Bogus Mantle: Grand Dads Garage Find!

[Bocabirdman]

Some where there is a ticked-off bidder who doesn't know how lucky he just got.

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[ctownboy]

Didn't eBay have a rule that 1952 Topps Mantles were one of the cards that had to be graded by a recognized Third Party Grader BEFORE they were allowed to be listed as authentic? That if they were not graded by a recognized TPG then the seller COULD NOT state that the card was authentic?

If so, then WHY did it take eBay soooooo long to remove this listing?

David

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

Didn't eBay have a rule that 1952 Topps Mantles were one of the cards that had to be graded by a recognized Third Party Grader BEFORE they were allowed to be listed as authentic? That if they were not graded by a recognized TPG then the seller COULD NOT state that the card was authentic?

If so, then WHY did it take eBay soooooo long to remove this listing?

David

That card doesn't, and wouldn't have been removed, if someone didn't "Report" it. IT had to be "Reported" for it to be removed. That is what I am told by a reliable source. I haven't gone over all of the ebay rules, myself.

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

Didn't eBay have a rule that 1952 Topps Mantles were one of the cards that had to be graded by a recognized Third Party Grader BEFORE they were allowed to be listed as authentic? That if they were not graded by a recognized TPG then the seller COULD NOT state that the card was authentic?

If so, then WHY did it take eBay soooooo long to remove this listing?

David

Yes, there are certain cards that you are supposedly not allowed to sell on Ebay if they haven't been graded by a reputable TPG. That being said there are many listings that don't get removed and end up selling.

FYI, here is the complete list.

(Ebay)
Restricted

You can list the following trading cards only if they've been professionally graded by a reputable grading company:

1909 Cy Young (T206)
1909 Eddie Plank error card (T206)
1909 Honus Wagner (T206)
1909 Ty Cobb (T206)
1933 Babe Ruth (Goudey #53, #80, #144, and #181)
1933 Lou Gehrig (Goudey #92 and #160)
1951 Mickey Mantle (Bowman #253)
1952 Mickey Mantle (Topps #311)
1966-1967 Bobby Orr rookie card (Topps #35)
1979-1980 Wayne Gretzky rookie card (O-Pee-Chee and Topps #18)
1986-1987 Michael Jordan rookie card (Fleer #57)

[bobbyw8469]

Ebay has selected certain individuals that get a bit of priority treatment when they report things. Several of our board members have that ability and one of them reported it. Yes, we all can agree that ebay needs more help in the fraud dept. Thanks for what you did and tried to do.....AND MORE importantly, welcome to our little forum. best regards....LL

They need to give me that ability with the Sport Kings cards. I have reported fake after fake being sold as real, and the auctions continue to run. I hate to see innocent people get ripped off, but Ebay does nothing to help my due dilligence.