Joe Montana Opens Box of 1981 Topps Football Cards Looking for Rookie

NFL Legend Hunts for His Own Pack-Fresh Rookie Card
  • February 18, 2023

Joe Montana sat down with a full wax box of 1981 Topps football cards, all 36 packs, and started opening to see if he could pull his own rookie card. How did Joe Cool do? Check out the video!

We could fill up this entire article with Montana's accolades, and we still wouldn't have enough space. A National Championship, four Super Bowl titles, two NFL MVPs and a trip to the Hall of Fame are under Montana's belt. His 1981 Topps rookie card is an iconic piece in the hobby. 1981 Topps football has a total of 528 cards, There are big-name players that anchor the set such as Terry Bradshaw, and Walter Payton. All eyes on card #216, though -Joe Montana's rookie. Armed with a full wax box of 36 packs, 15 cards per pack, and those delicious (were they, though?) sticks of gum from over four decades ago, Montana looked to pull his own rookie card fresh from a pack! Montana sat down with our friend, Ken Goldin, for this special moment. Let's see how Joe Cool did!

 

Joe Montana pulling his own rookie card is truly a special moment! The big question - did Ken let Joe keep the card?!

Just Collect is buying Joe Montana rookie cards and sealed 1981 Topps football boxes. We are always buying!  

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Just Collect is always buying vintage sports and non-sports cards from 1879 to 1979 as well as select modern cards. If you have a collection that you are considering selling, contact us today to discuss or get our industry-leading purchase offer. If you have a collection that you want to be appraised, please contact us and we would be happy to discuss your collection and help you understand the real cash value of your collection in the current marketplace. Check out the Just Collect Buy List.

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We offer many ways to evaluate your cards other than using our website, too.

  • Travel to us

If you can make the trip here like the son from my hometown did for this collection- we can make a deal at the office. We once met a father-son duo that drove eight hours from Virginia to meet us to sell a Michael Jordan rookie card stored in Tupperware since 1986 - great read here

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If you have a valuable collection and want us to come to you, we'll hop on the next plane out. We recently took a trip to California to purchase a collection that included three Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf rookie cards that you can read about here.

  • Meet in New York City

We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.

  • SHIP your collection 

If you choose to mail your cards for an appraisal, we will evaluate your cards for FREE still. If you choose not to sell the cards, we'll ship them back with shipping fees paid by us!  We can offer our FedEx account with 2-day shipping, fully insured, all covered by us. Simply contact the office to set up this option.

OUR BUYING PHILOSOPHY

We've run into a wide range of people and collections over the last 25 years. Although Just Collect is known for buying vintage sports cards and especially vintage baseball cards, we are also extremely interested in buying non-sports cards, too!  

Every collection and every collector is different and we treat EVERY collection with the respect and attention that we show for our own collections. We understand that many have put their heart and souls into building their collections. So when you're ready to sell, we understand the feelings that you're going through and will work with you to help you reach a decision that is a WIN/WIN, because if you're not happy, we're not happy.

Whether you have vintage cards or modern wax you want to sell, you can reach out to us any time! 

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