1970-1972 Cellos and Encapsulation
PaulMaul
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I've seen the cellos from these years encapsulated by GAI both with and without the outer cardboard box. Lately, I've only seen them without the box.
The outer box is part of the original packaging, and a big part of what makes these cellos look cool to me. I sometimes see the box included (out of the slab) when such packs are auctioned, but usually there seems to be no box.
Does PSA grade these packs only without the box, or also with?
The outer box is part of the original packaging, and a big part of what makes these cellos look cool to me. I sometimes see the box included (out of the slab) when such packs are auctioned, but usually there seems to be no box.
Does PSA grade these packs only without the box, or also with?
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<< <i>I've seen the cellos from these years encapsulated by GAI both with and without the outer cardboard box. Lately, I've only seen them without the box.
The outer box is part of the original packaging, and a big part of what makes these cellos look cool to me. I sometimes see the box included (out of the slab) when such packs are auctioned, but usually there seems to be no box.
Does PSA grade these packs only without the box, or also with? >>
My experience is that 90% of the 70-72 cellos auctioned that are in GAI holders are "grocery" cellos. Those puppies would slide around something fierce in the cardboard box, given that they only have 1/3 of the "real" number of cards.
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<< <i>I've seen the cellos from these years encapsulated by GAI both with and without the outer cardboard box. Lately, I've only seen them without the box.
The outer box is part of the original packaging, and a big part of what makes these cellos look cool to me. I sometimes see the box included (out of the slab) when such packs are auctioned, but usually there seems to be no box.
Does PSA grade these packs only without the box, or also with? >>
To the best of my knowledge PSA does not slab the 1970-1972 cellos with the original green/blue cardboard boxes. Only GAI did that, and
I am not sure that they still do this.
For what its worth, I agree with you. The full original packaging is what makes these cellos really special.
NOTE: For those familiar with the bogus 10-12 card "grocery cellos" that are often seen on Ebay (either raw or slabbed with GAI flips that
usually start with the digits 102), these are not what is being referred to in this posting.
Dave
IIRC the jumbo cellos with the boxes contain the # of cards below:
1970 baseball 33 cards
1970 Football 30 cards
1971 baseball 30 cards
1971 Football 27 cards
1972 baseball 27 cards
Current obsession, all things Topps 1969 - 1972