From what I understand, grading and legitimizing of "Grocery Cello Packs" from 1970 and 1971 was the beginning to the end for GAI pack grading (or some may say the end of the end). This mistake lost them a LOT of credibility since it was quickly discovered that Topps never made a "Grocery Cello Pack" in those years.
Jose - I don't see the '71 cello pack marked as "Grocery" on the flip. Is there another way to determine whether this is a legit '71 cello vs the homemade "Grocery Pack".
I think that it's incredibly encouraging that Heritage pulled the 9.5 Schmidt auction. Honestly, I thought that many of the posts earlier in this thread were sarcastic reactions to the OP but maybe I should have given the folks here more credit. Kudos.
Doug
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