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Sorry, this was supposed to go live before I left last weekend, but I just didn't get around to finishing it.

After the 1979 cello pack I opened last week, the second old school cello pack I opened was a 1983 Topps cello. 

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As I mentioned a week or two ago, I've had to scour eBay trying to find some cards of some of the more notable football players turned actors.  A lot of the somewhat bigger names have had a fair amount of cards available, but I keep getting outbid on them at the last second.

As I started to look through some of the perhaps lesser known names on my list, one auction jumped out at me--the player I was looking for was the top card on an unopened cello pack from 1979.  And I thought, "Hmm...I can get the card for Card of the Week, and do an A Pack A Day style report on busting the pack."

And, per usual, my next thought was "I wonder what else this seller has?"

So, over the next week or two, we'll be busting some cello packs from my youth...and some wax packs...and even a rack pack. 

First up?  The pack that started it all--1979 Topps Cello pack.

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