Average grade of rack pack or wax pack pull?

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by swarmee

You're better off not opening that pack and having the whole pack graded by PSA. Graded packs with star rookie cards are in higher demand than just the card themselves.
It's hard to say what it should grade because you can't really see some major issues (either centering, corner wear, print defects, whatever) through a wax wrapper. You can buy a raw 1984 Topps Mantle for $4, a PSA 8 for $20 or less, and a 9 for $40 or less. If you're pulling for top grades, either open up really expensive stuff from the 60s or early 70s, or cheap stuff from the 90s to 2000s where centering is much better and there's a chance to make your money back on insert cards.
Edit: You said rack pack, there's a better chance of knowing what the card looks like (on one side), and rack pack cards are normally easy to spot corner wear on, compared to rack packs that are normally sealed much tighter. I think you're still better off getting the pack graded.

Psa grading racks now? You learn something everyday


Usually 8s and better from racks, depends on cemtering. The odds of a Mattingly 10 I'd say are extremely slim. Probably 0 if people know the sequencing of packs

[swarmee]

Well, I know BBCE wraps them, but PSA probably doesn't grade them. I was talking about the wax pack with Mattingly on back.

[dictoresno]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Psa grading racks now? You learn something everyday





Usually 8s and better from racks, depends on cemtering. The odds of a Mattingly 10 I'd say are extremely slim. Probably 0 if people know the sequencing of packs

How were people able to guess sequencing?


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[swarmee]

Well, two ways. One is open up a case and then write down all the cards in the order they come in. Second is to realize that the print sheet is in a certain order, and the cards get sorted into a certain order based on where they were on the print sheet. So if you determine that Don Baylor is usually in front of Mattingly in a pack, then you buy packs with Baylor on the front.