Stahl Meyer Mantle on eBay...Is this fake?

[YankeeCollector]

Guy claims he owned a card store and card was in storage for 30 years. This card just seems to good to be true. Any help would greatly be appreciated. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-STAHL-MEYER-FRANKS-MICKEY-MANTLE-ROOKIE-CARD-VERY-RARE-MUST-SEE-/280766345632?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item415efa71a

[YankeeCollector]

He also has a PSA 8 1951 Bowman Mantle RC listed. He only has 23 feedback and thats mostly buying $1 cards. Seems like a scam. Any thoughts?

[mrmopar]

Aren't those cards oversized? I don't have any 53s, so maybe they were smaller than the later ones? Maybe they make larger holders, but it would appear the card is more like a standard Topps 1957-Present size.

[sycks22]

nobody owns a Stahl Meyer Mantle and PSA 8 Mantle rookie that sells an Aaron Curry for $1.26.

[YankeeCollector]

nobody owns a Stahl Meyer Mantle and PSA 8 Mantle rookie that sells an Aaron Curry for $1.26.
Thats what I thought but nowadays I have seen stranger things!!

[skelly]

Can't claim to be an expert, but my gut tells me it isn't right. Card just looks a light "light" compared to the one or two I've seen before.

[pclpads]

The old adage comes to mind: "if it seems too good to be true . . . " Pair that with a FB rating of 23. Nuff said.

[YankeeCollector]

Hes got a PSA 8 Mantle 51 Bowman that was sold at Bussineau Auction in 2010 and Goodwin in 2009. He might have stole the scans

[e107collector]

Hes got a PSA 8 Mantle 51 Bowman that was sold at Bussineau Auction in 2010 and Goodwin in 2009. He might have stole the scans

Jim,

You may be on the something there. I would stay away, the card's coloring does seem to be washed out.

Again, if you know you may have a valuable item, get the card graded. Enough said.

Tony

[mrmopar]

I see the listing ended. At one point, I thought I saw where it was in the $8K range, so maybe someone backdoor'd it.

[dstudeba]

That card is a pathetic fake. The color is wrong, the cut is wrong.

Yes they are oversized, same size as the 54 and 55 issues.

[YankeeCollector]

Guy was an absolute crook. I told him I was at the shriners show and will be passing thru North Providence on my way home bc he wanted to sell off ebay. I offered him 25,000 cash for both cards and i will meet him to hand him the cash and he would hand me the cards. He made an excuse of having dinner with his inlaws 3 hours before we were to meet. He stole the scans and tried to portray them as his own.

[dstudeba]

If he stole the scan of the Stahl Meyer that is hilarious because he didn't even know enough to steal a scan of the real card.