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'71 wax pack & PSA pack question

PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
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How in the world do people bid on a pack like this? The seller is basically admitting the pack could be fake, that the gum is broken, etc.

It raises a question. Now that PSA won't encapsulate most wax packs, will they still have Steve authenticate for a fee without holdering?


'71 eBay wax
My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Raw wax on ebay is almost always no good these days with rare exceptions. That was the case also prior to pack grading but even more so now with prices what they are.


    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.
  • beydounbeydoun Posts: 9
    The remarkable things is that their 1968 pack has a 4th series wrapper and the card on the back can only be Wade Blasingame of the 6th series.
    armand rodriguez
  • hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not an expert on them but it appears as though there is a piece missing on the back flap, just up from the T and apostrophe
  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    same story as always , I am not the original owner so I can;t guarantee that it isn;t tampered with. If you know enough to make that statement then you know enough that the pack IS tampered with. I feel for the people who bid on this crap
  • lbcoach20lbcoach20 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Not an expert on them but it appears as though there is a piece missing on the back flap, just up from the T and apostrophe >>



    I see that too. Good catch.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>same story as always , I am not the original owner so I can;t guarantee that it isn;t tampered with. If you know enough to make that statement then you know enough that the pack IS tampered with. I feel for the people who bid on this crap >>



    +1

    I just returned a lot of 4 77 packs to a guy who claimed he had them since childhood. When I get them, I see right away they are handiwork of resealer tbine as he bought a roll of wrappers and created his own wax roller lines with a brush. Opened one pack to confirm none of the cards were in correct sequence and all have been handled. Once in a while, you get legit product from someone who is being truthful (like the 1980 packs I recently bought in which the Henderson card I pulled was from) but ebay is an absolute minefield for raw wax these days.


    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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