Meucci wraps on the originals were all sealed unless you special ordered an unsealed wrap- to my recollection. As for quality- the last versions, in my opinion that had a decent quality level were the 95 and 97 series cues, I still have two of the OLDIES from the 95 series and they are very playable and solid hitting cues. Got a beauty from the family of "Indian Bob" from Yonkers NY when he passed away and they had a tag sale -$30! and found the other in a Pawn Shop in Bridgeport Ct in 1996 in mint condition- the "Airplane" cue/ OLDIE 2 for $100. Both are fine cues. "Indian Bob"'s sister was moving and she would not sell his custom Bludworth with a beauty of a Jay Flowers custom Case - his death was too recent to part with all of the memories, don't know where she moved to, but that combo is either still sitting in a closet somewhere or maybe ended up at a Goodwill, I don't think she knew the value of his stuff.