I admit I spend 99% of my eBay time in the prewar card section but recently I bought a nice 1955 Bowman baseball set and have been busy upgrading it to make it high grade. In searching the listings I noticed a lot of "generic" pictures of the cards and then in small letters the actual grade of the card being sold (with no scan). The pictures shown are very deceptive to the casual buyer, we on the 54 Board of course know better so we look at the fine print. The scans come from Beckett and many, many sellers use them, especially in the "store" section. So, what you get is an Ernie Banks card for sale with nothing in the title as to condition, a scan of an EXMT Banks, and then a tiny, "oh by the way," the offered card is G/VG.
When did this start? I sure hope it doesn't make its way in to the pre-war section
