I agree with you Mike. I mean, reprints are ridiculously close (and getting better, as printing improves) to the real thing. Sometimes to the eye, they are indecipherable. Up till now, at least getting it graded was a nod towards authenticity (even if you disagree with the grade they gave).
If a crook can get the slabbing down, I mean, what then? There's not even a good hologram on the top of the current PSA paper in the slab. All you need to do is master the plastic. It's plastic! I mean, phone China and they'll send you thousands of 'em.
This guy was smart enough to make sure the cert # was the proper grade and all.
And why not? He pulls this off, he makes several thousand dollars off plastic and cardboard. Seriously, it's even MORE lucrative and EASIER than fake Rolex and Montblanc.
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