Thoughts on Montana Rookie cards?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by LACardsGuy

Update:
Sent to PWCC and they were going to feature it in this week's auction, do a video thing, etc., but then last second sent me an email saying that they were not certain that the PSA case and flip were legit! What what what?

Awaiting getting it back from PWCC to send into PSA to do a Grade Guarantee review.

Oh my. This is crazy stuff.

It is one of the cards faked by the Mexican guy known as Copperfield. Where did you get it?

[LACardsGuy]

Bought via PayPal and credit card from guy on craigslist so as to be covered. he acquired at a Chicago card show 10+ years ago (or so he says). He seemed genuinely upset about all of this, so suspect that he did not know it was a possible/probable fake.


how can you tell what is going on with it? more info would probably help everyone on the thread.

[LACardsGuy]

Here is (admittedly blurry. sorry) scan of my card on the left and image from VCP of a sold card on the right from what seems to be same era. The main difference I can spot is the spacing between 1981 and Topps. I don't know whether this was always consistent.

I looked through sales on VCP going back through 2010, and my card did not appear, so couldn't do direct comparison.

[LACardsGuy]

one more with the spacing just like mine
[IMG]https://i301.photobucket.com/albums/...27.50%20AM.png[/IMG]

Also: the barcode scans properly with the PSA phone app. Comes up my card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

See what PSA says, I have no idea.

[LACardsGuy]

will. feel pretty confident that PWCC was just nervous and it's legit. seems like a fake card would not scan properly with the app.

[sthoemke]

PSA 9's have taken a bit of a hit. Plenty of past $600+ sales, but now typical sales hoovering a little above $500.

https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice...ues/273423#g=9

Maybe the trimming scandal has affected sales of PSA 10's, when PSA 9's can be more easily found at about 1/16th the price.