New '52 Mantle Forgery...This one is clever

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Although scanning the bar code may work on some, I have heard of some people using legitimate PSA labels/holders but replacing them with fake cards. Several weeks ago, someone was actually selling the holder and label for a cracked 52 Mantle on eBay. At the time, I think it was bringing decent money as well.

Which is PRECISELY why you can't go by any diagnostics relating to the PSA holder. Because everything can be forged properly.

But forging the card is far, far more difficult if you know what to look for, such as what I've pointed out. We all need to educate ourselves on these forgeries, which I suspect are coming from the same small group of people, as they all have the same false aging, the same diagnostics for fakery.

[sportscollector]

that is the worst fake mantle and worst by far fake PSA lable I ever saw. its so bad even ray Charles or stevie wonder should be able to tell it's fake.

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by sportscollector

that is the worst fake mantle and worst by far fake PSA lable I ever saw. its so bad even ray Charles or stevie wonder should be able to tell it's fake.

Can't argue with you there. To the educated eye, there should be no mistaking a real from a forgery. You simply can replicate the printing methods they used in '52 via modern processes. It's just not the same.

Sadly some don't educate themselves. They just buy the plastic. They haven't bothered to gain wisdom into the hobby. They just buy these cards like commodities, to diversify their investment portfolios, to later be sold for a 10 percent return.

They are fools from whom they deserve to be parted from their money. The only reason I personally don't let these suckers lose their money, is these forgeries harm the hobby as a whole, and scare away new participants, which we desperately need. There aren't enough young people like me getting involved, and there needs to be more.

[Rickyy]

This was a great post Brian...every new collector should learn this lesson. Some forgeries are so good you can't tell unless you see it up close...but with this one...if you took the time before hand to learn the nuiances of card doctoring as well as becoming familiar with this Topps issue and what it should look like...you would have been able to tell by looking at this scan that something was just not right....

It took me about 10 year into the hobby before I had the acquired the knowlege and confidence needed to purchase mine...

Ricky Y