Mostly from looking at the '52 Topps Mantle photos. I curious as to why it's the lone card where the photos are cropped, with the black border added.. If you save and blowup the back of the card, it's quite obvious that the photo's been cropped from somewhere, as a not so black sharp corner extends slightly past the rounded corner of the slab.
Looking back at his past auctions, he recently received positive feedback for the Gretzky. So that might be a good sign. Or it might just be something funny's going on. Look at the bid history on that one, it's crazy. Almost like they were setting up a few false sales on BIG ticket items, so that they could lure people into a sense of security on this next wave of auctions..
However, looking at that one, and even the other cards currently listed, there doesn't appear to be any photoshop done with the scans. Why the 52 Mantle? Could it be that he only had an image that was already cropped, and needed the black border so that it would match that scans in his other auctions? The Gibson does not appear to have been cropped and photoshopped, so again, why the Mantle?
None of this is fact. And for all we know, it could be legit. But based on what I saw in a coupla minutes of looking, I wouldn't feel comfortable bidding on these... Aside from the fact that I'm a cheap a$$, and these are WAY out of my price range..
Last edited by novakjr; 03-06-2014 at 03:58 PM.
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