AT THE NATIONAL: Ripping a 1963 Topps baseball pack

Beckett Baseball's Chris Olds caught up with dealer Jeffrey Finnigan as he ripped a pack of 1963 Topps at the Topps booth during this year's National Sports Collectors Convention.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out ...
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[@jeffhemmen9088]

That pack was made an hour before show time

[@histruth3157]

the wrapper came apart too easy

[@c.tabasco7309]

Most anticlimactic opening ever.

[@longvolsince826]

And to think they are probably surrounded by 2011 Topps Update Jumbos at retail prices.

[@Rick_King]

Tony Cloninger, a pitcher, once hit two grand slams in a single game.

[@randyussery1738]

I can remember when I bought the 1963 cards which came to the five and dime store where I lived they were in cellophane packs at one store. I could walk across the street to another different five and dime and the '63 packs were in the wax pack as shown in the video. I remember in two packs I got in the wax pack Clete Boyer and Joe Pepitone were in those. Funny how you remember those things but I was a Yankee fan. Once I got a Yogi Berra in one cellophane pack, Sandy Koufax in another one, and Hank Aaron in another one. I never did get A Mickey Mantle that year. I did find one in a baseball card shop for about $15.00 in the late eighties. I still have all those cards. I am gratefulĺ that I do.

[@paulmouradjian6045]

Tony Cloninger hit 2 grand slams in a game as a pitcher. First pitcher to drive in 9 runs in a game.

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

It's great to see a channel that opens real,honest to goodness vintage cards!😃

[@underrated7725]

Whenever I buy baseball, basketball or football packs from the 80s, that's how I look through the cards by pulling them down slow, hoping for a big pull😂. Nice Aaron pull and nice video

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

I hat that super slow crap just look at the card

[@cardphins68]

The video was really cool and thanks for posting. I enjoyed seeing a 1963 Pack opened and I'm glad for that Hank Aaron Sticker, that was a nice little salvage at the end. The Pack looked so clean and crisp, she must have been stored well.

[@michaelsheets623]

Looked shady from the start 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Ronald-qp8rn]

These packs been picked through 48 times!

[@johnschulenberg7560]

Takes less than 2 minutes to repackage a pack of cards and seal it with a warm blow dryer.

[@tomlynch4232]

They act like they are opening the Arch, With the dumb slow roll reviel, Im waiting for one of these to be full of 88 donruss. The wives of these guys are thrilled they arent home.

[@zachpadilla6643]

Bru he said PSA when this was on Beckett media.😂

[@Futureman75]

I caught that, too!

[@RandomJ2023]

03:10 Hoak looked like Elon Musk for a moment LOL

[@cheaptoyman]

Most annoying way to reveal cards ever witnessed.

[@timhackman9488]

Great opening. The centering was terrible for the cards except maybe the last one or two was okay but it was awesome watching this. Thank you

[@Beck-Stein]

How are you sure these packs weren’t resealed?

[@Futureman75]

BGS...

[@christopherwalkinalloverya5824]

@@Futureman75 BGS?

[@christopherwalkinalloverya5824]

@J P Wentworth Just because the gum is intact doesn't necessarily mean the packs weren't resealed.

[@Beck-Stein]

@@christopherwalkinalloverya5824 i agree. With the cost of cards i cant imagine the pack wasnt pre opened.

[@biffbutkus8185]

You took what should have been a 1:30 second video and managed to make an over 5 minute video out of it. It is obvious the pack was resealed

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

People are all phony a holes

[@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.

[@mikealvord55]

Why does everybody focus on the dam psa card. It ruins collecting

[@jasonvtsportsguy2692]

New subscriber here! Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Don Hoak also was a running back for the Steelers.

[@user-gj2cp7ry8k]

The wrapper is worth $40-$50 . That's so the buyer can repack 5 commons and sell it for $500 .

[@murraythet]

You couldn't turn the cards upright?!?

[@walterbison]

This isn't suspense, it's putting me to sleep.

[@karlepaul6632]

Here's the thing though (providing there aren't short prints or double prints): You have the same chance of getting card (x) as you would card (y).

[@skipthebase]

People complaining about how long it took…whole video is 5 min… Sheesh. The impatient world we live in.

[@chrisjenkins203]

This has to be the lamest way to open any pack of cards. And he got nothing but bums besides the sticker, which was just okay.

[@fredofromchicago777]

Why don't you buy an expensive pack and show us how it's done ?

[@tuffy1124]

These morons had to be the biggest lame wads I've seen in 50 years.

[@juliusfreeman8579]

I don't get the whole "Gypsy Rose Lee", slow reveal, especially for a bunch of commons to be revealed. I guess that everything has to be overly dramatic these days. I hope that he didn't pay a lot for that pack. With only 5 cards in a pack, you've got to be extremely lucky to get 1 decent card. Then too, how can one be certain that that pack hadn't been already ripped & any worthwhile card pulled & the pack resealed?

[@kbraker510]

They just try and build excitement and drama….. is all.

[@americanpatriot9865]

Next time do without the painful slow reveal. My blood pressure can’t take it

[@AndreCollins-ur4ez]

A garbage pack Great job

[@tuffy1124]

Yes these guys thought they were at a Mensa convention. Total imbeciles.

[@kenweis2291]

I tried to eat some old topps gum from the 70s or 80s.....it just turned to liquid lol

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Ken And you lived to tell us about it! 😊 👍

[@rossguillory5556]

Why are early cards just head shots?!

[@jaXenrobinson20]

600k views with only 10 comments WEIRD

[@oldiesgeek454]

Does anyone happen to know when Rack Packs first came out?

[@user-ym5ne3ci1d]

You got nothing

[@jayvalentine2046]

My god just show the cards!!!!!!

[@15DurangoRT]

Just show the damn card

[@user-gr3ij3rp5n]

Just show the fucking cards!

[@justincarroll3789]

How much was that pack? $$

[@LogicMind99]

Current price I’ve seen as of 7/14/2023 is $1,980.00

[@tuffy1124]

@@LogicMind99which proves it was a total ripoff/ fake from these morons.

[@theIzzyfurreal]

Wake me when it's over! Tony Cloninger - a pitcher - once hit 2 grand-slams in a game and had 10 RBI's!

[@fredshen3596]

Judging by the state of the gum in the pack tells me that thus pack is a fake!!!! That gum seems like it didn't have much damage because usually the gum over time will seep through the cards because of its age!!!

[@timhackman9488]

Here we go let’s see some fire

[@uy7munir]

can someone say . . . DOOFUS??

[@tuffy1124]

Cmon give the dumb bastard a break, he's much more than that. I'd say he's right up there with being a complete imbecile and ignoramus

[@tuffy1124]

Or DOOFUS Copperfield revealing the shitty cards because he magicked the good cards into the space time continuum so that all this boob got was a f -ing sticker. God what a moron.

[@ZweiPlayer]

C R A P

[@johncontreras1723]

Sucks when they take their time opening it.

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

There's nothing I hate more than that lame shit

[@aaronblack9957]

Especially he took forever moving the card to show the next card.

[@tuffy1124]

Well, it was obvious that he was a failed magician in a past life, but still had the dream, so did the slow reveal thinking he was Chris Angell doing his beLIEve show.

[@Mobn2deep11]

Stopped watching soon as I saw slow reveal

[@victorfrankenstein50202]

Come on with this slow-roll crap, just remove the top card and show us your repackaged commons. Maybe you can resell that H.A. sticker for $100, but it’ll cost you $100 for PSA to grade it. I know a lot of you guys (and gals) love to “try your luck” on these vintage packs, but 98% of the time they’re just a repackaged product. Better luck next time.

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

Hahahaha I hate that slow bs

[@tuffy1124]

Don't worry at the end of the show he was only $477 in the hole plus $200 for the table so a net loss of $677 but all in all he got a sticker.

[@francesgerardgenil1592]

Wow no gloves?

[@kylemince3556]

Gloves are not actually necessary. Wash your hands and don't touch the face of the card and you'll be fine.

[@dr.awkward9075]

@@kylemince3556 PSA looks at these cards under a black light. You will NOT get a 10 with a card with fingerprints on it.

It wasn't cold over there.

[@tuffy1124]

Well..... he used the rubber gloves about a half hour before resealing the pack doing .... well we won't discuss exactly what he was doing.

[@justinistreason4095]

Thought my restuffed 1986 tops were cool

[@tuffy1124]

Apparently, this guy's brain was re-stuffed

[@tuffy1124]

Totally resealed you got ripped off dude. Send the sticker to PSA Jeez grow up what are you 50?

[@coachjody1971]

Can't stand when guys open packs like this it's stupid just show the card talk after you open the pack it's boring 😂😂

[@JK-br1mu]

Hank Aaron, bby

[@michaelmedina7000]

Most annoying commentary. Just show the cards.

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

I hateeee that slow crap

[@patji123]

Lousy unboxing presentation

[@jaycesimmons7785]

lol. This is parody

[@ChrisS-ll4ls]

I can't stand that super slow reveal crap just show the card

[@kenweis2291]

Elon musk 3:10 lol

[@kevingillooley5735]

Total garbage video. 2 minutes to get to the first card. Somehow knew how every card was oriented. I call BS

[@huskyjerk]

Paid $150. Resell at 97 cents