riccelli. I had 12 Rickey Henderson rookie cards. Every one was off center 80-20 left to right.
I'm still waiting for my 84-year old mother to admit she tossed my entire collection when I was in college in 1979!
Feel your pain my mom threw out my Sears star wars cantina set in box. Only sold in sears limited time in 1977. Going for over 20 grand now
I also share this pain with you guys. I had a lot of graded PSA 9 cards and raw cards all thrown out...not to mention all the comics I had...thrown out as well
Happen to me when I got abused by my step father back in 87. I got kicked by his steel toe boots. School called the authorities. When I moved to my dads place. He chucked my cards from late 70s to 86 plus my Transformers. He died 4 years later.
You guys want to know pain. I had all the main WWF Wrestlers, GI Joe's, Legos collections, etc... All sold in a yard sale. 😢
At least the Henderson rookie wasn't in your collection 😁
I love it! Keep the vintage wax coming. 1980 is my favorite of the 80's sets and is actually a tough set for being in the 80's.
Bucky Majors is my favorite player back in the day
Cool channel. I can’t believe you pulled a J Johnston’s card in the last pack. Brought me back to my childhood. Very cool
There's a knock on your front door.....
You open it, John wathan standing there. " I hear your talking trash."
Lol I grew up near kc. I remember watching him play.
I’m Australian and have no idea about baseball nor do I understand the game but really enjoyed your video, I love watching unboxing of cards, especially really old cards. Keep up the good work. “Get that gum on outta here” !
I was 8 in 1980 when my journey in collecting began. First card I ever got was Johnny Bench. Like you said there were no plastic penny sleeves then so it got mangled pretty quickly. Anyway, I still have it; it’s mounted on my wall as to remind me of that day.
Thanks for the great break.
Now that's a comment from the heart.
sweet break. I was 11 when it came out I got a Henderson out of a pack still have it today. not in good shape has a crease but one of the first big cards I remember pulling
HOW FUN!!!
Erik can u put my Robin Yount. Ozzie Smith, and Johnny Bench in one-touches? They are in such incredible condition. I see the Smith and Bench are def triple digits for PSA 10s and even some 9's. I will pay you for them, please. I want to get them all graded. Also, any chance my five pack buys gets me the box? :)
Congrats
He does, in fact, use one touches for hits. He mentioned and shows them before the box is opened.
Nothing wrong in reserving a one touch for hits. From other breakers I've hit in cards more valuable than anything pulled in this box, including a nice OPC Steve Yzerman RC, and nothing has been sent to me in a one touch. All in Card Savers. Nothing in this box was one touch worthy.
@@hattorihanzo2275 cards worth hundreds of dollars at PSA 10 are not One-Touch worthy? Well, that's an interesting stance.
@@85geoffm Who said that? Erik is amazing with packaging cards. I was just asking for one-touches for these specific three cards because I plan on getting them graded. I'm sure he already was planning on sending them that way.
1980 was the first year that I collected as a kid so this video was very cool to watch! I still have my 80's...though let's say they are very far from mint! :)
I've always wanted this set and while I cant afford one this is the next best thing. I enjoyed this very much thank you
I used to use my baseball & football cards on my bike to make motor sounds. I'm sure I wore out many a good circa 1960's & 70's rookie cards. I had to change them out often, because the crisp cards made the best sound! :)
Been there done that!
Those cards look amazing.
I remember buying 1980 Topps 36-ct boxes at baseball Card Shows for $8 or two for $15.
15:24 Shame there was silence for Ben Oglivie. That dude was one of the most legit players ever!
Nice box break! Disappointing not finding a Rickey Henderson RC card. But 2 Ryan's and other HoFers were sweet. Thanks for sharing!
love this ye
ar it was my first year collecting . I was able to complete the set from buying loose packs in 1980 .
Before the dh didnt jim mason bat after the pitcher for the yanks
One good thing about the 1980 tops is for the most part their pretty well centerd.
McCovey is my favorite player. So under rated. I got two Rickey Henderson Rcs Psa 6s tho. O well Hes there all i care about.
1980 Topps are really beautiful coming out of the pack. Their collation was pretty bad though. reminds me of going through 1980s Topps packs and remembering that Willie Hernandez after Butch Wynegar followed by Tommy Herr EVERY TIME!!!! :)
Tops is always been a bad coalition usually have to open six or seven boxes before you even get close to a complete set
As a kid I can remember opening a lot of these packs, and you had an 86 percent chance (True Fact!) of finding Tim Foli late in the pack if you found a 44:17 Phil Garner early. It's like they were teammates in the wax pack world as much as they were in real life. They were quite the World Series Champion keystone combination that year (1979)... leading into their 1980 Topps set.... show together (of course) at 44:24 .
And one of the earlier packs here had the Orioles Team card and the Angels Team Card which were the playoff A.L. contestants from the previous year as well. First pack I believe.
Holy cow!!..Yes your right.I had a half dozen Foli's..what what a silly picture too, it was like he was simulating a Willie Mays catch.
Nice to see a box that haven’t been searched!
Great video. I know this was authentic, but one reason I didn't buy boxes or packs much, it was so easy to go through and reseal. Not saying this happened here, but it happens more than people think.
I don’t remember but did the wax boxes in 1980 go by series or could you get any card in the set from 1980?
Must have been any card when things were simpler.
Fun stuff! I like these older breaks!
Back in the early 80's my friend and I would go to a lot of Twins games. They were really bad and you could pay bleacher outfield price then go sit anywhere you wanted {crowds of 2,000} sometimes. The reason for my story is Bombo Riveria. He was a joker, I have pictures of him chewing gum and blowing a huge bubble, sticking his tongue out at us and would sign anything you had. He knew he was lucky to be playing MLB. Great memories. P.S. Tickets in 1980 for general admission to Metropolitan stadium $2.25.
My favorite card of all-time is the 1980 Topps Brett. It's not worth a whole lot, but it conjures up images of my childhood like no other card. I was 10 years old in 1980 and Brett was seriously flirting with .400, it was crazy! I'll never forget seeing the 1980 Brett card at the exact same time that his .400 quest was all the rage and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world; I loved that card.
I'm from 1971 and remember that as well. Great anecdote, what memories!
Hey thanks it was like watching grass grow, but then again it was fun. Think I had two or three Henderson cards when I was 11 but kept them in a paper bag and I had all the other cards in the same bag. Really only cared about the A's cards. My mom throw the bag in the trash about 1987. Man the good old days when life was lived like a kid.
The first card of the first pack I ever bought was the 1980 Topps Johnny Bench. I was eight in 1980 and didn’t know anything about baseball but I was hooked.
12:18 The first seven in this pack were definitely above common. You passed right over a guy that won seven gold gloves and played in four world series.
32:32 i never knew that was how the "Mendoza line" came about! Learn something new every day!
This was as intense as a 1986 Fleer basketball break. Love these oldies!! Awesome channel too!
Just checked, the 1975 unopened wax box is 19,500, that's all.basically the cost of a base model new car... priced at the BBCE...1974 is 11,000. There are no existing 73 and older boxes. And the 74 and 75's are running out! There's alot of sports card collectors that are millionaires and are ready, able and willing to rip them open, I'd estimate you have 1 maybe 2 yrs Topps to rip open a box. Me personally, the 75 is the most famous and I'd pull all the strings to make that one happen! Soon to be in the pages of history.......awesome break!!!
Just passed Dave kingman without a word to say!
The very first baseball cards I ever bought was 1980 Topps. Got lots of Joey McLaughlins, but never pulled a Rickey.
What's a 1980 Topps piece of gum PSA 10 going for?
I would chew it.
Twice the price of a Ricky H. card.
@@steeloned 😂
There's a you tuber who does podcasts with various stars , he had Pete Rose on once and Pete ate some of the old gum!
@@larrydj7571
You can bet he did.
My second view really enjoying this I have a few of those Rickey Henderson’s now I have to find out what they’re worth you’ve got me all excited about my cards I thought cards were dead, like my father said when I get older I’ll be able to buy a house with all the cards I have
From now on if you don't pull the big rookie card out of a break, you have to eat one piece of the gum!
What if it's a gumless box?
@@steeloned Eat the box.
@ Bo Fletcher Lol
Do it! I would!!!
lol
Nice break, love the vintage stuff, thanks for the video Jabs 😎🇺🇸
This box was such a tease for the RH card. I saw literally every other A's player including 4 in one pack. Also, if Linda doesn't get a hit I know the break is not going to produce the unicorn.
Saweeet ! My brother collected this set when we were kids. He has it still, the Henderson is in great shape, just not centered great. Prob a 8 graded.
WOW $2500 for a box, crazy. Im old lol
How do I buy into a break like this ?
Ill eat a piece of that gum ! ;-) Mail me a stick lol
I had the Henderson, and I was the one that bought it back in 1980. Took me literally 3 yrs to sell it on ebay. Missed the boat on when it was worth more. Ive got 89 Beanies Babies in my closet, anyone lookin......
Every time he says Rickey Henderson, take a drink lol
You had me biting my nails waiting for a Ricky!
Wish I still had my collection. I know I had a few Ricky Henderson rookie cards. I sold all my card for $50 to buy a bike. I regretted it not long afterwards and im kicking myself in the butt now
This was my first year collecting…my friends and I lived in MA so we were trying to collect the entire 1980 Red Sox…for some reason the Fisk card was really hard to get!
Erik thanks for.doing this. Awesome break. I hate when you don't get the big card but still cool cards.
Me: I can't believe I just watched a 40 minute video of someone going through an abandoned storage unit.
TH-cam: Might we suggest a 54 minute video of someone opening baseball cards?
Me: OK, I guess.
I can smell the gum as you are opening the first pack. I can picture myself in my old house sliding through the cards one by one.
Great cards. I worked at a grocery store in the 80s and got boxes and boxes of cards that would come with the candy to out out. Good times.
I worked in a grocery store in my teens and got hold of tons of 89 packs, I have now about 4 sets worth nowadays.
Great break. My son and I are close to completing this set. I forgot how nice this set was. I had most of the set from when I was growing up. A lot a great players in the set.
Used to flip cards in the 70's at school... Would bring 50-100 cards and sometime lose them all :)) ..close pin and a spoke on my bike was great too !!
Grew up in the ‘60s and used the cards in the spokes of my bike too. I wonder how many priceless Hall of Farmers I shredded that way?
Wayne Nordhagen and Jim Morrison of the White Sox are two of my all time favorites. Cool cards and video.
Dude, you “guess” the gum is broken in half? At around 7:05 we’re looking at objective evidence, eliminating all guesswork. Funny how it’s a nice clean cut, pretty close to a half, too. I wonder how much something like that goes for these days.
Man sorry to see no one got the Henderson card. I was lucky enough to pull my Ricky Henderson from a pack back in 1980 along with Nolan Ryan so I guess I paid .25 cents for mine. Of course back in 1980 it was not a big deal. I doubt mine is a PSA ten but its nice enough. I was already a teenage in 1980 so thankfully I took pretty good care of the cards I bought. I kept them in plastic index card boxes because that is what was around back then and they fit pretty good.
What is a good site to find out the prices and past sales of cards? I'd like to go through all of my cards. Also, I have a couple unopened boxes of cards and want to open them up. Thank you!
you have never heard of Bob Horner???? he was the second best third baseman that ever played for the Brave behind Joe Torre. he was a number one draft pick and one of only 4 people to hit 4 home runs in one game.
I remember Bob Horner and Dale Murphy just killing it for the Braves.
That dang gum looks soo good.... I hope you didn't throw that away!
I have a Rickey Henderson Topps Rookie Card. Highly doubt its close to a PSA 10 though.
The box lost 90% of value the second he unsealed it.
Best gum ever. They used to smell like baseball cards. lol.
How did you calculate 67%??
I did a 100,000 loop within' each loop it took 540 random numbers with 726 to choose from. Of the 100,000 loops there were about 52,500 times or a 52.5% chance of any given card to come into form. I am curious to how you got around two thirds when I am near a half.
That sounds more accurate. I was repeating what another subscriber told me. Thanks for the good info!
@@JabsFamily They printed 792 cards, not 726, 6 sheets of 132 cards. 66 were double printed (Not the Henderson) so you have a 540/792 chance of getting one card or 68%
my favorite break youve done so far!😁
Can you do a video about getting cards graded by PSA. Also is it worth to get some cards graded at all
@Jabs_family I second that!
I really loved watching "The Bird" walk around the mound talking to the baseball.
Best TBT yet! Thank you!!