[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by Steve_NY

I had heard about it before, but I just read that latest article about scanning the insides of some packs. Where there is money to be made, there are always ways to try to beat the system.

Now I know that some have asked why I can't identify the player that is showing on the front or back of some of my 1930s/1940s packs. Truthfully, I really can't see the players or their numbers, not that I haven't tried to see them. These are 70 to 90 year old packs; Other than scanning per the article, it's near inpossible to identify the player. But what I really question is how the grading companies can see through the wrappers to identify players that they supposedly see on the front or the rear. I estimate that I can see the players on pre 1970 packs in like less than 5% of the time. Maybe I just don't try hard enough; stop by my booth at this year's National and let's see if you can spot who is showing. You can look at any of my packs to do so.

It’s usually not difficult to identify the card in most of those 1930’s wrappers. The wrappers are generally tissue thin and quite easy to see through. I saw this relatively low quality cell phone photo of your National Chicle Football pack from the 2024 National and it took about 3 minutes to figure out the player. As much time as you spend with the packs, I really can’t think of a good reason to say you can’t tell.