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Originally Posted by Rollingstone206
Sean1125 just finished telling us he got caught up with forgeries. I can reasonably see someone ("Anyone") at a card show getting tricked by them at this level of sophistication. And, obviously others have been duped by these expensive forgeries or this thread wouldn't exist.
Now you're taking it a step further preaching exposure guarantees of Auction Houses and PSA authorized dealers yourself? For example the a dealer or AH might claim a card swap was done after the sale, same goes for PSA dealers, and PSA themself. It's a pretty hard thing to prove as a buyer. I know your treading on thin ice speaking absolutes on this subject.
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I was duped the first time I tried to step outside of my area of expertise. At a National in Chicago several years ago I bought a Sport King Ruth and a 33 Goudey Ruth from a friendly gentleman who came by my table. The Sport King was real and the flip was in the PSA 3 Goudey holder. I was able to sell the Sport King for within $150 of the price I paid for both cards, so that should have been a tipoff that something was wrong with his offer. They should have been worth far more than I paid. I felt it was a cheap price for such a good and thorough education. I'm still waiting for that chap to return and try it again, his image is burned in my brain.
When dealing with pre war purchases I now refer to a second opinion whether the cards are in a PSA holder or raw.