Fake 1952 Topps

[Seattle799]

Thank you card target!

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDet...px?lotid=13400

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Seattle799

Thank you card target!

http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDet...px?lotid=13400

Brandon, can you educate me how you found that auction? I'm not real familiar with the card target site. Can you do a lookup by the PSA SN to find it sale/auction history? I'm just wondering if this is something I want to be doing when I start getting heavily into vintage.

As for the appeal to Ebay, I did a side by side comp of the auction pic and the one this seller is using. Besides the color inconsistencies and saturation issues that make this jump out as a clear fake, there are other indicators. Look at the left and top border. There is a white area between the border and the blue background that does not appear in the actual card. There are others, but that is the first that jumped out to me.



Here's the image URL to send to Ebay should they contact you asking for additional information.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7378/52mantlecomp.png

I am reporting this under fraudulent listing activities.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Brandon, can you educate me how you found that auction? I'm not real familiar with the card target site. Can you do a lookup by the PSA SN to find it sale/auction history? I'm just wondering if this is something I want to be doing when I start getting heavily into vintage.

As for the appeal to Ebay, I did a side by side comp of the auction pic and the one this seller is using. Besides the color inconsistencies and saturation issues that make this jump out as a clear fake, there are other indicators. Look at the left and top border. There is a white area between the border and the blue background that does not appear in the actual card. There are others, but that is the first that jumped out to me.



Here's the image URL to send to Ebay should they contact you asking for additional information.

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7378/52mantlecomp.png

I am reporting this under fraudulent listing activities.

Bill,

Go on card targets web site, search by Topps then 1952. You will have a bunch of grades to choose from. Select PSA 5 and it takes you to the various sales at this grade.

Going by memory here but this is close to what I remember. It is pretty intuitive and bet of all it's free! Great site.

Z Wheat

[the 'stache]

Excuse my French, but holy crap, that's incredible! Thank you so much, Zach! I was about to say you're pretty spry for a man that would be 115 if he were still alive, but the ballplayer's first name was spelled "Zack".

I think I have a new favorite site (behind this one, of course). What an amazing tool.

Do you or anybody know how long the images associated with each sale are maintained in their database? Or are they stored indefinitely?