April 6, 2017 Opening a 1952 Topps baseball pack- 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle!

opening an unopened GAI graded 1952 Topps Baseball five cent wax pack.

[@dennispaulsen2408]

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.

[@bdawgtv221]

Beautiful story.

[@krakenhits1587]

Then put them in the spokes of your bike.

[@clinitekservice2122]

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!

[@kingz9916]

@@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.

[@underrated7725]

Sounds exciting. I can just picture it in my mind

[@daron1967]

You gave me a heart attack when you were trying to force out that pack. Lol

[@damoncallaway5450]

same

[@RonnieMJr2000]

Yeah, you would think he didn’t know how to open a pack of cards.

[@ylesfitz8839]

And just going to town with scissors so close to edge

[@stefansavage9391]

The hands never stopped shaking the entire video, that was nerve wracking

[@ErichHoneckerDDR]

500k Heart Attack

[@daveidmarx8296]

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!!

[@dennispaulsen2408]

Must just be the Vintage Topps Gods doing that.

[@stevengallant6363]

They are just taunting him

[@lordstanleyjr2015]

Mantle was in the high series pack.There was zero chance of him pulling a mantle.

[@kidrayEastsideHigh]

I dont see a mickey mantle

[@scratchking3205]

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

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

Too*

[@hj-xb2tr]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laqcgaeciLd2Zrc 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

[@SMOgamer10]

He clearly was clickbaiting, he did not even get a Mickey Mantle

[@scratchking3205]

@@hj-xb2tr 1952 Rosen in PSA 9 IS $11,900 TO 13K. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIGH GRADE 52S?

[@scratchking3205]

@@hj-xb2tr also Murphy authenticated this pack. 102# Do a little research

[@ultimatevictory9900]

This was a Series 1 low number pack. The best card he could have pulled would have been a Phil Rizzuto. The high number series (Mickey Mantle/Jackie Robinson/Roy Campanella/Eddie Matthews) has a Blue and White wrapper, not Green and Orange

[@MortisNuntius]

Appreciate you opening this for us all

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

Asmr with $10,000 pack of cards. This guy is an eccentric genius.

[@caffeinatedanddead]

Lololololol!!!

[@dennispaulsen2408]

Or, something !!

[@caesarvalentin6332]

LOL he is a special genius in how to lose money.

[@jhankline8963]

Finally a video where i just hear you opening and showing the cards without talking. Thank you

[@chrisjenkins203]

Much respect for going for it. This dudes got a set of balls the size of bowling balls.

[@tradingcards2008]

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. :)

[@jordanskyler8049]

That opening was soo stressfull

[@yobrock1617]

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

[@waltdunn2]

Since mick was in series 3

[@golfmaniac007]

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?

[@thomasdaubert1114]

@@golfmaniac007 BBCE has a brick of 8 for $570,000 for sale on their website.

[@golfmaniac007]

@@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.

[@andrewwallace2192]

bless this mans soul

[@primmentertainment6013]

right he was giving me a panic attack opening them cards lol

[@rofflesufunny]

I cant believe this is even available.

[@5ledan]

Video should be titled “How to lose $15,000 in 3 minutes”

[@laffless]

Someone was gonna open it at some point lol

[@tommyholsworth8390]

Or how to take way to long opening it

[@YourDailydoseofyoutubeNow]

You're a prikckcccd

[@markbrown585]

It would eat at you forever if you didn’t open it!

[@caesarvalentin6332]

Sell the gum for 5,000, what a waste of money

[@turks1966]

at least he didn't eat the gum, thanks for sharing, everyone dreams of doing this just once and you did

[@screwballsquirrel4473]

Ive eaten the gum. It disolved

[@RonnieMJr2000]

I would of ate that piece of gum like a boss!

[@ObsessedCollector]

I ate a slab of 52 gum in 1991 at the national!

[@caesarvalentin6332]

Hello you don't know that yet

[@VintageToyTheatre]

These will look cool in the bicycle spokes.

[@Mark-zd5dl]

Troll much?

[@VintageToyTheatre]

Why don't you put Mark 1:15 into action and stop judging folks?

[@nespotwins2687]

@@VintageToyTheatre bruh

[@Pronzini1]

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.

[@brentwalker5726]

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?

[@JessesAviation]

Yeah, cool pull but he lost like $15,000

[@tbhildreth]

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

[@notused2118]

We are saying this just to assume your response is gay.

[@angrymerkbossjay6346]

yo,its brock where’s the Mikey mantel

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

@@angrymerkbossjay6346 jesus christ you lame! His name is mickey mantle, genius, not what you just said.

[@dennispaulsen2408]

A Mike-y Man-tel, I love it.

[@douglasmckinley-sr1507]

Thanks for the memories. The only thing missing was the smell of the bubble gum.

[@gemmint77]

Cards look amazing!! Would have saved that pack for life if it was me.

[@markbrown585]

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!

[@mr.mans123]

An amazing gem good opening the opening gave me a mental and nervous breakdown

[@acescruising]

its crazy how a ton of these packs were dumped into the ocean

[@martincaidin4166]

a Mantle would be right up there with Willy Wonka's golden ticket

[@cirokamai1603]

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]

So, how much did he pay for this 1952 pack ? Does any one know or can estimate.

[@golfmaniac007]

@@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.

[@MyMg23]

50k down the drain

[@MyMg23]

50k down the drain

[@jamisonscardboard4880]

great video man....love it! ive never seen a graded pack...awesome

[@user-df2uu4tq6d]

This guy is a gambler for sure

[@stevemcqueen1916]

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

[@tr3cardo]

probably paid more for the pack though

[@ronniepickering9070]

@@tr3cardo 20k

[@dmays8960]

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

[@clinitekservice2122]

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.

[@dmays8960]

@@clinitekservice2122 lol yeah who would of though.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Great job, I give you credit. I would have been wearing cloth gloves just to avoid finger prints on the cards. Beautiful cards !

[@caesarvalentin6332]

Correct me if I am wrong but I will keep this pack unopened . It is worth a lot if money.

[@robertmcbroab1222]

What a cool experience. Thanks for sharing and taking the risk, I know I'll never get to do this

[@SilverBull30]

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

[@tyleryurasits9352]

He didn't get hall of famers but he did gets stars... Rosen and Sauer were both mvps

[@akthomas11]

I love how his hands are shaking... it shows he's in it and the cards and not money. He truly cares

[@stefansavage9391]

Ya that was awesome, it was like you could feel his heart pounding

[@louie24seven]

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.

[@bernieudo4399]

This is a gem. "Thank you."

[@muloiner62]

Those scissors were making me nervous

[@brinks554]

Not a bad group of cards there!! Nice!

[@Rick_King]

I'm curious how much you paid for the unopened pack. I also wish you would have talked while you were opening it.

[@avantgardenovelist]

Thank you for showing us both sides of the stick of gum. I could have used a bit more proportionality between the sides, however.

[@EagleMan_TradingCards]

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

[@scratchking3205]

2020eagleman I have one seen 2 opened

[@rangestick]

Gotta love that the video is 3:11 long

[@mikecampbell7841]

Thanks for sharing the experience !! Get graded and sold, pack fresh should bring a decent return I hope.

[@aidanyoung6674]

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.

[@MiketheRipper]

That was a $20,000 pack of cards

[@petereagle877]

Wow you have big grape fruits! No way I could open it. It was definitely fun to see to bad no mantle or Mays!

[@victorfrankenstein50202]

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.

[@robertanderson2898]

65 year old gum (at the time)! Wonder what it would've tasted like....... Even common cards from that year are minor gems, never saw a pack that ancient get opened!

[@KismetMedia]

I know gum from the 80s turns to a quick thick paste in your mouth, I don't recommend it. haha

[@MyMg23]

it would have tasted like gum. You should wonder about more important things.

[@robertanderson2898]

@@MyMg23 then why are you here genius, it's a 2+ year old post

[@MyMg23]

@@robertanderson2898 I'm here to watch a 1952 topps pack being opened.

[@robertanderson2898]

@@MyMg23 cool, i saw that too, 2 years ago. Well watch it then and quit bitching. No hard feelings.

[@ryanmcclanahan8739]

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.

[@bkanders1]

Cards paid for the pack... Rosen, Sauer alone are roughly $13,000 in Gem Mint 9

[@lightspeednate]

Was going to say! The centering looked very nice on those 2.

[@themattalot1784]

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.

[@ricogarion]

Just awesome, thanks. Some great players in the pack.

[@fantasticcardsinc6818]

That Al Rosen looks like it's a PSA 9 send it to be graded

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

LoL!!! My nigga's shaking like a leaf!! Calm down, bro!! Everything's gonna be okay!! 👌😂😂😂😂

[@philleotardo8038]

Weird use of the n word scene

[@JohnSmith-yf3xv]

Are you that stupid that you've never heard of Parkinson's? Or just a horrible person?

[@mycitywasgone4216]

I believe this is the guy’s second hobby ⚾️ Drinking is his first 🍺🍷🥃 (shake shake ) 😂

[@willdrucker4291]

Might explain the obvious PARKINSONS

[@larchmontmark1]

Is this for sure not from a later "reproduction" set?? (Only reason I wonder is that the condition looks so perfect on these cards.)

[@atlantic_love]

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.

[@wjlintz]

Not bad. Sauer won the NL MVP in '52. Rosen won it in the AL the next year.

[@steveseger5642]

Sauer, and Rosen's MVP trophies were cheaper on Ebay then this pack of cards.

[@jeffkarp3109]

I will buy the hank sauer card he was a personal Friend of mine

[@cliff4ever]

Loved how you help the scissors up to the middle of the pack at first. Very nice lol

[@dannyhousley2000]

Very cool. Pretty sure junk wax sal would have eaten that gum.

[@supersnappahead]

His hands are shaking like crazy. Good shit.

[@iancoen1792]

If I shuffle them again will a mantle appear

[@TREEHUGGAH1]

great pack. congrats that was cool.

[@BAL_productions]

That pack is worth a lot of money unopened

[@dennispaulsen2408]

Was worth a lot of money unopened you mean.

[@tylerortega7582]

Omg just because there’s no mantle doesn’t mean it’s resealed

[@goblinday1]

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

[@paxtongrime3857]

Dennis paulsen I may only be a kid yet at the age of 12 but that seems like a great Memory to have haha

[@omgDavidGlasper]

gosh dog, hands of a medieval blacksmith going to work on this gem

[@pcon]

Why?? Knowing that most of the vintage packs are resealed and can get all low series commons.

[@boobooboogoo]

Did you grade them?

[@felixorozco6514]

Damn bro, you nervous?

[@DrDeath-mi1vm]

Where can you buy a pack and how much

[@mikefata6692]

Wonder why the video is exactly 3:11?

[@jonwburkholder9312]

Ironic since the Mantle card is #311 in the set.

[@mothertree]

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.

[@doss4213]

Weird

[@RETROOBLIVION]

Looks like you were nervous. Thanks!

[@captonamerica8209]

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

[@atlantic_love]

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.

[@randallhahn2137]

Its a series 1 pack. No chance of a Mantle. He was in the 5th series.

[@20blockrecords54]

Hands shaking huh yeah mines would too

[@chancedizzled]

Thank You for sharing such an awesome video!!!!!! i see the nervousness

[@briangarza7532]

Still waiting for you to announce the names of these player's?

[@SupperTrooper269]

Good thing they make those easy to open so you don't drop it down from a 6.5.....

[@thaddeus4444]

Great Video - thanks for showing very cool - I hope to open one also

[@JM-yz2fj]

The first card AL Rosin looked like a psa 9...If so worth $6000

[@yololol]

How do you know somebody hadn’t already gone through the pack, esp with these ones they have that dainty little rapper…extremely easy to repackage…

[@ilonfernandez1633]

Your hands shaking gave me anxiety, lol. Great video though. This is a collectors dream.

[@jeancasola9340]

SO SORRY......Life is not over, you may still get one yet, We all hope someday you will. :)

[@shawnnixon2616]

Shoulda kept that one sealed

[@kfeder76]

Glad this dude is not a surgeon.

[@Thisisnotmyrealname8]

Why did you mention Mickey Mantle in the title? You want me to burn your house down or something?

[@thomasjoseph9363]

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.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

Jim and I would eat the gum and flip one of these if my memory serves me right! I remember their shed. It still stands to this day!Jim might have possessed two of these, I am not sure. But I know of one... I remember how new the gum was and how wonderful smell of the pink gum! If you looked carefully the diamond print of the gum roller could be seen. Nope, not this one. Jim's was a Mickey Mantle Rookie card! I hear the birds.

[@daron1967]

Beautiful cards. Nice Al Rosen and Hank Sauer

[@steveoh9285]

Might as well used an ax. Couple of cool card there…

[@michaelheath312]

How does an unopened pack ger graded ?

[@ChaseTheBreaks]

The way bro was shaking

[@dad1442]

Who's Mickey Mantle and was he famous?

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

dad1442 He was an Okie alcoholic. A rather poor shortstop too. Nothing to see here.

[@greenlegopiece]

David T. He played for the Yankees for a while and he’s in the baseball hall of fame

[@steveseger5642]

He was a switch hitter at the ballpark, and was just as good at the bar.

[@smichaels10]

Damn, I didn't realize those came with a mere 5 cards.

[@SMOgamer10]

He did not pull a micky mantle, I just saved you 3:11

[@shannonpaplow7754]

That was low series #1pack,,,,, Mantle is series #3 card 311 and would have never been pulled from this pack. Common Man !

[@zacharymathews8781]

I would have never open that pack .

[@MatthewMcMillian]

awesome I hope you got all those graded including the wax stained one on back because even low grade 52 topps commons are worth a ton compared to any other year,,,,even a psa 2 is worth the grading fee on most all players for what they sell for and these your getting possibly a few 9s and maybe 10 so yeah you can make your money back