1984 DONRUSS BASEBALL CARD BOX OPENING (Throwback Thursday)

Tonight we are opening up an authenticated box of 1984 Donruss from the Baseball Card Exchange. The key rookie card is Don Mattingly. Check out the video and see if we are able to find it!
Please subscribe!
To participate in our live breaks or sponsor videos, please become a member of my Patreon page!
Sign Up Page:
/ 1864938
Here's the content section:
www.patreon.co...

[@ralphdimmick9046]

I don't do much with cards any longer, but love watching pack breaks, I always liked the 84 donruss, along with 84 fleer update and 90 leaf.

[@josefnitervol6415]

This was myfavorite set of the 80s.

[@raheemgaines3518]

The 84 Mattingly Donruss card goes for $30 ungraded in a local store in my hometown. Sharp looking card.

[@GreasyCreek12345]

Awesome video. When I was collecting this was a very rare series. The '84 Donruss with the Mattignly rookie was very much sough to after, but a little five-and-dime near my house sold them, and I bought them out every time I got my my paper route money. I probably had a dozen Mattinglys and the other highly sought after cards in that series, and even put together a complete set from way packs, which is not easy. This brings back memories. I enjoy watching you open old packs. Takes me back in time.

[@golfmaniac007]

this is whats called a potpourri box. bunch of loose packs to make a full box. that is why unopened box from a sealed case is a premium. what happens is that a fresh box, the packs get opened.....the mattingly card gets hit....the likelihood of hitting another mattingly in that box is very unlikely, so the remaining packs stay unopened and sold off or mixed in with other packs to make a full box again. i didn't like seeing so many of the common doubles. i remember this year in donruss which had good distribution of not getting too many duplicates from a single box.

[@sirpuss5887]

jeremy s Doesn’t mean anything. I believe what the original comment had stated. It’s a bad box. Random packs taken from other wax boxes, or just packs that never made it into a wax box. So many duplicates. He got hit hard. At least the box before wasn’t looked through.

[@golfmaniac007]

@@jeremys5904 the authentication part you have to believe that every single pack was not opened. thats the authentication part of that. thats why BBCE charges more for boxes from a sealed case and they note the authentication that the box was from a sealed case.

[@kevingeary2072]

@@golfmaniac007 not stated on label from a sealed case. I bought many boxes of these in 1984 and the coalition was never that bad.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

I would rank this one the most attractive set of the 80’s as well. Followed by 1984 Fleer and then 1985 Donruss. Side note: even the card backs are amazing. For some reason the pastel color really works with this set.

[@karlepaul6632]

Without a doubt, I think it's the best set out of the 80s. 👍

[@greatblackswamp1962]

This was a cool design... 1984 was a great year... Tigers won the World Series... what a great year for my city with a NCAA hockey title, townie Scottie Hamilton winning the skating gold, and our high school (and my brother) taking the state hockey title... also a Legion baseball title for myself -- fun to remissness... love 1984

[@ewags9323]

Been waiting for this one, well done. Remember we couldn't find these packs anywhere until we stumbled upon a box at Rite Aid , downtown Wheeling, WV. It was an exciting day to say the least. It's funny how certain cards bring back such vivid memories. Thanks.

[@Kiwitakimago]

I’m not sure about these “authenticated” boxes!

[@TheRussquatch]

same I've bought a couple cheap ones 90 score and such and it was way too iffy something about it seemd like it was just left over packs from other boxes, like they found the BO Jackson and tossed the left overs in a box just seemed way off

[@nealarnett4300]

Great video!! Best set by far of the 80s. Thanks for sharing!! God Bless!!

[@drewhunkins7192]

'84 Donruss set was incredibly popular during the mid 1980s. Remember it well. (The '84 Fleer "update" set was also extraordinarily trendy.)

[@frankspicci9994]

I was a Huge Kevin McReynolds Fan when he was a Met!! Quiet but he got things done! Great Baseball Player!!

[@kevinwade5681]

I was a big McReynolds fan as well, hugely underrated player.

[@frankspicci9994]

@@kevinwade5681 Totally. He was a Silent Star!!

[@mackeymintle66]

Call me skeptical about that box. It’s either a remnant cobbled together box like another viewer mentioned, or they just missed the reseals. The way the packs opened seemed fishy to me. Having lived through the Mattingly search craze in 86-87 I got to see all sorts of clever tricks to re-seal these. Scraping the actual wax off of wrappers that get too damaged while trying to open them, then sprinkling that on to the flaps and using a warm iron and a spatula, or a modified soldering iron with a metal plate that mimicked the machines at Donruss. Wonder what BCE would say if their experts watched the way the wrappers seemed extra sticky in the center? Might get them to send you one from a sealed case next time?

[@bens1266]

I've alluded to this in one of his previous TBT videos with a key wax box from BCE. My comment disappeared a couple days later. Go figure. Nobody wants to admit how easy and prevalent box mapping and/or re-sealing was back then. BCE "authenticity" is worthless.

[@WaveofCards]

@@bens1266 It can be done. It's very tough to make the folds look *perfect* though. At first glance, yes. But when you really look at the folds on re-seals you can almost always see the loss of crispness, or the fold isn't quite as tight and sharp as it should be.

[@boboy1000]

By 1990 all this stuff had been searched. I remember walking in a card shop in 1990 and they must have had a dozen cases of 87 Fleer, by that time you didn't see quantities of 87 Fleer anymore, I got a little excited until I realized every case had been opened, didn't even bother looking at the boxes.

[@zhor17]

Love these cards. Second only to the 1983 Topps design of the '80s for me. I really like a lot of the photos and the Rated Rookie label. Thanks Erik, thoroughly enjoyed this break.

[@jasonmatteson2721]

Nice choices. Love the 83 design too. Similar to 63

[@lamarcampbell8354]

This set and 86 donruss are my favorite sets ! Sucks that you didn’t pull at least one Mattingly cause i know they are very expensive

[@lamarcampbell8354]

I subscribe to your channel ill be tuned in!

[@steverademacher]

Another great and iconic opening. Thank you.

[@drewhunkins7192]

To this day the 1984 Donruss set is one of the most beautiful sets ever made. If junk wax ever takes off in value, it'll be '84 Donruss that leads the charge. I actually think the '83 Topps set is one of the prettier sets too.

[@Foo3112]

Thumbs up on this one. Appreciate you sharing this box rip that many of us just don't have the guts to open.

[@menegenecrazycraig]

That box had to have slipped past the authenticator because you should have hit at least 1 of the 3 cards you were looking for.

[@bens1266]

This isn't the first vintage wax box "dud" he's opened from BCE. Those of us who are old enough to have been in the business in the boom of the late 80's know why. Watch this comment get deleted.

[@hughrussell4824]

@@bens1266. Never ever buy old wax packs or wax boxes! Certified or not. These seem to be sealed tighter than the ones that i bought and opened years ago.

[@WaveofCards]

I have a 84 Donruss break upcoming, and ours is also a BBCE box. I am super excited but now a little nervous. Definitely don't want to get skunked.

[@menegenecrazycraig]

@@WaveofCards Cool buddy. I'll have to subscribe to you and check it out. Good luck my friend

[@hj-xb2tr]

Out of his boxes I've seen from the best of the mid 80s, the 82 Topps box had a Ripken, 83 Topps with three Gwynns, 84 Fleer had a Mattingly, and the 85 Topps had a McGwire. So obviously this one dud box means that things usually aren't on the level, eh

[@rongermanjr]

nice!! early 80s baseball cards were the best, these were my favorites, i'm so glad to see you do this box tonight, finally!! thanks!! about to watch it & see what you get... i have great memories of late nights rippin thru these boxes, making my sets.. 81-85, i love all those sets even tho that 81 donruss is cruddy, it’s so terrible it’s great, like a B movie... i think i was four cards shy of having the full 84 donruss set.. i had a job that summer and extra cash for boxes of cards- topps, fleer & donruss, but i think i bought more donruss than anything that year... in 83 i bought more topps & fleer, 82 was more topps & donruss, 81 was mostly topps good times..

[@josephlombardo16]

Nice Video! Some great HOFers but a shame there were no Mattingly or Strawberry cards! Thanks for sharing!

[@stache593]

That Boggs was gorgeous! Very excited for the 79 next week!!

[@billybravesbamafan8678]

Love this design and all of the 84 designs. Great video!

[@rongermanjr]

glad to see you got that john wathan card..

[@mikekeeler6362]

Yes it is a great card design and it is also when we're to be the least printed of any set during the 80s

[@gnamba333]

I've never seen those before. Very cool design.

[@foxracing6658]

Just took pictures also to show u. i have 1-651 with 8 checklists and the Puzzle 1-63 unbroke. Thanks matt. Trying to sell, cleaning out my wifes gpapa work room, an it most have had 100,000 baseball cards. Boxes an so much more.

[@richardbennett22]

Darn was really hoping to see that Mattingly... Loved these cards then and still do. Still a great break Erik, Thanks!

[@robertanderson2898]

That '79 Topps box must've been in the 4-digits!! I can't wait for that.... I love '75 thru '79. This set is one of the most beautiful, even if you had pulled a Carter rookie it'd have been awesome. Still lotsa nice ones (2nd year Boggs, Sandberg, and Ripken, Ryan).

[@MikelTulp]

Love these throwback thursdays

[@stevebethmckee5765]

Nice Ashby and Ryan back to back!

[@terryducote]

The quality of these cards are amazing

[@daletrent1937]

I was only about 20 cards short of completing this set when the fire happened. This will be one of the first I go after now. Look forward to getting a couple boxes. Thanks for sharing. Also like this set because a friend of mine is in this set. Mike Armstrong.

[@LonestarLegendsCards]

Didn’t hit the big boy rookies, but that’s all right! Still cool to see the Master at work and loading up on all that legendary knowledge! Keep it rippin Jabster! Tell the family we said a big ol Texas Howdy! God Bless!

[@DonBlomdahlHOF]

Nice Cool Break Erik. Even though we didn't see the Don Mattingly RC maybe we can find another Don's RC Tomorrow instead.

[@dustincz5675]

Throwback Thursday might be my favorite day of the week.

[@jtm3711]

Bummer, but what fun would it be if we always pulled what we wanted?

[@chris_stoller18]

I just love the 1984 Donruss cards for various reasons. Last week I bought two 1984 Donruss Factory sets on EBay. I am leaving them both sealed.

[@brittsbit8847]

By far my favorite donruss! Nice color to these cards.I think my fav would be the shmittzzz!

[@jamesschulziii9098]

83 Fleer was my personal favorite because I bought a bunch of those packs when they were new and I love the design for that year. I'd love a set of this donruss though.

[@jamesschulziii9098]

I was 9 years old btw in 83.

[@JStried35]

It's a big set so I know it's no guarantee all cards are found, but still hard to trust when it looks like it would be so easy to reseal the packs.

[@dallaspymm6924]

Love the design of these. Nice Boggs second year. Need to pick that up.

[@dustygood4298]

Did you catch the humble brag at 4:22? When talking about Rated Rookies he just happens to have a Ken Griffey Jr. Rated Rookie sitting next to him? Way to flex on these chumps!

[@armandol2390]

A fan sent it to him

[@Ynalaw]

I found a 91 upper deck wayne gretzky in my 84 donruss baseball wax pack. Is that normal? The gum was also brown and smelled funny.

[@FranksCardCorner]

I bought a lot of these packs back in 84. Never got a mattingly.

[@octaviusgreen]

Nice looking cards! Thanks for all the info.

[@junkwaxgirl1307]

First time I've seen 84 Donruss. These are nice but I think I still like 82 and 83 better.

[@andden8998]

Gave it the old college try, thanks Erik!

[@JordanRCcom]

Jonathan H I think the double Andy Van Slyke Rookies were an indication that there wouldn’t be any Mattingly or Strawberry. I think I remember the local card shop telling me there were like 3 runs of wax boxes and that Andy Van Slyke was the “jinx” if you wanted Mattingly, Ron Kittle or Strawberry.

[@tdsportscards]

Awww...that's a bummer...no big ones

[@homersimpson7716]

Just think when someone opens a current box of cards like you just did 35 years from now just to put it on a shelf to look at.

[@dragonmaster7841]

As a kid I had a shit load of 1980s baseball cards. I thought it would worth a fortune like the cards of the 1950s. Boy was I wrong.

[@Hellmuth4]

84 topps was very uninspired. "let's take the circle from 83 and, stay with me, we'll make it a square instead!"

[@jordanpetersonon200mgdiaze3]

Yeah the Cards were crazy fast with Vince Coleman & Mcgee in old video games to steal bases.

[@Benderrules78]

Awesome break man, love the Ryan, I still need that one for my PC.

[@chrisdrake495]

The 80s are the best!

[@bradking3630]

I remember back in 1992, I was at a flea market and a vendor was selling 1984 Donruss packs for $7 each. I bought one, and got the Darryl Strawberry RC, at the time that card in beckett was $120. Wish I would have sold it then. Still have the card.

[@jasonmatteson2721]

The Strawberry never reached 120 bucks. Nor Mattingly per Beckett.

[@chadhopkins8508]

So sorry you didn't get the big hits. I guess it evens out from last week. Thanks for doing this for us.

[@ericgerber4099]

This is exciting. So hard to find this one by me in 1984.

[@paulnewell3274]

I couldn’t find them and had could only get the Fleer at a big toy store near me.

[@faxhandle9715]

If they had the blue Rated Rookie logo, I would love the set a lot more. But it’s all good. :)

[@toddrichardson8595]

Well, we win some and lose some. The Mattingly is apparently Rare to begin with..

[@WillDavid93]

Fun Fact: If you put this video on 2x speed, Eric is auctioning off these cards.

[@jlneon111]

84 Topps Ripken is one of my top favorite cards

[@matttasker7579]

Love the videos Jabs. Just wondering what your favourite topps product would be for a set builder this year?

[@ThraxMan84]

I’m trying to decide if I should buy a sealed box or just buying the cards I want individually.

[@MGAF688]

Sealed box of course.

[@bayareaadventures4432]

No big hits. Wow. Picked the wrong box at the National. I bought two packs on EBay about a year ago and got a Strawberry that came back PSA 9.5 and a Mattingly that came backs PSA 9. Baseball card packs are like the lotto or a slot machine. You never know when you get a big hit. I think in 84-85 I had to buy a pack of Donruss every time I went to the card store for a few months before I hit the Mattingly. Probably 10-12 packs out of several different boxes.

[@LogicMind99]

$700 box turned into $2.00 worth of cards 😢

[@michaeljoseph4936]

I bought a box of 84 Donruss at the East coast national at the Westchester county center for $325 a couple of years ago. It was not authenticated . It was also a box full of commons. No decent rookies at all. No hall of famers at all either. I guess you live and you learn..

[@2hype63]

I never got the deal with Mattingly. How does this non HOFer command so much more on his Rookie card over the 83 rookies. I know, I know. The Yankee effect and all but I would be more excited to pull a Sandberg or Gwynn 2nd year. 😆

[@WaveofCards]

2 Hype He was the best all around hitter in baseball for 3-4 years straight. Hit for power and average all over the field, rarely struck out.

[@2hype63]

Jason C. So did many others. Plus, he only played in one Postseason series and that was in his last year. I know I’m in the minority, and yes, I was a baseball fan and card collector back then, but I don’t get it. Same thing with Baines.

[@walterdudedonny]

This set was rare right from the beginning. Look at his fleer and topps rookies, not near the price as Donruss. Donruss had a bad rep from those terrible 81 cards. They made many errors early on as well. With 84 they made less because of the less demand. But even then they really hit this design out of the park.

[@dmm5159]

This is a very nice set

[@garysiegel213]

Congrats on 39k! Love 84 Donruss

[@cincy.a.l.w3219]

If you need to know.... He pulls the 2 hits at 7:20 and 24:06 .... you're welcome :)

[@DH-ij9pe]

Is this Donruss box worth the $600? Ive been considering grabbing one off Ebay to put aside. Would love feedback! Its one wax box Ive never gotten my hands on and Im super intrigued recently.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

What do you think everyone would say about this set if Mattingly had made it in to the 1983 set? Would people still love it as much? Or would they compare it to 1986 Topps for the lack of stand out rookie cards?

[@ewags9323]

Interesting thought. On the other hand the lure of this set for myself was its scarcity in my area growing up. Never knew exactly why though. Was this set not as mass produced as Topps and Fleer that year??

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

@@ewags9323 Interesting. It probably would've made the 83 sets easily a $600 dollar box if not more, present day.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

Eric Wags it wasn’t nearly as mass produced and apparently the quality control wasn’t as good as I thought. But $700 a box? That’s a bit extreme, especially when you consider that less than ten years ago this was a $200 box at most.

[@rockscousteau]

One Day there will be a bronze statue of Eric Jabs throwing baseball cards to children in a park in his hometown with a plaque that says "The King of Cards"

[@thomaspalmer3007]

Too bad you find a Don Mattingly hopefully if you do it again I can get in on a break it would be nice to get a nice Don Mattingly to get grated

[@Silvereagledude]

Good stuff, man

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

oh my favorite box! My first break ever on CDB and we didn't hit the Mattingly until pack #33 so hang in there if he isn't hit early :) Also the Strawberry and Carter are like $85 so good options! GL everyone :) Great break, Jabs!

[@jasonmatteson2721]

Carter and straw were never worth 85 lol

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

Sorry, $80. When I did the break 3 1/2 months ago it was $85. As Erik mentioned these cards in gem mint. www.psacard.com/smrpriceguide/baseball-card-values/1984-donruss/1275

[@steveogdon6912]

"John Wathan. That's probably a terrible sign."

[@Whogivesashit78]

Passed right on by that first 2nd year Rhino... Didn't even get recognized 👀

[@youaintready320]

How can I sponsor one corner of a 1980 box?

[@tbumbaco1]

love this set

[@jimwampler4533]

I think you are wrong about Joe Morgan, I dont think he ever played for the Pirates, plus I think he retired after the 1984 season after playing for the A's

[@anartistsrendition4386]

What’s up with how you pronounce Julio Franco lol? Not heard it said like that. Being a Clevelander I’m gonna give you crap but I love watching your throwback thursdays. I’d love to see 77’ Topps. Keep up your good work brother.

[@hunterbuescher4107]

Love 1984 donruss

[@ehrenkrause9861]

I never hear much about Bobby Bonilla he was always one of my favorite players in the late 80s and I thought he was on the Pirates?

[@aaronscollectinganddetecti3018]

Ehren Krause he was on the pirates and mets!

[@tonyvalek8188]

What a BUMMER

[@robsoldstuff1670]

No sticky shine gloss yet on cards in 84

[@michaelrichardson2887]

No Mattingly, No Joe Carter, No Strawberry either. Not so sure that box wasn’t searched.

[@80stoynostalgia]

Can you give the people the option of opening a pack that has a star on top or bottom. I have wanted to purchase something from you here and there. But wanted to check if this was an option

[@mattm5036]

Always had to be worried that these packs were open and resealed back in the day buying from shows with the price of the Mattingly

[@AKarriem]

Tough luck guys, but great video

[@michaeledwards1644]

i'm trying to get OpenBoosters to crack a box of this epic product.. the Mattingly and Strawberry will just continue to go up

[@woodykelleher9253]

$1000 YIKES!!

[@kevzvipe]

22:32 Frasier Crane lmao!!!!!

[@mookiezebra]

that was a tough year for Reggie, .194 below the Mendoza line

[@bhk5150]

Damn, I so wanted you guys to get the Donnie baseball. Next time!

[@davidsargent4269]

The Ryan was nice

[@willisfletcher6260]

And John Wathan makes his appearance.

[@Primant]

who's the AMS company you've been talking about for supplies?

[@robsoldstuff1670]

Nice oil can I liked that good gunslinger he was