Two 1960 Topps Mantle/Boyer cards were mislabeled by PSA as Venezuela Topps cards. The original submitter tried selling them on eBay for months, no buyer. I informed him they were US Topps cards in mislabeled holders (I am 100% certain of this, the Venezuela Topps version is on a completely different stock and has a distinctly different surface and registration), he gets upset with me for telling him, cops out by laying it on PSA, saying they're the experts and kept the cards listed. He couldn't sell them.
They pop up a week ago, PWCC is now his fence for them. The PSA 5 sells at auction on eBay last night for $1,069. It's a $50 card. The PSA 6 is listed as BIN at $4K. I inform PWCC on 3 separate occasions, I get one response that they would discuss it. No action was taken. In their disclaimer, they dump it on PSA as the experts.
The Venezuela Topps version is extraordinarily rare. The guy who submitted them with a bunch of other vintage US Topps cards knew they were not Venezuelan, but PSA botched the labeling and he took the opportunity to become a scammer.
Here's the backs of two Venezuela Topps specimen. Note the sandstone-like surface and significantly lighter registration.
Here's the back of the PWCC PSA 5 card, which is clearly a US Topps card. Note the smooth surface finish and sharp registration.
Here's the back of the PWCC PSA 6, same deal as above, US Topps.
Meanwhile, the Venezuela Topps is an extremely low pop card, and the mislabeled 5 and 6 completely skews the population and devalues the real Venezuela Topps specimens.
Here are the fronts:
Real Venezuela Topps:
Mislabeled:
Night and day. PSA is to blame for such a pathetic error to begin with. Pure greed followed their mistakes.
Never get cheated...