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Does this pack look legit?

NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
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'61-'62 Fleer BB pack
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I'm far from an unopened pack expert, but I didn't see any obvious red flags, and at that price was worth a gamble (that was almost my max bid).

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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ask yourself. How could a flat pack get a wrinkle like that down the middle. And also fold marks/wrinkles on the back near the seal.
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    There's gum in the pack. Does that affect your view on fold lines or wrinkles?

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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    what about the back of the pack where the seal is nice and flat with no gum. There are wrinkles there. And no the gum doesnt change my view.
  • ExodusExodus Posts: 348 ✭✭✭
    Would need to hold pack in hand.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to tell from a scan, but it looks suspect and is in less than ideal condition if it's for an unopened collection. Would grade EX 5 at best, if it grades at all.


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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the others. When I see a wrinkle on the flat surface of an "unopened" pack, I run as fast as I can in the other direct.
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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Packs
    I mean these look like they got run over by a truck and eaten by a rat. And they dont have a wrinkle like this pack does.
  • Giantsdude24Giantsdude24 Posts: 126


    << <i>Packs
    I mean these look like they got run over by a truck and eaten by a rat. And they dont have a wrinkle like this pack does. >>


    No back scans = no way Jose! Plus the front of the packs look like they survived a group of collectors turned zombies!
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  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Before bidding on this pack, I looked at the other ones recently sold and at the feedback on those sellers (including positives with really ugly followup), and I decided I couldn't safely use any of those as an exemplar of a good pack.

    Wrappers from this set alone often sell for $20 or over, so my downside risk isn't too great.

    I took a gamble.

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  • MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭
    This is why I dont touch unopened unless Steve Hart has seen it...too difficult and I have been burned too many times.
    75 Minis - GET IN MY BELLY!
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