Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911
...it's pretty obvious that this is just a reprint and not some Phillipines period pirated item.
|
Well clearly it wasn't obvious to PSA either and they're in the card grading/authentication business.
Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911
I'm positive we can all figure out why a reprint of a 100 year old card would be made.
|
Well it's also pretty obvious to any collector that reprints can/will eventually be passed off as the real thing. Therefore why couldn't a pro such as Larry Fritsch figure that out before reprinting the darn thing? Was he just trying to make a quick buck the consequences be damned? Is that what you're saying?
Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911
How can somebody be a Fritsch customer and not be familiar with the tons of reprints filling their catalogs still to this day?
|
A customer(me) from circa 2000 who had no interest in any reprints of pre-WWI cards that might or might not have been in Fritsch's catalog at the time certainly could.
Quote:
Originally Posted by G1911
There's no exciting conspiracy here, it's just a Fritsch reprint that has been aged and the "Reprint" stamp removed to try and fool some people.
|
Excuse me but I wasn't positing any "conspiracy". I was just guessing that the card could simply have originated from a knock off printing back in the day. You're the one suggesting that a conspiracy to deceive by removing a reprint stamp and subjecting the card to aging is in evidence here.
The question now is whether PSA will compensate anyone who relied on their "authentication" for any losses they may have sustained purchasing this piece of crap slab.
