Thoughts on Montana Rookie cards?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

His image is there. Not sure what you were looking at.

Problems as I see them. Card is well-centered but not perfect on front and back is significantly off center. Image is done with a scanner that is focusing on the case and not the card so the image is blurry. See one of the many threads about scanners for a solution. Finally it's in an old holder. People shelling out big bucks want it in a current holder.

Hope that helps.

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

His image is there. Not sure what you were looking at.

Problems as I see them. Card is well-centered but not perfect on front and back is significantly off center. Image is done with a scanner that is focusing on the case and not the card so the image is blurry. See one of the many threads about scanners for a solution. Finally it's in an old holder. People shelling out big bucks want it in a current holder.

Hope that helps.

I have never understood people who want to sell an $8000 card on eBay but are too cheap to spend $70 for a decent scanner. Nothing personal, just something that I have observed over the years.

[LACardsGuy]

Update:
Sent to PWCC and they were going to feature it in this week's auction, do a video thing, etc., but then last second sent me an email saying that they were not certain that the PSA case and flip were legit! What what what?

Awaiting getting it back from PWCC to send into PSA to do a Grade Guarantee review.

Oh my. This is crazy stuff.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by LACardsGuy

Update:
Sent to PWCC and they were going to feature it in this week's auction, do a video thing, etc., but then last second sent me an email saying that they were not certain that the PSA case and flip were legit! What what what?

Awaiting getting it back from PWCC to send into PSA to do a Grade Guarantee review.

Oh my. This is crazy stuff.

It is one of the cards faked by the Mexican guy known as Copperfield. Where did you get it?

[LACardsGuy]

Bought via PayPal and credit card from guy on craigslist so as to be covered. he acquired at a Chicago card show 10+ years ago (or so he says). He seemed genuinely upset about all of this, so suspect that he did not know it was a possible/probable fake.


how can you tell what is going on with it? more info would probably help everyone on the thread.

[LACardsGuy]

Here is (admittedly blurry. sorry) scan of my card on the left and image from VCP of a sold card on the right from what seems to be same era. The main difference I can spot is the spacing between 1981 and Topps. I don't know whether this was always consistent.

I looked through sales on VCP going back through 2010, and my card did not appear, so couldn't do direct comparison.

[LACardsGuy]

one more with the spacing just like mine
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Also: the barcode scans properly with the PSA phone app. Comes up my card.