Washington Post article on the altered card scandal

[Johnny630]

Why are they Picturing SGC Cards and Not PSA ????

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Why are they Picturing SGC Cards and Not PSA ????

Likely an image they already had on file. There's another image from the 2010 National.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Likely an image they already had on file. There's another image from the 2010 National.

Thanks Scott....hope they change it..

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Likely an image they already had on file. There's another image from the 2010 National.

They probably covered the 2010 Baltimore National because of the proximity to Washington and had those photos on file. And because they don't have hobby knowledge we do, they used what they had.

Rich

[h2oya311]

Very good article. Well-written and explains the baseball card industry pretty well for those outside of the hobby. The comments after the article make me sad, but I guess it's to be expected. Many of us are fools with our money.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

They probably covered the 2010 Baltimore National because of the proximity to Washington and had those photos on file. And because they don't have hobby knowledge we do, they used what they had.

Rich

Either that or because SGC slabs are just objectively more attractive and photogenic than the others... :P

[samosa4u]

Funniest part of the article:

“I look for cards that PSA rated 5s and 6s, crack them out and hopefully get a better answer,” he said. “I’ve been buying and selling cards for 20 years. If I’ve been doing this [altering] for that long, I’d be retired. If I was this master alterer, I’d be pretty bad at it. I’d be pretty stupid.”

Almost every single altered card that was posted on the Blowout forum was purchased by Gary Moser. How can he just flat out deny it with all that evidence against him? He's f*cked and he knows it.

[RedsFan1941]

yes