Another PSA Card Fraud floating Around

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

There are 14 8.5's in the pop report...... And about 400 half grade examples total.

fake ones? That's my point...waiting for a half grade FAKE ones to be cited on net54....thanks for telling us the POP report for real ones though..

[sbfinley]

Translation complete.

[pokerplyr80]

Another example of why I feel a photo database is necessary, at least for high end cards. How hard would it be for PSA to take a picture for any card worth a couple of grand or more and post them? It could be tied into the registry and prevent some of these fakes from fooling other collectors.

[Bored5000]

I know that a scam is possible with any card, but as I keep reading about one scam after another with iconic/high grade cards, it makes me glad that most of what I pursue are obscure/low-grade cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Another example of why I feel a photo database is necessary, at least for high end cards. How hard would it be for PSA to take a picture for any card worth a couple of grand or more and post them? It could be tied into the registry and prevent some of these fakes from fooling other collectors.

There are 24 years of cards on the market already.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There are 24 years of cards on the market already.

Not having done it previously is no excuse for not starting it now.

[insidethewrapper]

What is the difference between the 2 cards shown ? I don't see the difference. Please help.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

What is the difference between the 2 cards shown ? I don't see the difference. Please help.

On the real card it has the grade NM-MT on one row and then an 8 on the next row, on the fake NM-MT and the 8 are on the same row.

[Jobu]

My concern with an online database of high-quality scans of every card is that those scans will be used to make reprints/select & alter lower-grade cards so that the cards will be excellent matches for everyting in the online database.

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Another example of why I feel a photo database is necessary, at least for high end cards. How hard would it be for PSA to take a picture for any card worth a couple of grand or more and post them? It could be tied into the registry and prevent some of these fakes from fooling other collectors.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by Jobu

My concern with an online database of high-quality scans of every card is that those scans will be used to make reprints/select & alter lower-grade cards so that the cards will be excellent matches for everyting in the online database.

I think that's an understandable concern, although I'm sure there are ways to have online photos feature some aspect (such as a watermark) so that nobody is able to use it for reprinting purposes.

As for altering a lower grade card to make it a close match, that's also valid. But clearly altering low grade cards to make them look better is happening anyway, and I would rather have a photo database and be an informed consumer rather than not have it and lack the opportunity for due diligence on my own.

[ezez420]

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