PSA never ceases to amaze me

[pepis]

Originally Posted by tbob

Snapped a couple of pics with my cell phone, hope they show up ok.

Well tbob,
the tear in the upper right corner of the pack is clear indication that at some
point the pack that this wrapper belonged to originally was opened! judging
by the little bit i can see of the 2 bottom corners, both have been refolded,
my take on this pack is not a resealed job, BUT a reconstruction job meaning,
somebody obtained a loose wrapper some cards and a piece of gum put it
together with enough appearance to convince a naive buyer,
happens every week now a days.

[1880nonsports]

Originally Posted by pepis

Well tbob,
the tear in the upper right corner of the pack is clear indication that at some
point the pack that this wrapper belonged to originally was opened! judging
by the little bit i can see of the 2 bottom corners, both have been refolded,
my take on this pack is not a resealed job, BUT a reconstruction job meaning,
somebody obtained a loose wrapper some cards and a piece of gum put it
together with enough appearance to convince a naive buyer,
happens every week now a days.

seems pretty obvious once you mention it..........

[RobertGT]

Sorry that it appears you bought a resealed pack. I agree you should just open it and see what condition those cards are in. If they are below EXMT then you definitely have a homemade pack. Out the seller's name if that is the case?

In one case I read about on the CU forums a while back, a guy posted scans of the cards he pulled from a 1978 topps pack. One card had writing on the back! Hopefully you will fare better. Good luck.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by pepis

Well tbob,
the tear in the upper right corner of the pack is clear indication that at some
point the pack that this wrapper belonged to originally was opened! judging
by the little bit i can see of the 2 bottom corners, both have been refolded,
my take on this pack is not a resealed job, BUT a reconstruction job meaning,
somebody obtained a loose wrapper some cards and a piece of gum put it
together with enough appearance to convince a naive buyer,
happens every week now a days.

Pepis- you may be right but the tear you describe is actually a very, very tiny scuff at the very tip of the card edge rather than a tear, it looks like a friction scuff, not a tiny tear, and to be honest I do not remember it being there when it was submitted at National. I don't have your expertise on wrappers and packs but I can't see any refolding on the bottom corners when I examine it. When the pack was submitted at National, the slab of gum was solid and you could feel it was intact. When the pack arrived, the gum was shattered in to a million pieces.
I know the gum is 50+ years old but it is odd it could have been mailed to me (yes I bought it on ebay many years ago) and I could have had it for 15 years after that and the gum was solid but upon receipt from PSA it is hammered. Kind of odd...