1956 Mickey Mantle PSA 7 Rare HIGH END HIGH Grade

[brian29575]

Using app on my phone, the Barcode scans correctly, so that has to be a good sign.

Card looks like it meets PSA 7 standards to me

[bobbyw8469]

Card looks like it meets PSA 7 standards to me

Then I had a '6.5' that should have been a '9' of this card then, cause it blew the doors off that '7'. I suggest a vision check with your local physician immediately.

[Zact]

The slab does not look compromised. The pins are not popped, there is no frosting on the edges of the case, There is a PSA trademark in the bottom right plastic. Some of the older PSA flips do have the red rounded corners and variable typesets. There is a history of PSA flip thread over on the CU boards- This one does look like the flip type #3 when you compare. I am not so sure this is a fake.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Zact

The slab does not look compromised. The pins are not popped, there is no frosting on the edges of the case, There is a PSA trademark in the bottom right plastic. Some of the older PSA flips do have the red rounded corners and variable typesets. There is a history of PSA flip thread over on the CU boards- This one does look like the flip type #3 when you compare. I am not so sure this is a fake.

Slabs can contain an alternate card and have no frosting when the slab never came from PSA in the first place. Their slabs mold is rather easy to replicate currently.

[Zact]

If they are manufacturing replica slabs that are almost identical to the real thing- that is really scary. It is going to get more difficult to spot the fakes.
If I were to purchase any high end cards- would probably only acquire through highly reputable dealers / auction houses/ and or individuals. Luckily more than half of my registry PSA slabs are self submitted so I am good on those.

[brian29575]

Then I had a '6.5' that should have been a '9' of this card then, cause it blew the doors off that '7'. I suggest a vision check with your local physician immediately.
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Bobby I found a Doctor open today and he said my vision is 20/15 and agreed the card meets psa 7 standards.

Thanks for the advice. Pretty sure I can find PSA 7 cards that look similar to this one.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by brian29575

Bobby I found a Doctor open today and he said my vision is 20/15 and agreed the card meets psa 7 standards.

Thanks for the advice. Pretty sure I can find PSA 7 cards that look similar to this one.

You most definitely can; however, it does not mean everyone agrees with the grade. I've had 3 different 56 Mantles in PSA 7, I can say each of them was clearly superior to this card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

That some might think the card is overgraded, and recall there have been periods when grading may have been a little more lax, hardly means there is anything fake about this card or that a scam is involved. The holder and flip look ok to me. I note that the flips in the link to the craiglist scam appear to have square corners.

[CollectiblesNJ]

So we still have nowhere near a consensus on this card. It is going back to the seller tomorrow. Our back and forth has been extremely civil maybe I can get him to resubmit to PSA and update.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Post an oversize cell phone pic of almost any card and you will find some expert who thinks it's fake and some expert who thinks it's overgraded.

Originally Posted by brian29575

Using app on my phone, the Barcode scans correctly, so that has to be a good sign.

Card looks like it meets PSA 7 standards to me

I agree. It's pretty easy to rip any card to shreds when it's magnified 300%.

[Kid Poker]

Just curious does anyone know if the bar codes on the fake slabs always match up with the serial number? Is that one of the methods that we can decipher fake slabs with real ones by scanning the bar code and making sure it matches with the numbers or do the scammers make them match up?

Thanks