I worked at Best Buy in Florence KY, Chad Johnson used to come in every once in a while. The fist time I met him he was in his second year and hadn’t become a superstar yet! I was chatting with him as he was picking up a stand for his stereo. A guy and his baby daughter were walking by and Chad saw that he was wearing an old 80’s “Welcome to the Jungle” Bengals sweatshirt! He excused himself, went over to the guy and said, “How are you sir? I just wanted to come over and say thank you for supporting the team, and I promise with all of the new guys and coach Lewis we are working really hard to make the team something you can be truly proud to support! I’m sorry we let you guys down last week but we are going to turn it around.” The guy realized who he was thanked him, asked if he would sign a ball in his car and took pictures with him and his daughter including holding his daughter! This is the type of person he always was even as his star started to rise! He’s humble, appreciative and kind to everyone I saw him meet! He’s a wonderful person!
That’s part of his legacy though. A lot of his best highlights are six yard gains, but he juked and broke tackles starting 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
I couldn't agree more...I've argued with a couple friends because they say Tyreek hill is the most exciting ever but I nicely remind them that they're out of their damn mind and they either don't remember just how good/entertaining Barry was to watch or they simply just didn't have the opportunity to watch him much...don't get me wrong I'm not even a chiefs fan and I love watching machines and hill play but Barry is Barry and they'll never be another one like him
People who say otherwise don’t realize the dude did all that with guys like Rodney Peete as his QB and the defense was always stacking the box against him.
I spent 15 years working for Southwest Airlines as a flight attendant. I got to meet Brian Urlacher, Bo Jackson, Malcom Smith, Marshawn Lynch, and Jerry Rice. They were all down to earth and just really appreciated the fans who supported them. I now do part time firefighting and collect cards. I've been collecting since I was 9, I'm now 50 and still building my collection. My all time favorite card I have in my PC is the Topps 1955 card #68 The Four Horsemen. Thank you for all the videos you produce!!!
Always fun to open a box. However I’ve learned from watching you open this and the 1987 fleer basketball box that it is never a good idea to hunt for the mint condition RC.
@@jaytay1995 As someone who breaks alot of Vintage wax its extremely hard to hit PSA 10s in these boxes, Best to buy and keep sealed. So many factors as well Large sets, May be good box but not hit anything due to all coming from a bad sheet and BBCE missing a searched box(They're not Perfect as we have found out)
@@cardmansales9376 when Topps started doing Topps Chrome basketball not a lot of that was produced in comparison to late 80s-mid 90s stuff(Hoops,Skybox,Fleer Ultra etc...) Early 2000s are the good times! Topps Chrome 🏈 and 🏀 cards are 🔥
@@cardmansales9376 Baseball was more overprinted than basketball for many years. There was little demand for basketball in the 70s through 80s when products came out. 87 Fleer Basketball is actually rarer than 86.
I met Jerry Rice in San Diego. He was walking out of the elevator a few years ago at the Omni hotel. Was in total shock. Door opened he walked out. I shook his hand told him I was a huge fan and his fingers went past my wrist. Only wish I could have gotten an autograph on a card. Seemed like a great guy. Love your channel!! Just started watching it recently!
I have three athlete meetings of interest to mention. My favorite meeting will always be Dale Murphy (Braves legend who should be in the Hall of Fame). Met him at games a few times with my family and he is always polite and welcoming. Also met a couple WWF wrestling legends. Bret the Hitman Hart is one of the nicest pros I’ve met. He stood outside, in snow, for almost 10 minutes after an event and talked with my brothers and I. Also, Shawn Michaels. My little brother went up to him and said, “Mr. Michaels can I have your autograph?” He said, “Sure, but just call me Shawn, not Mr. Michaels.” He said it with a smile and signed and talked with us. Great times.
Loved the Raiders when I was a kid, had a Howie Long poster "Real Men Wear Black" and Bo is the greatest athlete I ever saw in person. As a Vol, got an up close view of Bo running over Bates. No guarantees with old wax, topps was notorious for using an A/B/C/D, etc... rolls and some boxes may only have that one roll without the RC's.
I absolutely agree. Its a great set. I actually have 2 sets that I built and 1 factory set that is untouched. The cards still look like a brick, kinda like an unopened vending box. I lucked out a few years back on Ebay. I don't think they knew what they had. I paid like 100 bucks...
That's my buddy Gregg Bingham that you passed over at the 12:31 and 40:38 time stamps in this video. Gregg was an avid coin collector (numismatist) who assembled the finest Early Commemorative United States Half Dollar Collection known. Gregg started and played in every game during his career without missing a start. Great guy! By the way, his 1984 Topps card here currently has a low population of only 8 in PSA 10 Gem Mint.
Fun break! Thank you for sharing! Thurman Thomas is my favorite player I’ve met. Jim Kelly would have been another potential pull from that box but he opted to go to the USFL.
I love 1984 football. Another nice one is 1983 baseball. It's always nice when a box has more than one potential rookie card. 1989 score football is another crowd pleaser.
I opened a bunch of this from my LCS as a kid in '88 and it was a blast. Love seeing you dig into this. Congrats on the Elway and all the other RC's from this epic set.
I got to meet Willie Mays in a baseball suite at the inauguration of the minor league baseball field in Fresno California. He autographed a ball for me. SF Giants are my hometown team and he is still my favorite baseball player of all-time.
An enjoyable trip down memory lane with these cards. I got the set for Christmas in 84 when I was 9 years old. Played with the cards of course and traded the Marino to my friend a few years later. I have since bought ungraded versions of Elway and Marino just for sentimental value.
I met Yoggi Berra in the 1980s at a New Jersey Devils game. My uncle pointed him out to me. He singed my game ticket. Also met Gronk after a UA wildcats game.
Here's the thing, opening a box like this is fun, no doubt, and Jeff has a fortune so he can do it and it won't hurt his pocketbook what-so-ever. However, for the average person, there is an alternative that can get you high grade cards for way less. Search around, shows, shops, different marketplaces, and find several sets. Chances are you will eventually fine on that has a really nice Marino or Elway, or both. I just bought a set for $150 with a Elway that looks amazing, a Marino that is probably an 8-9, and the rest of the set was very nice. The set was collated back in the 80's and had been in storage since. Sets like that are out there, the hunt to find good deals on gem RCs in sets is fun, and you will often get them cheaper that way and can grade if you want. And you can pass on the ones that aren't nice.
Once I met John elway at Elways in Denver. Religious experience. I was with my wife and she didn’t understand the importance of that experience. The comeback kid shook my hand and I almost cried
Great video. I work at wingfoot my favorite athlete that I've met so far were Johnny Damon and Nick swisher. Coolest guys ever 🤙🤙 and I don't know if u realized but u skipped right through that Jim Kelly rookie. That's a good one
Curtis Martin: I met Curtis at a training camp practice at Hofstra University and he signed an official game ball for me. My favorite piece of Jets memorabilia I own.
Went to Cincinnati to watch a Reds game and went to a local pizza joint after the game. Walked in and there was Billy Hamilton eating at the bar. Met him and he introduced my nephew and I to his mom and dad. Had dinner with them and they conversed with us as if we had known them our entire lives. Very down to earth and intelligent individual. Highlight of the trip.
I have been around many sports stars. I am from Atlanta and reside now in Myrtle Beach. When I lived in Minneapolis for a VERY short time, Kirby Puckett was honestly the best guy ever. I have seen him sit outside of the HHH Metrodome and sign autographs day after day for everyone around. Not 1 kid left without an autograph. R.I.P. Kirby. The game needs more of you!!
ICYM Sport Card Exchange doesn't authenticate wax boxes or any boxes , they just count the packs and make sure they all the same packs that's it... i've gotten resealed junked from them before and after the logan paul stuff and what the owner said of SCE said .. he doesn't authenticate boxes he just wraps them lol he said that after the GI joe thing, you should get at least 2-3 Elway's and Marinos outta that box they wasnt big time in 1984, so people open boxes of that find the 2 good ones put all the other packs back and make boxes of leftover packs , no good lol
When I was 10 years old, Mario Lemieux moved in down the street from my best friend. Shortly after he moved in, we saw him walking his dog, so we ran outside to meet him. Looking back, what jag offs we were to bother him, but he was so nice. We walked around the neighborhood with him and he still stood and talked to us for ten more minutes after we got back to his house.
At a card show in Orlando in 1985 there were tables stacked up with 100's of these boxes at six dollars a box. Loaded up the back seat and put together two dozen complete sets.
so hard to get those card psa 10 - shows you why the value is high. the elway was beat and the marino even wasn't close to a 10 - and you opened them fresh out of a box. Insane. Great pulls anyway and always a fun time when you open cards on the channel.
Back in the early 90's there was a huge flea market near the Buffalo area and they had these packs for sale. I bought three packs can't recall how much I paid for them. Anyways I pulled two Marino's out of the three packs and still have one of them. Thanks for this Jeff!
I used to love watching Walter Payton,Barry Sanders and Icky Woods. Warner's rookie has value and T.D from Broncos was one of those cut short playing career that was a beast, as well as Bo Jackson
I met Gary Clark at a signing around 92 at a foot locker. No one else was there. He was laughing at the rookie card I brought cause of his Afro. Nice guy!
I got to meet Sugar Ray Leonard, I was working for what turned out to be his Mom, selling pork rinds and I went to her house to get more product to sell in this swap meet/Flea Market and he was there. I knew exactly who it was as I thought he was the best ever, he was my so called hero. Still one of the most shocking and amazing days ever. He was very cool, and we had dinner the next night. He treated me as a 15 year old, very kindly and was so down to earth. I thought later in life that he was so laid back and chill because he was at his Mom's house and in a comfortable place.
I meet Prince Fielder in Marysville,Michigan while I was getting Cecil Fielder’s auto when I was 13 years old. Prince was bigger then his own Dad,after leaving my Dad a I both looked at each other and said “can you believe how Prince is compared to his Dad at only 12 years old” at the exact time while gettin in the Truck. That’s what got use hooked on collecting sports cards. My Dad was the foreman on the ppl mover back then so he knew the Detroit area really well,every weekend we would look at the back of the Becketts to see where the Card shows were at. I remember seeing in the Becketts every month and seeing that Mickey Mantle’s rc was only $5000.00 dollars,Thank God my Dad bought one graded at a PSA 9 !! He passed away shortly after in 1993,so in honor of my Dad I keep collecting Cards. I’m Seriously thinking about flying to an Auction to sell that Mantle that’s been sitting in my safe since then. What do you think Jeff about selling it or holding onto it ? Looking forward to hear from ya Bud🤘🇺🇸🐊
Famous athlete for me; huge hockey fan from the 70s and 80s and got to meet Dave "Tiger" Williams after a game in the Chicago Stadium! Just a tough hard working player who would fight anyone at anytime.... I was thrilled.
When I was stationed at Ft Lewis, WA in the Army, I recognized Jon Kitna at an Elmer's restaurant and he talked to me and my daughter for a good 10 minutes while I was in uniform. He ended up telline thank you for your service and I asked the waitress for my bill and she replied with the guy you were talking to paid your bill. So Kitna bought me and my daughter breakfast. Pretty cool memory.
I was a equipment manager for the original Dream Team so I met and played my 1st 2 rounds of golf with Mj Charles Barkley and John Daily Larry Bird. I hit a 78
My first favorite player as a kid was Bo Jackson. Coolest athlete I ever met was actually Joe Bryant, Kobe's dad. He did a basketball camp for some kids here in Vegas for free about a handful of yrs ago. He even took the time to talk and everything. About 20 yrs ago I actually ran into Coach K on the strip. Just gave him a "Hey coach" & a nod...didn't wanna bring attention to him. Awesome vid
I went to Monday Night Football in Dallas on Labor Day in 1992. I was 14 and a sophomore in high school. The Redskins were in town. Dallas upset them. Hank Williams Jr. was there and sang the MNF song. We waited in the players parking lot. We met and got Autos from Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin and a few others. I got their autos!! Both of them were really cool. Good Times!!
Grew up a Giants fan. So either Simms, Joe Morris, L.T probably my favorite from back than. When Parcells went to New England I went to New England as well. True story!
Mine too. It’s because the youngest of us that saw him play is forty. I’m sure in the 80s you had forty, fifty year olds saying Sammy Baugh is underrated.
Fun break thanks for sharing this, love the old school stuff! Just a side note you missed a 2nd Darrell green RC, Chris Hinton RC, Jackie Slater RC and Morten Anderson RC, all those guys can bring in decent money if they grade high.
I was fortunate enough to have worked at the Sheraton Torrey Pines as a Butler in 1992. We had the Dream Team stay with us for two weeks and I go to meet all of the greatest basket ball players that ever lived. Magic, Jordan, Malone and Barkley were super cool. The stories I have are in a vault...no cell phones back then, but I could tell you some interesting stuff LOL. My favorite was playing pool with Wilt Chamberlin and my "man crush" Christian Laetner LOL
That was fun. I grew up in western ny in the early 90’s so we liked Thurman Thomas and imitated Bruce smith. The bills used to travel around in the off season after losing Super Bowls 😋, and play basketball against high schools alumni. I met Jim Kelly and played catch with him for a few throws. I liked the card where the guy was a qb/punter, and Steve largent. . Hot hand with the big three rc’s good pulls today. 👍⭐️
Elway was my guy too Geoff, so many memories especially "the drive" in 1986 against the Browns I was 15 and waited years for Elway to finally win the big game against the Packers in 98 as 14 point underdogs and that game was so close to home when they played in San Diego I wanted to go but outta my price range so went to a friends house, and when they won I balled my eyes out like a weight was lifted off my shoulders just like ELWAY. Top 10 if not Top 5 QB's of all time.
@ the 19:47 Mark you passed by a Russ Grimm (I believe rookie ). and if you go back in the video presentation @ 1:56 that card is worth $154 bucks in PSA 10. Just letting you know...
Just wanna say..I seen you struggling to put that first card on the sleeve... here's a trick I use.. pinch the top open corner and just give it a roll... it'll leave an opening so you don't damage the corners or shred the edges...btw my favorite player growing up was Bo.. still is
My favorite player growing up was Troy polamalu. It was my first game I ever watched I’m 2004 as an 11 year old kid. I became a steeler fan that year and I’ve been loyal every year since. I think every fan has one player who made them a fan of that team. If I weren’t a steeler fan and I started watching football last year I probably would’ve been a chargers fan because I absolutely love Justin Herbert.
Randall Cunningham was my QB hero in the day with the Eagles! Paved the way for a lot of other running QB's for sure and I got 3 of his rookies from 1987 topps!
i met michael vick in a target store when i was 16; he was shopping in va for linens for his mothers new house and i asked him if i could get a signature, and he said yes! brought two balls from in store for him to sign before i even purchased them. awesome experience
When I was 10, in 1989, I went to a Baseball card show in Dallas,, TX and Mickey Mantle was there signing autos!! I waited in line for like 3-4 hours but at the end of my wait I got to meet The Mick!! Shook his hand, Dad took a photo, and I got an official MLB baseball signed by MY favorite player of all-time
Pete Rose in 1975. Big Red Machine. I was 12 years old. He shook my hand after the game. I remember it was the most CALLOUSED hand I've ever touched in my life!! He was super nice to me!
Barry Sanders for me as a Lions fan. I went to a game when I was 5 (my first NFL game). Only things I remember from that experience was who we played (Bucs), the fact that we won, looking at the Silverdome roof, and Barry Sanders running a 50+ yard TD. I actually just bought a Barry RC for my birthday a few months ago. Happy to have that in my PC.
I went to high school with Frank Thomas in Columbus. I also have several pics with Hershel Walker as my old company bought chicken from his company. Both are super good people!
Wasn't a really big NFL fan growing up .. Then Ace Ventura happened...and I became an INSTANT Dan Marino fan. Went back to watch his highlights and ya ..Dan the Man is awesome
Finally Geoff got a box opener and not a pair of scissors. Great video brings back memories of opening packs when I was a kid. Any Green Bay Packers players that who I root for. You past another D. Green card and Dan M card.
Marino was the only QB at that time with current QB stats, when guys weren't doing that, way ahead of his time. Best arm maybe in NFL history, I was always amazed how far he could throw in the old Pro Bowl QB challenges they use to have. What a cool box, all off center in the same way, tells me it was legit.
What an awesome break. I remember buying these at my local pharmacy when I was 12. My team, the Redskins, were world champs, and all was well in the world. Brings back so many memories. But these were never printed perfectly. There's a reason why PSA 10's are so expensive. They are unicorns.....
Dan Marino came to my local Sam's club in Springdale Arkansas. He was doing a promotional thing for some kind of mattress. My dad called me at 6 a.m. and told me that he had heard that Marino was going to be there for a signing. I had already bought a Dan Marino jersey and a Dolphins helmet, I flipped a quarter to see witch I would rather have autographed. Tails, Dan autographed my helmet and I still have it sitting on my mantle to this day!
Favorite player that era was actually Curt Warner. Huge hawks fan. I would play football in front yard and had his jersey. I have a couple of his rookies from when I was a kid.
Roger Staubach is my all time favorite player. I always believes he would find a way to win the game…..loves the emotional roller coaster ride when watching him rally the Cowboys from sure defeat to ultimate victory.
Got a box of those for 15 dollars in 1985 when I was 13. Set for 10 bucks. I got two Elways,two Marinos and two Eric Dickerson cards out of the box,and two darrel green.
I worked at Best Buy in Florence KY, Chad Johnson used to come in every once in a while. The fist time I met him he was in his second year and hadn’t become a superstar yet! I was chatting with him as he was picking up a stand for his stereo. A guy and his baby daughter were walking by and Chad saw that he was wearing an old 80’s “Welcome to the Jungle” Bengals sweatshirt! He excused himself, went over to the guy and said, “How are you sir? I just wanted to come over and say thank you for supporting the team, and I promise with all of the new guys and coach Lewis we are working really hard to make the team something you can be truly proud to support! I’m sorry we let you guys down last week but we are going to turn it around.” The guy realized who he was thanked him, asked if he would sign a ball in his car and took pictures with him and his daughter including holding his daughter! This is the type of person he always was even as his star started to rise! He’s humble, appreciative and kind to everyone I saw him meet! He’s a wonderful person!
Welcome to Taco Bell, can I take your order??
I live 10 min from Florence, KY
Barry Sanders was and always will be the most exciting player I've ever seen on the field.
Spot on, especially given the offensive line he had with the Lions. Every yard gained was his own.
That’s part of his legacy though. A lot of his best highlights are six yard gains, but he juked and broke tackles starting 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
I couldn't agree more...I've argued with a couple friends because they say Tyreek hill is the most exciting ever but I nicely remind them that they're out of their damn mind and they either don't remember just how good/entertaining Barry was to watch or they simply just didn't have the opportunity to watch him much...don't get me wrong I'm not even a chiefs fan and I love watching machines and hill play but Barry is Barry and they'll never be another one like him
He is my second favorite player all time after elway and easily the greatest RB ever.
People who say otherwise don’t realize the dude did all that with guys like Rodney Peete as his QB and the defense was always stacking the box against him.
I spent 15 years working for Southwest Airlines as a flight attendant. I got to meet Brian Urlacher, Bo Jackson, Malcom Smith, Marshawn Lynch, and Jerry Rice. They were all down to earth and just really appreciated the fans who supported them. I now do part time firefighting and collect cards. I've been collecting since I was 9, I'm now 50 and still building my collection. My all time favorite card I have in my PC is the Topps 1955 card #68 The Four Horsemen. Thank you for all the videos you produce!!!
Roger Staubach is my favorite player of all time. Even though my cousin is Tony Dorsett!
Always fun to open a box. However I’ve learned from watching you open this and the 1987 fleer basketball box that it is never a good idea to hunt for the mint condition RC.
In older boxes that is
@@jaytay1995 As someone who breaks alot of Vintage wax its extremely hard to hit PSA 10s in these boxes, Best to buy and keep sealed. So many factors as well Large sets, May be good box but not hit anything due to all coming from a bad sheet and BBCE missing a searched box(They're not Perfect as we have found out)
Very true
@@cardmansales9376 when Topps started doing Topps Chrome basketball not a lot of that was produced in comparison to late 80s-mid 90s stuff(Hoops,Skybox,Fleer Ultra etc...) Early 2000s are the good times! Topps Chrome 🏈 and 🏀 cards are 🔥
@@cardmansales9376 Baseball was more overprinted than basketball for many years. There was little demand for basketball in the 70s through 80s when products came out. 87 Fleer Basketball is actually rarer than 86.
Congratulations on Dan Marino and John Elway card
I was starting to get worried for you UNTIL , enough said 👍
I met Jerry Rice in San Diego. He was walking out of the elevator a few years ago at the Omni hotel. Was in total shock. Door opened he walked out. I shook his hand told him I was a huge fan and his fingers went past my wrist. Only wish I could have gotten an autograph on a card. Seemed like a great guy. Love your channel!! Just started watching it recently!
OJ Simpson was my favorite growing up. When I first started watching football he was the biggest star in the game.
What about after he murdered them people? Were you still a fan?
@@im11sostfu86 no, certainly not a fan of that.
@@im11sostfu86 but, still my favorite player growing up.
Love this set! Not every day you see a box being opened. Awesome stuff!
1984 Topps is probably my second favorite 80's football card design, right up there with 1982. Loved the logos on the front.
My two favorite sets to.
That was the best design of the decade. 1982 was the first year they had the NFLPA license and could use logos.
I have three athlete meetings of interest to mention. My favorite meeting will always be Dale Murphy (Braves legend who should be in the Hall of Fame). Met him at games a few times with my family and he is always polite and welcoming.
Also met a couple WWF wrestling legends. Bret the Hitman Hart is one of the nicest pros I’ve met. He stood outside, in snow, for almost 10 minutes after an event and talked with my brothers and I.
Also, Shawn Michaels. My little brother went up to him and said, “Mr. Michaels can I have your autograph?” He said, “Sure, but just call me Shawn, not Mr. Michaels.” He said it with a smile and signed and talked with us. Great times.
Loved the Raiders when I was a kid, had a Howie Long poster "Real Men Wear Black" and Bo is the greatest athlete I ever saw in person. As a Vol, got an up close view of Bo running over Bates. No guarantees with old wax, topps was notorious for using an A/B/C/D, etc... rolls and some boxes may only have that one roll without the RC's.
This set deserves a lot more fanfare and the Marino and Elway PSA 10’s should be worth a whole lot more!
I absolutely agree. Its a great set. I actually have 2 sets that I built and 1 factory set that is untouched. The cards still look like a brick, kinda like an unopened vending box. I lucked out a few years back on Ebay. I don't think they knew what they had. I paid like 100 bucks...
Watched my 1st ever SB as an 11 year old in 1982. Joe Montana was/is my favourite player. Gotta get his rookie card this year.
I was 12. Me and my cousins all watched it in my parents basement. Joe's the GOAT
I grew up with Bernie Kosar and the Kardiac Kids🤣
That's my buddy Gregg Bingham that you passed over at the 12:31 and 40:38 time stamps in this video. Gregg was an avid coin collector (numismatist) who assembled the finest Early Commemorative United States Half Dollar Collection known. Gregg started and played in every game during his career without missing a start. Great guy! By the way, his 1984 Topps card here currently has a low population of only 8 in PSA 10 Gem Mint.
Good break and great trip taken together down memory lane!!! Always great and fresh content!! Congrats Geoff!! 👍🏻 🏈
Fun break! Thank you for sharing! Thurman Thomas is my favorite player I’ve met. Jim Kelly would have been another potential pull from that box but he opted to go to the USFL.
This is awesome Jeff!! Great way to start off Superbowl Sunday!!
I love 1984 football. Another nice one is 1983 baseball. It's always nice when a box has more than one potential rookie card. 1989 score football is another crowd pleaser.
I opened a bunch of this from my LCS as a kid in '88 and it was a blast. Love seeing you dig into this. Congrats on the Elway and all the other RC's from this epic set.
I got to meet Willie Mays in a baseball suite at the inauguration of the minor league baseball field in Fresno California. He autographed a ball for me. SF Giants are my hometown team and he is still my favorite baseball player of all-time.
An enjoyable trip down memory lane with these cards. I got the set for Christmas in 84 when I was 9 years old. Played with the cards of course and traded the Marino to my friend a few years later. I have since bought ungraded versions of Elway and Marino just for sentimental value.
Hopefully you rechecked them packs & picked up the 2nd Darrell Green RC!!!
I met Yoggi Berra in the 1980s at a New Jersey Devils game. My uncle pointed him out to me. He singed my game ticket. Also met Gronk after a UA wildcats game.
Here's the thing, opening a box like this is fun, no doubt, and Jeff has a fortune so he can do it and it won't hurt his pocketbook what-so-ever. However, for the average person, there is an alternative that can get you high grade cards for way less. Search around, shows, shops, different marketplaces, and find several sets. Chances are you will eventually fine on that has a really nice Marino or Elway, or both. I just bought a set for $150 with a Elway that looks amazing, a Marino that is probably an 8-9, and the rest of the set was very nice. The set was collated back in the 80's and had been in storage since. Sets like that are out there, the hunt to find good deals on gem RCs in sets is fun, and you will often get them cheaper that way and can grade if you want. And you can pass on the ones that aren't nice.
Jeff Lageman! Awesome person, great outdoorsman. Ive had the pleasure of fishing with Jeff and became friends with him years ago.
Once I met John elway at Elways in Denver. Religious experience. I was with my wife and she didn’t understand the importance of that experience. The comeback kid shook my hand and I almost cried
Great video. I work at wingfoot my favorite athlete that I've met so far were Johnny Damon and Nick swisher. Coolest guys ever 🤙🤙 and I don't know if u realized but u skipped right through that Jim Kelly rookie. That's a good one
Curtis Martin: I met Curtis at a training camp practice at Hofstra University and he signed an official game ball for me. My favorite piece of Jets memorabilia I own.
Went to Cincinnati to watch a Reds game and went to a local pizza joint after the game. Walked in and there was Billy Hamilton eating at the bar. Met him and he introduced my nephew and I to his mom and dad. Had dinner with them and they conversed with us as if we had known them our entire lives. Very down to earth and intelligent individual. Highlight of the trip.
I have been around many sports stars. I am from Atlanta and reside now in Myrtle Beach. When I lived in Minneapolis for a VERY short time, Kirby Puckett was honestly the best guy ever. I have seen him sit outside of the HHH Metrodome and sign autographs day after day for everyone around. Not 1 kid left without an autograph. R.I.P. Kirby. The game needs more of you!!
ICYM Sport Card Exchange doesn't authenticate wax boxes or any boxes , they just count the packs and make sure they all the same packs that's it... i've gotten resealed junked from them before and after the logan paul stuff and what the owner said of SCE said .. he doesn't authenticate boxes he just wraps them lol he said that after the GI joe thing, you should get at least 2-3 Elway's and Marinos outta that box they wasnt big time in 1984, so people open boxes of that find the 2 good ones put all the other packs back and make boxes of leftover packs , no good lol
When I was a kid my goal was collect all Topps Football sets from the 80s . It took a long time but I did and still have them
When I was 10 years old, Mario Lemieux moved in down the street from my best friend. Shortly after he moved in, we saw him walking his dog, so we ran outside to meet him. Looking back, what jag offs we were to bother him, but he was so nice. We walked around the neighborhood with him and he still stood and talked to us for ten more minutes after we got back to his house.
Very cool! My favorite players watching play growing up was Barry Sanders, Ken Griffey Jr., Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant! 👍👍
At a card show in Orlando in 1985 there were tables stacked up with 100's of these boxes at six dollars a box. Loaded up the back seat and put together two dozen complete sets.
The Elway & Marino finally! 🤦♂️ Ark monk card was awesome to see. Great players. I enjoyed the entire video. Thank you for sharing. Thumbs up!
so hard to get those card psa 10 - shows you why the value is high. the elway was beat and the marino even wasn't close to a 10 - and you opened them fresh out of a box. Insane. Great pulls anyway and always a fun time when you open cards on the channel.
Back in the early 90's there was a huge flea market near the Buffalo area and they had these packs for sale. I bought three packs can't recall how much I paid for them. Anyways I pulled two Marino's out of the three packs and still have one of them. Thanks for this Jeff!
super flea
Huge thumbs up man! Love the 1984 topps football. Marino and Elway. Congratulations. That was just a great great video. 1986 topps football is next!!!
I used to love watching Walter Payton,Barry Sanders and Icky Woods. Warner's rookie has value and T.D from Broncos was one of those cut short playing career that was a beast, as well as Bo Jackson
Mine was John Elway since 1987 and he still is my favorite player and always will. I have this set and it's my favorite.
I met Gary Clark at a signing around 92 at a foot locker. No one else was there. He was laughing at the rookie card I brought cause of his Afro. Nice guy!
Hi , is there a such thing as a PSA 10 graded complete set for this set and how much ?
I got to meet Sugar Ray Leonard, I was working for what turned out to be his Mom, selling pork rinds and I went to her house to get more product to sell in this swap meet/Flea Market and he was there. I knew exactly who it was as I thought he was the best ever, he was my so called hero. Still one of the most shocking and amazing days ever. He was very cool, and we had dinner the next night. He treated me as a 15 year old, very kindly and was so down to earth. I thought later in life that he was so laid back and chill because he was at his Mom's house and in a comfortable place.
I meet Prince Fielder in Marysville,Michigan while I was getting Cecil Fielder’s auto when I was 13 years old. Prince was bigger then his own Dad,after leaving my Dad a I both looked at each other and said “can you believe how Prince is compared to his Dad at only 12 years old” at the exact time while gettin in the Truck. That’s what got use hooked on collecting sports cards. My Dad was the foreman on the ppl mover back then so he knew the Detroit area really well,every weekend we would look at the back of the Becketts to see where the Card shows were at. I remember seeing in the Becketts every month and seeing that Mickey Mantle’s rc was only $5000.00 dollars,Thank God my Dad bought one graded at a PSA 9 !! He passed away shortly after in 1993,so in honor of my Dad I keep collecting Cards. I’m Seriously thinking about flying to an Auction to sell that Mantle that’s been sitting in my safe since then. What do you think Jeff about selling it or holding onto it ? Looking forward to hear from ya Bud🤘🇺🇸🐊
Famous athlete for me; huge hockey fan from the 70s and 80s and got to meet Dave "Tiger" Williams after a game in the Chicago Stadium! Just a tough hard working player who would fight anyone at anytime.... I was thrilled.
When I was stationed at Ft Lewis, WA in the Army, I recognized Jon Kitna at an Elmer's restaurant and he talked to me and my daughter for a good 10 minutes while I was in uniform. He ended up telline thank you for your service and I asked the waitress for my bill and she replied with the guy you were talking to paid your bill. So Kitna bought me and my daughter breakfast. Pretty cool memory.
I was a equipment manager for the original Dream Team so I met and played my 1st 2 rounds of golf with Mj Charles Barkley and John Daily Larry Bird. I hit a 78
My first favorite player as a kid was Bo Jackson. Coolest athlete I ever met was actually Joe Bryant, Kobe's dad. He did a basketball camp for some kids here in Vegas for free about a handful of yrs ago. He even took the time to talk and everything. About 20 yrs ago I actually ran into Coach K on the strip. Just gave him a "Hey coach" & a nod...didn't wanna bring attention to him. Awesome vid
I went to Monday Night Football in Dallas on Labor Day in 1992. I was 14 and a sophomore in high school. The Redskins were in town. Dallas upset them. Hank Williams Jr. was there and sang the MNF song. We waited in the players parking lot. We met and got Autos from Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin and a few others. I got their autos!! Both of them were really cool. Good Times!!
That’s awesome!!
Grew up a Giants fan. So either Simms, Joe Morris, L.T probably my favorite from back than. When Parcells went to New England I went to New England as well. True story!
Pretty nostalgic made me have lots of memories I opened a bunch of those packs when I was little
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Joe Montana was my favorite. As crazy as it sounds, he actually seems underrated now.
Mine too. It’s because the youngest of us that saw him play is forty. I’m sure in the 80s you had forty, fifty year olds saying Sammy Baugh is underrated.
Fun break thanks for sharing this, love the old school stuff! Just a side note you missed a 2nd Darrell green RC, Chris Hinton RC, Jackie Slater RC and Morten Anderson RC, all those guys can bring in decent money if they grade high.
Mark Duper, Dwight Stephenson, Jimbo Covert, and Ray Wershing too.
I met Ryan tannehill at a training camp with my dad when he was on the dolphins so he was my favorite
John Elway was my hero too, and still love him.
I've got a Ja'marr Chase absolute football rookie card and the introduction rookie. Should I get them graded
I was fortunate enough to have worked at the Sheraton Torrey Pines as a Butler in 1992. We had the Dream Team stay with us for two weeks and I go to meet all of the greatest basket ball players that ever lived. Magic, Jordan, Malone and Barkley were super cool. The stories I have are in a vault...no cell phones back then, but I could tell you some interesting stuff LOL. My favorite was playing pool with Wilt Chamberlin and my "man crush" Christian Laetner LOL
That was fun. I grew up in western ny in the early 90’s so we liked Thurman Thomas and imitated Bruce smith. The bills used to travel around in the off season after losing Super Bowls 😋, and play basketball against high schools alumni. I met Jim Kelly and played catch with him for a few throws. I liked the card where the guy was a qb/punter, and Steve largent. . Hot hand with the big three rc’s good pulls today. 👍⭐️
Elway was my guy too Geoff, so many memories especially "the drive" in 1986 against the Browns I was 15 and waited years for Elway to finally win the big game against the Packers in 98 as 14 point underdogs and that game was so close to home when they played in San Diego I wanted to go but outta my price range so went to a friends house, and when they won I balled my eyes out like a weight was lifted off my shoulders just like ELWAY. Top 10 if not Top 5 QB's of all time.
@ the 19:47 Mark you passed by a Russ Grimm (I believe rookie ). and if you go back in the video presentation @ 1:56 that card is worth $154 bucks in PSA 10. Just letting you know...
I love watching the cowboys....big Emmitt Smith fan and of course Troy Aikman
Just wanna say..I seen you struggling to put that first card on the sleeve... here's a trick I use.. pinch the top open corner and just give it a roll... it'll leave an opening so you don't damage the corners or shred the edges...btw my favorite player growing up was Bo.. still is
My favorite player growing up was Troy polamalu. It was my first game I ever watched I’m 2004 as an 11 year old kid. I became a steeler fan that year and I’ve been loyal every year since. I think every fan has one player who made them a fan of that team. If I weren’t a steeler fan and I started watching football last year I probably would’ve been a chargers fan because I absolutely love Justin Herbert.
True. I’m older, so my player was OJ Simpson. He was probably that player for a lot of fans my age.
Love the 49ers! Joe Montana and Jerry Rice were my heroes as a child!!!
Randall Cunningham was my QB hero in the day with the Eagles! Paved the way for a lot of other running QB's for sure and I got 3 of his rookies from 1987 topps!
At 27:23 moment of video you blew by another Darrell Green rookie
i met michael vick in a target store when i was 16; he was shopping in va for linens for his mothers new house and i asked him if i could get a signature, and he said yes! brought two balls from in store for him to sign before i even purchased them. awesome experience
When I was 10, in 1989, I went to a Baseball card show in Dallas,, TX and Mickey Mantle was there signing autos!! I waited in line for like 3-4 hours but at the end of my wait I got to meet The Mick!! Shook his hand, Dad took a photo, and I got an official MLB baseball signed by MY favorite player of all-time
Barry Sanders and Randall Cunningham were my childhood favorites.
Great video! Question for you. I heard you mention that there were only so many PSA 10s out there. How do you get that information?
my favorite too was John Elway awesome GEOFF thanks again for bringing this to us!!!
Elway is my all time favorite player growing up and to this day. I am a lifelong IL resident and a broncos fan because of elway. Go Broncos!!!
Pete Rose in 1975. Big Red Machine. I was 12 years old. He shook my hand after the game. I remember it was the most CALLOUSED hand I've ever touched in my life!! He was super nice to me!
Barry Sanders for me as a Lions fan. I went to a game when I was 5 (my first NFL game). Only things I remember from that experience was who we played (Bucs), the fact that we won, looking at the Silverdome roof, and Barry Sanders running a 50+ yard TD.
I actually just bought a Barry RC for my birthday a few months ago. Happy to have that in my PC.
I went to high school with Frank Thomas in Columbus. I also have several pics with Hershel Walker as my old company bought chicken from his company. Both are super good people!
Wasn't a really big NFL fan growing up ..
Then Ace Ventura happened...and I became an INSTANT Dan Marino fan. Went back to watch his highlights and ya ..Dan the Man is awesome
Tom Seaver. He was my baseball idol growing up and I got to meet him at a signing event in Tacoma, WA
It was awesome. And he was super nice.
Finally Geoff got a box opener and not a pair of scissors. Great video brings back memories of opening packs when I was a kid. Any Green Bay Packers players that who I root for.
You past another D. Green card and Dan M card.
Glad you hit the Elway, Marino, & Dickerson. BBCE was probably sweating
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Marino was the only QB at that time with current QB stats, when guys weren't doing that, way ahead of his time. Best arm maybe in NFL history, I was always amazed how far he could throw in the old Pro Bowl QB challenges they use to have. What a cool box, all off center in the same way, tells me it was legit.
What an awesome break. I remember buying these at my local pharmacy when I was 12. My team, the Redskins, were world champs, and all was well in the world. Brings back so many memories. But these were never printed perfectly. There's a reason why PSA 10's are so expensive. They are unicorns.....
Remember the rack packs?
@@GriseldaBSF410 Yes! Used to get those at the grocery store
Walter Payton favorite player! Allen and Payton for second rushing yards. Dang, got it wrong :)
1984 was the best year in my life. I miss my childhood ❤
Just got your app. This so great, was in the hobby back in the 90's. I wish that was available back then.
Are the boxes suppose to come from sealed cases? I noticed some packs dont have gum
Dan Marino came to my local Sam's club in Springdale Arkansas. He was doing a promotional thing for some kind of mattress. My dad called me at 6 a.m. and told me that he had heard that Marino was going to be there for a signing. I had already bought a Dan Marino jersey and a Dolphins helmet, I flipped a quarter to see witch I would rather have autographed. Tails, Dan autographed my helmet and I still have it sitting on my mantle to this day!
Favorite player that era was actually Curt Warner. Huge hawks fan. I would play football in front yard and had his jersey. I have a couple of his rookies from when I was a kid.
Roger Staubach is my all time favorite player. I always believes he would find a way to win the game…..loves the emotional roller coaster ride when watching him rally the Cowboys from sure defeat to ultimate victory.
Got a box of those for 15 dollars in 1985 when I was 13. Set for 10 bucks. I got two Elways,two Marinos and two Eric Dickerson cards out of the box,and two darrel green.
The Elway looks nice. PSA 8 or 9?
Great video, I always enjoy you work and appreciate your time and effort 👍🏼
Awesome video. Love the vintage football content. You passed up a mint condition Morten Anderson rookie.
Ohhh I missed that one! Another all time great!
And also one of the greatest lineman rookie card of all time in Jackie Slater
Lester Hayes stickum master. Seeing that brought me back. LOL. Great video.
I'm a few minutes into the video... My favorite player was Walter Payton. Such a great football player. I still love watching his highlights.
Watching from Nova Scotia Canada, love watching this 😊
Lol I love the Geoff Gators gif you threw in there.