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I have been trying to get my hands on the Harry Potter POA artbox cards for a while now.

I saw someone selling packs, curious if these can actually contain autographs as well.

I realized some specifically say Autographs in the little yellow box, these packs don't but the seller mentions there's a chance to pull auto's. Has anyone had any luck opening these packs?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g...waeJiNWNV/s-l500.jpg
 
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Individual packs are almost always a trap. One opens a box til they find the hit card and then leave the rest to sell later. Always buy packs an your own risk.

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Ignoring the fact they can search the packs. Is it actually possible to get autos from these packs?

In other words do these packs contain autos even though they don't list that they do on the packs themselves.
 
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There were hobby and retail versions of this particular release . If the pack mentions autographs it's the hobby version with a chance to hit autographs , costumes and props , if it just mentions chase cards it's the retail version which did not have any hits other than some foil chase cards .
 
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Originally posted by Triple-Frog:
There were hobby and retail versions of this particular release . If the pack mentions autographs it's the hobby version with a chance to hit autographs , costumes and props , if it just mentions chase cards it's the retail version which did not have any hits other than some foil chase cards .



Is there a version with just costumes and prop cards? The pack only mentions these two and not autographs.
 
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I would offer that you should refer to Allender's checklists and see if you can narrow down exactly which packs you are looking at. There are several versions of PoA cards, but if the packs mention certain hits, but not autographs, it probably means something.

Also, even for the PoA hobby boxes, the one autograph hit was seeded every other box. There were only 10 signers and the Christie was a redemption, so the odds of finding a signature were already harder than in other HP products from the start.

Then loose packs can always be expected to be searched, so that is an answer right there.

Finally, very much like when buying fake autographs, sellers are not held accountable for the misrepresentation of sealed packs because it is not enough to prove that the item is misrepresented. You have to prove that he or she KNEW it was misrepresented and that is almost impossible.

The only time you should ever buy loose packs in my opinion is when all you want are the base cards and inserts.
 
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Originally posted by Triple-Frog:
There were hobby and retail versions of this particular release . If the pack mentions autographs it's the hobby version with a chance to hit autographs , costumes and props , if it just mentions chase cards it's the retail version which did not have any hits other than some foil chase cards .



Is there a version with just costumes and prop cards? The pack only mentions these two and not autographs.


As far as I am aware ( and bear in mind this is my memory from opening them 18 years ago ! ) there were only the two types of packs , either with all three of the big hits or none of them .
 
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Originally posted by Jimjilbang:
Is there a version with just costumes and prop cards? The pack only mentions these two and not autographs.


The listing you posted is for retail packs. No autographs or props in those - and only two different costumes. Here is a link to Jeff Allender's checklist site so you can look at which inserts were released each way:

https://www.nslists.com/hppoaup.htm

And this is what the hobby packs look like...

 
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The above posted photo is from the PoA Update edition, not the original hobby packs from the first Artbox Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban set that only had 9 autograph cards and one autograph redemption card in every other box. Allender also lists that here, along with some others on the main page.

http://nslists.com/hpmovie3.htm
 
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Originally posted by Jimjilbang:
Is there a version with just costumes and prop cards? The pack only mentions these two and not autographs.


The listing you posted is for retail packs. No autographs or props in those - and only two different costumes. Here is a link to Jeff Allender's checklist site so you can look at which inserts were released each way:

https://www.nslists.com/hppoaup.htm

And this is what the hobby packs look like...



This clears everything up, I was unsure if there was a difference between these packs. Thanks again for your help!!!!
 
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