Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer of all-time. With Five World Series rings to his name, more saves than any other player, and with all due respect to Edwin Diaz, the best entrance to the field. What a pleasure it is to see "Mo" sit down and rip packs of Topps baseball cards, enjoying the hobby we love.
Mariano Rivera's accolades are long enough to fill this entire page. We can sum up Rivera's baseball career easily by saying he's the ONLY player in the history of the Baseball Ball of Fame to have been inducted unanimously; 100% of the voters said yes to inducting Rivera into baseball's coveted Hall.
Rivera sat down with Topps to open packs of baseball cards from 1996, the year Rivera won his first World Series with the Yankees. Rivera also ripped packs from 1998, the year the Yankees won a record-number of games on their way to Mo's second of five championships. See what Rivera pulled:
Rivera pulled a few Hall of Fame players in his packs as he reminisced about his early days in the game. Cards of Pedro Martinez, Roberto Alomar, and Jeff Bagwell were pulled. Teammates of Rivera's over the years like Jimmy Key and Robin Ventura were in the packs. Mariano opened these packs like you and I do; with fond memories. When you open a pack of cards from your youth it takes you back to the days of Saturday morning cartoons, maybe rocking WWF Superstars, and going through your stacks of cards looking four doubles to trade. Thank you to Topps for sharing the video!
Our sister company, Vintage Breaks, currently has an Autograph Hit Random break available on their site with a signed Mariano Rivera jersey.
There are 100 pieces of signed memorabilia available including:
- Ty Cobb Autographed Check
- Ted Williams Autographed Bat
- 1998 Yankees Team-Signed Baseball
- Hank Aaron and Doc Gooden Dual-Signed Photo
- Aaron Judge Autographed Helmet
- Mariano Rivera Autographed Jersey
- Yogi Berra Autographed Bat
- 1967 Yankees Team-Signed Baseball including Elston Howard
- + More
There are unique items like a baseball autographed by Rangers legend, Mark Messier, and a Corbin Bernsen autographed movie poster from Major League. Items from Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford, Gary Carter, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, and so many more in this break!
The price per spot is only $250. For each spot your purchase, you will take home an autographed piece of memorabilia. To purchase your spot and to see the entire list of autographed items in the break, click here:
WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING
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.
We always offer a FREE APPRAISAL for your collection here at the Just Collect site. Just click here:
We offer many ways to evaluate your cards other than using our website, too.
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.
We keep a LIST of the card shows we'll be attending. Come stop by the Just Collect table and chat.
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.
We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.
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.
CONTACT US ANY TIME
Whether you have vintage cards or modern wax you want to sell, you can reach out to us any time!