1976 & 1968 Topps Baseball pack break

Two packs returned from PSA as 'altered'.

[@kevindelong7046]

The last original real unopened 1968 packs I ever saw were bought by Mr Mint Al Rosen who bought two boxes from a lady who owned a candy store in Mississippi. She would put the extra boxes in the attic after each season. She sold all her extra boxes to Rosen when she closed the candy store and retired. In that overflow of boxes were two 1968 boxes. I watched him open those boxes and he found two Ryan’s and 4 Bench rookies. I bought a Ryan and 2 Bench cards. The one Ryan he kept was perfect centered and it was PSA graded 10.

[@snerdterguson]

Pretty sure that's a pop 1 too. 1968 Ryan/Koosman RC has always been my grail card. Someday I will get a PSA Authentic or a PSA 1.

[@kevindelong7046]

Just for a follow up the one he sold me graded PSA 9. The centering was 58/42 and perfect otherwise.

[@MrDelta880]

The first pack was resealed with glue. The second was resealed with an iron

[@danevertt3210]

Good call. That sucks. I have a crap ton of unopened packs of various years that I fear, have probably already been opened

[@uy7munir]

@@danevertt3210 I hope you like low grade commons because yer fixing to get a whole lot of them with THAT attitude

[@danevertt3210]

@@uy7munir haha with THAT attitude??? You mean me being realistic? Wtf are you talking about

[@uy7munir]

@@danevertt3210 hey I'm not the one who overpaid for a bunch of searched cardboard bucko. That attitude is what gets you a bag of chips and not much else.

[@uy7munir]

@Bamboo Masterpiece sure am. only buy psa graded, certified unopened packs when it's time to BUST VINTAGE.

[@clutchflutie8750]

Dude, it is SO EASY for someone to restick and glue those. That is what they are likely telling you, it was at one point opened.

[@maxcooper9709]

Thanks for opening the packs for us all to see.

[@mikeplate]

Thanks Max, I have a bunch of other packs I might start opening on a regular basis. We’ll see!

[@GreasyCreek12345]

1976 was an off year for Rookie Cards. Dennis Eckersly and Willie Randolph are the best. 1968 had the Nolan Ryan and Lou Pinella Rookie Cards, as well as some interesting error cards. i just discovered your videos. Love to watch you opening old packs. I was a huge collector in the 1980s. Spent all my paper route money on baseball cards. I also have a holy grail story of finding a Redwing boot box full of cards at a flea market for $20 which contained almost month condition cards including stars and rookies from late 50s to '74. Among the great finds in that box were two Mike Schmidt rookies (one of which was sadly a bad cut) and a Nolan Ryan rookie. At one time i had every complete Topps set form 79-87 as well as most Fleer and Donrus sets 81-87. Unfortunately sold off most of my stars, rookies, and sets trying to survive college. But, I still have about 35,000 commons from the 1950s through the late 80s.

[@alanmerritts]

Lou Piniella had his rookie card in 1964 .

[@ronwallace6273]

start again ive been collecting since 75 my favorites are the 71s black set and I found a box of cards for 20 dollars and only had 10 bucks I was able to get half of them about 350 cards 2 were a 59 mantle and a 66. I have found all mantles except the 52 . I still collect mostly the 50s now

[@mikekeeler6362]

Last year of the Hank Aaron card second-year George Brett and Robin Yount lots of good cards in there Willie Stargell Mike Schmidt card in there

[@surfer_guy942]

1968 was the first year I collect baseball cards and I have no idea where all those cards went! The cards may be gone but the memories still remain.

[@kenjohnson2650]

My first year collecting as well but managed to hang onto them. No slabbing or sleeves back then but the held up pretty well in a Converse Sneaker box until I learned how to take better care of them.

[@jayscards8640]

Beautiful cards! Love that Luzinski and the Gary Bell!

[@jhankline8963]

The 68 pack has been ironed on

[@boomerbreaks2133]

Anyone else CRINGE when he RIPPED the 68 wrapper?? That wrapper was actually worth DOUBLE what all the cards from both packs were combined. I always carefully open vintage to save the wrappers =)

[@wpreston86]

1976 has the Eckersley, Randolph and Guidry rookies, Brett and Yount's second year cards and Aaron's last card. The 660 card set came in one series. Later on in the year, 44 traded cards were added throughout packs.

[@richardpeetrinpeetrin9817]

Tough packs. Greg Luzinski not bad. Luzinski's nick-name was "The Bull"🐃

[@LinkRocks]

Sadly a lot of vintage packs have been searched over the years. Even the "junk wax" era packs were searched back in the day by people thinking certain cards would increase in value. I'd only buy from reputable sellers and packs that have been certified not to have been searched. That lessens your chances of getting ripped off. It sucks that greed bled into the hobby.

[@yodapappacards]

I just hopped on your bus , and slapped the like button great vintage rip !!

[@mikeplate]

I haven’t posted much at all; but I have spent the last couple years buying over 100 packs from 1975 to 1959 I’m going to start opening. Thanks for sticking around!!

[@kfgrip]

As I recall most old packs that were legitimate had stains on the back of the card that was in contact with the gum. Cards that do NOT have this residue but are in contact with the gum are probably NOT the original card inserted into this pack from the factory.

[@underrated7725]

Facts. I buy old packs at the baseball shop mostly and marcari sometimes but those old packs do leave stains on the cards.

[@MrK623]

The wax will leave a residue besides the gum. Both of these packs have been searched and rewrapped.

[@rockscousteau]

This was awesome Mike Honcho

[@themotuwolf]

The rojas damage looks like it was caused by the gum to me. A stick of gum has moisture in it no matter what..that's why the sticks dry out and break over time. The card absorbs the moisture from the gum. Not always, but it definitely happens. Certain years are notorious for dark rectangles on the back of cards where the gum was touching.

[@joshx022]

Yep. I got a randy Johnson rookie card with a gum stain...lol

[@tonyhamilton9764]

I'm not saying that wasn't re-sealed but the Rojas definitely looked like gum damage. It also wasn't on the correct side of this pack to be heat/wax.

[@bobmilin]

I actually bought 1968 packs for 5 cents back in the spring of 1968 Willie Mays was the big card that people wanted back then in the first series. Little did I know in my 9 year old hands I was holding a pack of baseball cards that would go for $500 dollars 50 years later.

[@willdrucker4291]

Nobody “knew”…just ask my “Schwinn”…lol

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

And welcome back to another episode of _eBay Scams_

[@Korigan97]

Ikr

[@TheNewGranada]

i can tell just by the way these packs opened they were altered. as well as not having any sort of wax or gum residue. my question is, without having opened them, how did PSA spot it? the wax did look perfect so maybe they were repos

[@alanmerritts]

By the way, from 1974 on, there was no different series.

[@jhankline8963]

The 76 pack has been opened. The gum is broken and it was hard to open pack.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Thanks for sharing!😊

[@miket2419]

Holy resealing job!

[@ToddandRaquiForrest]

Luzinski was one of my favorite players.

[@chrisshockey8883]

My first major collection was the 1976 set. The '68 Cookie Rojas card has wax staining on the back. Looks like the wax was forced into the card stock when it was resealed

[@jackkitchen737]

I'm pretty sure I have that Rennie Stennett card. The Paul Blair one as well. I used to ride to a store called Stop n Go in Akron, Ohio (Ellet) when I was 8, 9, 10 yrs old and get packs of cards. This is pretty cool.

[@erikcagle1177]

Mike, around the 4:12 mark of your video, when you look at the top edge of the pack, it seems the wax is jutting out to the side on the left, whereas the other corner looks tight and tucked. I'm no pack expert, but that struck me as fishy and perhaps a sign it had been resealed. Also, most of the wax packs I've seen opened from 40-50 years ago usually pop open easily, but both gave you a little bit of a battle. Shame the Rojas has wax, gum and water damage, but still fun to open older packs. I have a stack of unopened 1978 packs that I love because of the pack graphic of the catcher. Happy collecting!

[@dennishaas4745]

I agree with you , I think both packs were resealed.

[@bleacherbumpauly]

Very cool pack rip thanks for sharing

[@jlee-yq4qt]

Repacking packs was big in the 80's on the wax packs, then the 89 upperdeck with the low numbers, shame people gotta scam someone on things like this. Would have been awesome to pull something with more then the packaging out

[@kevindelong7046]

I am telling you 1971 or before alleged unopened ar 99% opened resealed Fraud.

[@NCJsport]

I'd be interested in buying the Phillies cards, the 68 pack should basically almost fall open. At least they left a decent Rick Dempsey in the 76 pk, also the centering on the 76 cards u have is awesome! All the 76 pks I've ever opened were extremely worse than those

[@anthonylowney1395]

hoping for more videos of your collection. Thanks.

[@JRICARDS]

Such a shame to even think that people would even alter packs like that. We sell only graded, unsearched and sealed packs! Nice knowing you are able to open packs that are secure!

[@mikeplate]

Just Rip It for my collection I only buy graded. Every once and a while I’ll just pick up a loose lot for fun.

[@JRICARDS]

@@mikeplate For sure! For our site, we only sell cards/shares in graded, unsearched, and sealed packs! They can be more money, but it is worth knowing that you are dealing with pack fresh cards that haven't touched the air in years! Here is a link to our website: www.justripit.com Let me know what you think! :)

[@jimmyfeathersmith1333]

1968 Topps baseball 1st series. If you still have the '76 Luzinski I'm interested trying to put a high grade Phillies set together also who has a CENTERED 1976 Topps baseball #373, Johnny Briggs a most elusive card for some reason YES I'm a collector of commons, I finally found a gorgeous snow free 1957 Topps baseball #310 Max Surkont from the tough 4th Series.

[@josepha9313]

1976, George Brett, Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan; BTW the last Topps set issued in 'series' was in 1973.

[@mikeplate]

Joseph Amendolare thanks for the feedback on that; I wasn’t sure which year they transitioned from series to full set runs.

[@kevindelong7046]

Kit Young had unopened boxes back to 1972 at one time. 1971 or before boxes or packs are likely resealed as it’s 99% unlikely that they are original unopened.

[@vincentdamico2091]

Both those packs were resealed.When you look at the back of the packs you should see marks from roller wheels, straight lines going across the pack on the back. What i noticed was that the packs you have were flat sealed no roller lines. You got duped. If you know who you got them from you should get your money back. If that happened to me, that would be grounds for a nose bleed. They don't expect people to know how these packs are sealed.

[@andrewbruce1737]

Found the reseal comment! Like clockwork on every pack opening there is always one (sometimes more) the person was stupid for buying the pack because of an obvious searched and resealed.

[@renocool1558]

but you can't know who resealed them when. Might have been five buyers ago. I remember as a kid I traded a bunch of good cards to a dealer at a flea market for some older pack. Got ripped off. Unfortunately, the hobby is 90% a ripoff

[@NickPapagiorgio2024]

I subbed to you hope your channel grows

[@danevertt3210]

What did this cost you??? I have a bunch of packs between 1980-1987 that I want to send in

[@brethart9214]

Was searched all dayyyyy longgggg!!!

[@scottfreeman5854]

And you did fine my bro.... Though let me tell you that one could only wish those were vintage Garbage Pail Kids packs !!!

[@rayoyler7382]

while opening your 76 pack you said you don't even know what series these are they didn't have

[@thomasdaubert1114]

Was thinking the same thing. Series stopped in 73.

[@kfgrip]

Older packs are very IFFY I suspect a great majority of "Unopened" pack sellers open these switch out the good cards and reseal. IMO a waste of money.

[@67elco]

Estate sales etc. That's how I got some old packs and pulled my 1954 Bowman Mickey Mantle card.

[@mikekeeler6362]

Mini old packs sell for $5,000 or more

[@CleanCheapShots]

Enjoyed watching you open these despite them being "altered." That stain you are looking at on Rojas is from the gum. Pretty common for packs that have been sitting for that long. What did you end up doing with the wrappers and the cards?

[@dankelly5150]

The wrappers always have value when they're that old so it breaks my heart to see the packs get ripped when opened !! 😢

[@GenerationDown]

Seriously. Would love to hear from a PSA expert on how they identify resealed packs. Although that’s probably super confidential to them, as it would give tips to the ones doing it, in how to better improve their skills.

[@jace15076]

Wax packs from that era were sealed with rollers that left identifiable marks that are obvious under high intensity lighting and magnification. Packs that are resealed with irons or other other heating devices destroy the roller marks. They can tell if the original wax seal has been tampered with.

[@ToppsBaseballRacks]

@@jace15076 The corner folds looked pretty suspect to me as well, from what I could see.

[@TomandAmyinthePI]

Could be stained from the gum after 50 years

[@topgun57572000]

Love that gum

[@kleffner123456]

He didn’t even sniff the cards (WTH). It’s tradition for me when ever I open a pack of cards I sniff them, and then chew the gum. It’s all or none!

[@brianclark1858]

I always assume all single packs are searched or the box they came out of has been searched.

[@kleffner123456]

The good old days of honesty are long gone. People would screw you out of a penny all day long. Where ever there is money.. there is a thief. Very Sad!

[@roberthuot7887]

Hope you didn't spend much. That's the gamble. Thanks 4 sharing bro.👍

[@jasonsulham1979]

It’s gum residue on the back of the card that you first checked

[@michaelotten2724]

I got to rip both years back then..😊

[@josephlombardo16]

Definitely appears to be resealed. Nice cards for 76. The 68 packs came with only 5 cards plus the stick of gum. Thanks for sharing!

[@danevertt3210]

What makes you say they were resealed??

[@LogicMind99]

You got a nice one, Greg Luzinski the bull!

[@DoubleBarrelSportsCards]

Good Video !! Sorry for the bad luck !

[@kellyjames1414]

I have the Paul Blair card from the 76 set signed by him right in front of me.

[@TecniclyAwsm]

Check it out, I need a second opinion. I have a box of 90 fleer (I know.. Worthless) With that said would you open them knowing the best card in the set is worth 10 bucks or wait another 30 years and hope everyone threw the garbage 90 fleer sets away? Anyone?

[@arthurdietrich5182]

Open them and be done with it or sell the unopened box now and take what you can get. When the world ends there will still be cards from the 90s . There were so many made they could survive anything. Lol

[@TecniclyAwsm]

@@arthurdietrich5182 I did. Right after I wrote this actually.. The cards were pretty nice from a non monetary kind of angle. There are a few that are worth a few bucks and I pulled most of them and in surprisingly good shape, nice cuts, a few error cards, etc. It was worth the fun of opening them anyway. Even though 95 percent were worthless.

[@frankdelcastillo9432]

I bought on Ebay a 1977 Topps pack about a year ago. $44.00! I got it, opened it, and clearly it was opened and resealed by the seller. I was pretty upset. The cards were common players but 1, Rick Miller, Red Sox, was really bad. Creases and dents all over. The seller refunded me and let me keep them. Buyer beware!

[@mikeplate]

Frank Delcastillo yup. Lots of people like to comment that in situations like that “we got screwed” I figure we know what we’re buying into it’s a shot to see if something worthwhile pans out. No risk no reward.

[@thomasdaubert1114]

It is possible to have packs that are all commons.

[@LuisDonado]

You just cracked open two real packs in this video. They all have perfect corner and the gum matches. The damage to the Cookie Rojas card by the gum matches up. How did PSA render them altered?

[@jimzvid]

There should have been a noticeable wax stain on the front of the Earl Williams card and a gum stain on the Stennett card. Also, the pack suddenly became hard to open halfway through.

[@kevinclark4369]

Hell, even if it was altered its still a decent pack ...Luziniski,, No neck williams, Rennie Stennett 7 for 7 , ...this reminded me that i actually liked the 76 set....

[@keonigasc2867]

that was brutal

[@lancehurley9743]

If you don’t know anything about the 1976 Topps set,then you haven’t been collecting long or don’t know much about collecting..if you did,you would know that you have a couple of cards in that pack that would probably grade mint 9 or even better.Which is tuff as shit to find in those cards..

[@danthedewman1]

PSA could be wrong..They are very inconsistent in the grading..

[@GR8SCOT22]

There were no series in 1976

[@thegoldentroll]

pro tip: play back at 1.5 speed.

[@spida817express]

....Better pro tip.... Skip this video all together.Time wasted that will be missed later. This was like being at a funeral , with just you and dead guy. R I P. Please. !!!

[@mikerutherford5472]

What does altered mean.??

[@BanksProject]

Do you still have the Luzenski?

[@LOWDOWN.]

Rick Dempsey & greg luzinski👍👍👍👍

[@brucekennedy4541]

Does anyone have an idea what a Robin Yount rookie card is worth?

[@HereForAStorm]

Dude anywhere from $5 to $30,000... all depends on condition.

[@brucekennedy4541]

@@HereForAStorm pretty much..mint. It has been in a plastic baseball card sleeve for the last 40 yrs. How do I get it graded?

[@luciogamesmusic]

You come to a comment section of an obscure KZbin video to ask these questions??

[@shanerathburn9734]

It also looked like the cards in the 1968 pack were facing the wrong direction.

[@kathleenmink2110]

I started buying baseball cards in 1959 at age 6 and I knew that the pack was bogus because every pack I ever opened, the back of the cards would always face the sealed side of the pack. I can't believe the thugs and thieves that have infested what was once was so innocent and fun. Welcome to the world circa 2021.

[@Kevin03841]

That is from the gum that is so old.

[@patrickfowler3785]

I'll take the 76

[@desmondowers613]

It's from the gum

[@drfred1203]

That's what I thought right away, but maybe burn bubbles from excessive heat, eh?

[@TommyAventador]

I’m clenching just watching those packs stuffed into the wrap. I can imagine the corners of the cards being bent.

[@mikekeeler6362]

That's how they do them on all of the parks done by machine

[@luisruizalvarez6860]

Both are resealed packs.

[@bringbackthenordiques5990]

looks like packs i used to reseal. lol

[@isaacsmith3529]

Altered is because it’s fake or resealed.

[@mikeplate]

Isaac Smith I’m aware of the reason why they might provide that designation but tough to understand why. The seals were tight and rolls were consistent, no additional adhesive for reseal...tough to know why they gave it that review....

[@theacguy9546]

Wax packs are scary

[@jayp3564]

Gum and wrapper was the best thing you got.

[@haydencook682]

Not a single semi star is odd...I'd bet they were opened at one point

[@why-why-whywhywhy]

Not once of those cats who rifles through packs of unopened cards looking for one(s) that will put my kids through college, buy me a million dollar home & take me around the world, twice. 🙄 That said, it does suck when the best player card in a particular pack is unfortunately the one with the most severe damage. And in this case that being the 68’ ‘Cookie’ Rojas card. Nonetheless, I very much enjoyed watching this & only wish you would upload more video’s, my friend. Cheers!!!

[@mikeplate]

Tee Dee I never really thought about opening more. I have lots of vintage packs normally I just grade them with PSA. I guess I could start opening more and posting them. Thanks for the feedback!

[@nitro8in]

Why is there only 5 cards in the pack?

[@kleffner123456]

I thought there was at least 10 cards per pack from what I recall.

[@ToppsBaseballRacks]

@@kleffner123456 Wax packs contained 5 cards until 1970.

[@mattpierce-kq5ps]

PSA is doing their job...The glue on that 1st pack,and a piece of gum that is missing pieces in the 2nd pack 😂😂

[@briandm33]

You struck out Brotha. No good cards in those packs. I think there is packs of 1952 Topps out there that are being hidden from everyones eyes so they cannot be seen.

[@danevertt3210]

What????

[@mikekeeler6362]

I'm sure they are there are collectors that are sitting on that stuff

[@daron1967]

Both were tampered with

[@gordellis5849]

You ripped the '68T wrapper!! Be carefully!!

[@eljoe1235]

I am trying to collect the 1976 topps set.

[@JohnDoeDeadhead420]

Not sure why you would want that trash

[@eljoe1235]

My seven year old actually posted it, so you’d have to ask him.

[@renocool1558]

@@eljoe1235 nice looking set. Kid is smart

[@kleffner123456]

That set is very affordable, Complete that darn thing. What are you waiting for.😊

[@toddrichardson8595]

Hey bro, I'll gladly take those cards if you are serious about sending them out. I just subscribed to your channel.. Whoops, I misread the year thinking you had just opened these. My fault.

[@toolsgear2695]

Ouch!

[@yodapappacards]

Tough luck

[@thomasj2972]

Altered means opened and resealed, you got hustled

[@knightguy11]

They were marked altered? so he knows that.

[@philipwall1025]

Anytime I've cracked an old pack there's always one card that's jacked from the gum,always.To not have this,This to me makes me think something fishy.

[@billplate3125]

i have the 1968 Topps complete set .

[@jasonfortier4074]

"I don't even know what series this is" --I don't believe that was a thing with baseball cards until the 90's

[@montrealsports29]

Actually, baseball cards were usually issued in different series up until the early 1970s.

[@kennethrobinson5883]

1976 Dennis Eckersley rookie.

[@ryancane697]

Yea its the gum being ironed on a card lol funny seeing people guess its just the gum

[@ericbond5276]

When I opened my pack of cards, the gum was stuck to the back of the rookie Ricky Henderson.

[@stevebnarasky7994]

68 has Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench rookie cards

[@kevindelong7046]

Also has mantle 68 the last year he actually played a full season. The 69 mantles were tribute cards with his final stats.

[@danthedewman1]

Hey....PSA could be wrong..The way they grade so inconsistent , anything is possible..

[@valkor73]

he knows there trash before hand ?

[@porgslastforeverforeverlas8488]

That’s from the moister in the gum bleeding into the card

[@ahuxley123]

Cookie Rojas is probably the best card that whole lot.

[@ahuxley123]

@James Lyback I'm stationed over seas but my Dad's cards are back home, I have to get back and sit down with a few cold ones to reminisce.

[@matthewhowell1389]

Absolutely brutal vintage packs not even a semi star out of the two packs. Can't win the mall I guess

[@jasonfortier4074]

Win the mall?