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Peel or No Peel --- Finest

prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
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Well i have decided to build a few Finest basketball rookie refractor sets. Im kinda up in the air about the protective film placed on the cards in the mid-late 90's. Kobe Finest rc for example, do most collectors prefer the peel on or off when they sub or buy a graded card. How does the film effect the value being on or off. Thanks in advance
Dave
Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's

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  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Peel away. That's me anyway. Those things were made to be peeled. I do not see any premium with the ugly peel still on.
    The peel affects surface grades if there are scrathes, tiny air bubbles, etc. I have also seen cards slabbed with the peel still on
    and the peel has started to lose it's stickyness on the corners and edges making it very hard to sell.
  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    That was kinda my thinking. I think the peel being off gives better eye appeal. I also wondered about the peel coming off over time like you mentioned. This is going to a tuff set to build I think. Centering flat out sucks.
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with EEK...I like the way the cards look MUCH better when peeled. I don't really take anything into consideration as far as re-sale goes though. Not sure what the "market" opinion is(and personally don't really care!) image
  • tigerdeantigerdean Posts: 910 ✭✭✭
    I agree, they are beautiful cards and that ugly peel just obstructs the beauty of the card. I dont want any graded with the peel on it.
  • TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭
    Word of caution about taking the peel off:

    I once bought a Kevin Garnett Finest rookie on eBay that had the peel removed, and when I had it in hand there were specks of, for lack of a better term, "paper loss" on the front of the card. It appeared that when the peel was removed, it took part of the card surface with it. I don't really know how that happened, but I guess it did.

    I did return the card for a refund, so I don't have a picture to demonstrate.
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  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • ReljacReljac Posts: 758


    << <i>Word of caution about taking the peel off:

    I once bought a Kevin Garnett Finest rookie on eBay that had the peel removed, and when I had it in hand there were specks of, for lack of a better term, "paper loss" on the front of the card. It appeared that when the peel was removed, it took part of the card surface with it. I don't really know how that happened, but I guess it did.

    I did return the card for a refund, so I don't have a picture to demonstrate. >>



    If those cards are like a lot of the glossy/chrome/etc cards, they tend to stick to each other over time and will lose paper just separating them.

    As a case in point, I just completed opening up both 2003 and 2004 stadium club baseball boxes and many of the cards stuck together and in separating them, either color from the back of one card or the front of the other would come off and ruin the adjacent cards.
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭✭
    keep the peel on; thats how it came out of the packs...keep it that way

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  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323
    I think if im slabbing them im going peeled since i think they look nicer.
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
  • saucywombatsaucywombat Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭
    This seems to be a somewhat frequent topic -

    I have been puttign together graded sets of baseball refractors and I always peel. I do this because the peel diminishes the appearance of the card. I consider it a two step unwrapping process, I don't think anyone would suggest you must never open a pack of cards, so why keep this superfluos wrapping on?

    As a practical matter slabbed cards sell for the same prices peel or no peel so you not losing there. There may occasionally be a slight premium on raw cards that have a peel in that the peel does actually protect the card from scratches and you may be getting a card in better condition if it has the peel still on, especially considering the crapshoot Ebay is.
    Always looking for 1993-1999 Baseball Finest Refractors and1994 Football Finest Refractors.
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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,132 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That was kinda my thinking. I think the peel being off gives better eye appeal. I also wondered about the peel coming off over time like you mentioned. This is going to a tuff set to build I think. Centering flat out sucks. >>



    I built a 96-97 Finest set a few years back and centering is amazingly bad - especially on silver and gold series cards. I would doubt that a PSA 10 refractor set is even possible.
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  • prthdprthd Posts: 1,323


    << <i>

    << <i>That was kinda my thinking. I think the peel being off gives better eye appeal. I also wondered about the peel coming off over time like you mentioned. This is going to a tuff set to build I think. Centering flat out sucks. >>



    I built a 96-97 Finest set a few years back and centering is amazingly bad - especially on silver and gold series cards. I would doubt that a PSA 10 refractor set is even possible. >>



    Im going to do just the rookies
    Looking for 1950 Bowman football PSA 7's
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