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Pack grading rookie here

lightningboylightningboy Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭
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Bought a few vintage packs before, but never seriously thought about doing anything but opening them. However, I got in on the recent "mega group rip" and am seriously thinking about holding and grading a few. On cello packs, does the grade have anything at all to do with how the top or bottom cards look? For example, a perfectly wrapped pack with a top card exhibiting 90/10 centering and printers dots and a back card with stains and what appears to be a surface wrinkle, could this pack still be graded high? That being said, would the condition of the cards lessen the realized value if sold? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get a grasp on that blossoming market.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The grade of a pack is determined primarily by the condition of the wrapper (any tears or splits or discoloration), the seal on back, and to a lesser extent centering on the top card if it's a cello pack. Centering standards for pack grading are less strict than those for card grading, but if top card is centered 90/10 the best grade you can expect is NM7.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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