What a Deal!!

[STL1944]

Thanks for posting. Being relatively newish back to card collecting, I have some questions about this. It seems that it assumed that the card is a fake an the seller is a fraud. When I look at this I see:

Cons:
1) Low price. If it is too good to be true, it probably is.
2) Quick sale. Wanting to sell within 48 hours is a red flag.
3) Not a regular seller of vintage baseball. Most of the other stuff it looks like the seller is listing are t-shirts, DVD's, board games and books.

I realize all of these are red flags.

Pros:
1) In a PSA holder with a registration number that matches the PSA listing.
2) The card looks to be in the approximate condition of a 3.5
3) Seller located in Canada. Isn't that where all of the high numbers were sold before they were dumped into the sea (Canada and the Northeast)?


So, here are my questions:
1) How easily is it to fake PSA holders?
2) I realize for expensive cards the provenance is important, but how do you draw the line on this? When do you trust the holder vs. the seller?

Like I said, I am trying to learn and understand, so any thoughts would be helpful here.