Rough cuts and grading standards

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Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

lol, to be honest I never even knew what 'wire cut' meant. any insights on the 'first print' nonsense?

According to a former employee I spoke with, O-Pee-Chee was not doing first, second, third, etc. print runs back when the Gretzky rookie was manufactured. Additional runs were only required when there was a huge demand for more product, and this did not start happening until the late 1980s.