Counterfeit Mantle card being auctioned as PSA 5

[Volod]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Do you think there is a solution? I'm sure a slab can be made that is nearly impossible to tamper with, but what about something that would be on the slab that would be nearly impossible to counterfeit? A hologram maybe, or something else?....

I wonder what the cost/benefit analysis of PSA improving the security versus elimination of fraudulent sales profits would show, Dave?

[vintagetoppsguy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WARNING-1952...item4aba5c3446

[Volod]

A sad cautionary tale there - too much emptor, not enough caveat.

[GasHouseGang]

The guy is probably honest and got taken like he said. However, the PSA label was actually just as fake as the card. I doubt it was cracked and a fake inserted into the case. I think the whole thing was a fake from the beginning. I hope they catch the guy that pulled this scam.

[MrPosadas]

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[Deertick]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The guy is probably honest and got taken like he said. However, the PSA label was actually just as fake as the card. I doubt it was cracked and a fake inserted into the case. I think the whole thing was a fake from the beginning. I hope they catch the guy that pulled this scam.

If it is a real PSA slab, it would have had to have been cracked. Can't tell from the scan. I'm not sure if the scam is designed to dupe someone for longer than it takes to cash the check, or get the trade. That being said, he had the card in hand, and the time to authenticate was BEFORE sending his end of the trade.

[t206fix]

How about this card listed on ebay??? Doesn't the psa lettering on the top look odd? Is it just me, or does the lettering look different than the ones I have?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-TOPPS-B...ht_1464wt_1111

[Volod]

Originally Posted by cardboardbliss

How about this card listed on ebay??? Doesn't the psa lettering on the top look odd? Is it just me, or does the lettering look different than the ones I have?

Don't know much about grading company practices, myself, but does PSA state anywhere that they always use the same type fonts on the flips, if only to make fakes more obvious? Seems to me that I've seen different typefaces on them over time just casually observing.