1980 TOPPS WAX BOX OPENING! (THROWBACK THURSDAY)

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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[@dskiller68]

Jabs! At 5:17. You pulled my uncle!!! Alan Knicely!!

[@osmanali4145]

Wow your uncle is a baseball player it will be sweat to get his autograph

[@infographicfilms]

noiceee...

[@jeffwatts6119]

I know who Alan Knicely is. I’m from Harrisonburg.

[@dainyafuqua1754]

WHOA! thats so cool!

[@SpecialistGuava]

You have a good name. Almost named my son Addison

[@DetourM]

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.

[@eddiewilbanks1382]

This may be the greatest video on KZbin. 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 KZbinr.

[@JabsFamily]

Thank you very much!

[@ckyle42]

Opening that box and seeing those wax packs as tight as when it was boxed in 1980 was a thing of beauty!! Awesome video!!

[@erikstathis5815]

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....

[@MrManfly]

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. 🤪

[@crawjo]

This is one of the best Topps designs of all time.

[@steeloned]

Yes, but one of the lamest years for good cards.

[@jgarrison1309]

This is quite possibly the best design Topps ever produced!

[@Razzy316]

Listen, at 67% chance to pull a Ricky you did the far more statistically hard thing by not getting him. Grats!!

[@philxus123]

Remember when I was in elementary school and spend the quarter that my grandfather gave me for snack every day on 1980 topps cards😂😂😂

[@thegoldentroll]

Did your grandfather ever find out that you were a liar?

[@BillBarker420]

O.J. Simpson, not a Jew! But guess who is... Hall of Famer, Rod Carew, (he converted!)

[@sponge-bobsbigmouth8439]

Reeeeeeee

[@vincenjones4915]

ya cant really convert to be a jew.

[@BillBarker420]

@@vincenjones4915 tell Adam Sandler bro

[@romeoalpha68]

The 1979 and 1980 were two of the best looking years for Topps Baseball Cards .

[@stephenmillholland3213]

Agreed. I also really like the 1974 cards.

[@MyerheadsCards]

25:57 YES!! It's shocking how many times Topps "swung and missed" with the 1980 Future Stars cards.

[@vincefarina8381]

This is the year me and my brother started collecting... Always a favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing!

[@jesseasbury2612]

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).

[@davidsnider7708]

I'm still waiting for my 84-year old mother to admit she tossed my entire collection when I was in college in 1979!

[@bb-gc2tx]

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

[@slicksilver9441]

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

[@TimmuDammu]

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.

[@rickoner3436]

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. 😢

[@Miguel_Travels]

At least the Henderson rookie wasn't in your collection 😁

[@Grandizer8989]

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.

[@JRICARDS]

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!

[@LACollection]

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.

[@barrettbehurst5276]

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

[@mikeedmondson3212]

Love those 1980 cards!!!

[@abbasrizvi9389]

Dude, I have a bunch of those Cards. That's the year I started collecting. Loved the smell of a newly opened pack.

[@jgarrison1309]

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. :-)

[@jeffcarter403]

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.

[@thomassciolino6350]

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.

[@LACollection]

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.

[@phillyg615]

You have got me excited about baseball cards again! Grew up in the 80s collecting with my dad. Love your channel!

[@CmdrGates]

I really loved watching "The Bird" walk around the mound talking to the baseball.

[@danscollard6439]

I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed watching this box break. Thanks for the vid.

[@CommndngOfficer]

This was as intense as a 1986 Fleer basketball break. Love these oldies!! Awesome channel too!

[@gamblingguru2235]

Bucky Majors is my favorite player back in the day

[@The_Great_Darino]

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.. 🤗

[@The_Great_Darino]

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 😆

[@frankrizzo9959]

Amen brother.

[@TheRmm1976]

32:32 i never knew that was how the "Mendoza line" came about! Learn something new every day!

[@arnolddav2337]

Nice break, love the vintage stuff, thanks for the video Jabs 😎🇺🇸

[@cars365]

Just passed Dave kingman without a word to say!

[@LedgeviewCollectibles]

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!

[@steeloned]

What if it's a gumless box?

[@bofletcher3212]

@@steeloned Eat the box.

[@ad6maddenshorts]

@ Bo Fletcher Lol

[@LACollection]

Do it! I would!!!

[@thetoytable299]

lol

[@jcmaryland4312]

I have alot of those cards that I opened myself as a kid, wish They was in that good of shape!!

[@kevinjones9685]

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!!!! :)

[@mikekeeler6362]

Tops is always been a bad coalition usually have to open six or seven boxes before you even get close to a complete set

[@1965Weasel]

Brings back a lot of old memories. Great watching keep the videos coming.

[@steveeb00]

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! :)

[@VerticalStacker]

Been there done that!

[@Wewalkdisneyland]

Jabs family is the best KZbinr ever😁

[@josephlombardo16]

Nice box break! Disappointing not finding a Rickey Henderson RC card. But 2 Ryan's and other HoFers were sweet. Thanks for sharing!

[@G-BONE]

One good thing about the 1980 tops is for the most part their pretty well centerd.

[@chrisw.6060]

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.

[@naturalsightsandsoundsny6330]

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.

[@steeloned]

Now that's a comment from the heart.

[@chefcarl1649]

how cool brought back a lot of good memories as it's the first set I ever completed. would love to get a couple of wrappers or even an empty box to display with my set.

[@erickort1987]

sir,you know about the 93 topps stadium club super team cards?back then i bought a pack i got a dallas cowboys super team redemption card,i sent it in,i got master photots,the full card set gold embossed stamped,now it isnt worth much

[@robsoldstuff1670]

Before I watch... There are so many great cards that year as a kid in the 90s I loved looking them up on the Beckett

[@maximussilverstacker3928]

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?

[@steeloned]

Must have been any card when things were simpler.

[@murrayvassar625]

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.

[@chrisjones1259]

Hey, don't forget Ron cey has a really expensive rookie card! Especially a PSA 10! Lol!!!

[@chrisjones1259]

@@bargainhunter2404 yeah man!! That's right,but I think people want that '73 one a little more,don't you?

[@D3Csportscards]

Great video, very exciting to watch. Was hoping to see you pull the Henderson but hopefully if you do another box there may be 2 in it.

[@cdsnider9496]

That dang gum looks soo good.... I hope you didn't throw that away!

[@mattmc5069]

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

[@deanmazza1116]

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 !!

[@CBrolley]

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?

[@ssjnimma]

Fun stuff! I like these older breaks!

[@razzipep]

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!

[@jaysteinberg3445]

never heard of bob horner ? boy do I feel old...

[@steeloned]

He should know of "Captain Fragile", one of a handfull of sluggers to homer 4 times in a game.

[@aceball7076]

I remember Bob Horner pitching with the Saint Louis Cardinals in the late 70's. I was a Cards can back in those days.

[@lordblueeyesfrankieg204]

Bright side - you pulled a few John Wathan's - BOOM! Win!

[@view247flix]

Another fun box break to watch! The Brett and Ryan pulls are in phenomenal condition. This 1980 set is a year before I started collecting. I remember a couple years later my cousin had purchased a Rickey Henderson rookie and I was in awe. I recall he bought it at a card shop. He would ask me years later after he apparently sold it how much it was booking. It's been a card that's eluded me since collecting.

[@artvalenzuela8307]

I still got like 10 Younts_Brett I think even molliter

[@biggiesmalls05whitesox46]

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.

[@mnmcards5251]

Some nice cards, sad no Henderson, love the videos Erik

[@TheTactical6string]

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......

[@FranksCardCorner]

I remember buying these as amid. 9 years old. My first set I ever collected.

[@thegoldentroll]

What's a 1980 Topps piece of gum PSA 10 going for?

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

I would chew it.

[@steeloned]

Twice the price of a Ricky H. card.

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

@@steeloned 😂

[@larrydj7571]

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!

[@steeloned]

@@larrydj7571 You can bet he did.

[@jayscards8640]

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.

[@robste]

The very first baseball cards I ever bought was 1980 Topps. Got lots of Joey McLaughlins, but never pulled a Rickey.

[@aranaboys1637]

No Henderson, that ok it just means you get to try again, Can't wait to see your reaction when you actually do pull the ricky. great video.

[@francismorganstern6455]

I remember flipping these cards in school

[@bg147]

Wayne Nordhagen and Jim Morrison of the White Sox are two of my all time favorites. Cool cards and video.

[@2DSTORMS]

You had me biting my nails waiting for a Ricky!

[@jasonmaynard78]

I was a big baseball card collector back in mid 80s in to 90s when I bought complete set if 1980 complete set and actually still have it.

[@jameschristy7861]

I actually found 3 Ricky Henderson rookie cards in 1980 when I was collecting from a unopened box I bought at the store. Like a fool I sold them all years ago.

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

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? :)

[@BITGBREAKS]

Congrats

[@hattorihanzo2275]

He does, in fact, use one touches for hits. He mentioned and shows them before the box is opened.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

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.

[@85geoffm]

@@hattorihanzo2275 cards worth hundreds of dollars at PSA 10 are not One-Touch worthy? Well, that's an interesting stance.

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

@@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.

[@redskin4040]

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

[@garyirvine6401]

Pack 22 Mike Hargrove. Nickname "The Human Rain Delay." lol

[@MeltedCrayons003]

Donation on your next live stream if you blow a bubble with at least 6 strips of gum from those packs. lol

[@davidpeachjr157]

Good to know that you have one

[@ObsessedCollector]

Great vid Erik! Sorry the Hendo eluded you. Always next box! I hope that Scott rookie gets graded.

[@aaronscollectinganddetecti3018]

i love hearing the excitement in your voice!👍😁

[@michaelstrong1662]

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

[@ponzo1967]

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.

[@chadhopkins8508]

Erik thanks for.doing this. Awesome break. I hate when you don't get the big card but still cool cards.

[@btwarner2124]

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.

[@larrydj7571]

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.

[@richardnorris7333]

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!

[@sns0805]

I remember ever single one of those cards from back in the day. Bob Horner's card, from the Braves, his card was one of the hottest cards back then cause he hit 4 homers in a single game.

[@laudanum669]

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.

[@williamlee266]

Those packs are beautiful. I wish I had smell o’ vision.

[@JessicaFan90]

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! :)

[@NCJsport]

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!!!

[@dmzabo3914]

Best gum ever. They used to smell like baseball cards. lol.

[@Shooter_McGoo]

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.

[@sjaxemaster11]

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” !

[@Ericccccc]

Should've ate the gum, that would've made up for the no Henderson.

[@DadsAPleb]

*SPOILER ALERT*

[@JesseBookout]

Rick Honeycutt use to have a sports card store about 40 mins from me in Chattanooga Tn.... I met him once st Sweetwater Tn at the flea market. Super cool dude!!

[@walterjohnson1873]

15:24 Shame there was silence for Ben Oglivie. That dude was one of the most legit players ever!

[@tomgentile6348]

Nice to see a box that haven’t been searched!

[@KevinGrahamArt]

This brought back great memories when I was a kid and bought these. Just curious where you got the thick white blank cards that you wrote People’s names on? I could really use them for a custom sketch project

[@jamespeers6210]

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!

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

The box lost 90% of value the second he unsealed it.

[@rickhenderson399]

love this ye ar it was my first year collecting . I was able to complete the set from buying loose packs in 1980 .