Fake 1915 Cracker Jack in PSA holder...wow!

[oldeboo]

Thank you for continuing to share your story. I'm sure you were initially excited to learn it was deemed genuine to then watch it snowball into this. You've certainly had an interesting dabble into the grading world. I'm sure they'll do what they have to do to get it off the market. That's probably the best thing and can't fault your decision. I'm positive anyone here would only want it as a novelty and keep it at that, but eventually at some point down the road it would be inherited or what have you and cause issues again.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

Thank you for continuing to share your story. I'm sure you were initially excited to learn it was deemed genuine to then watch it snowball into this. You've certainly had an interesting dabble into the grading world. I'm sure they'll do what they have to do to get it off the market. That's probably the best thing and can't fault your decision. I'm positive anyone here would only want it as a novelty and keep it at that, but eventually at some point down the road it would be inherited or what have you and cause issues again.

+1 to pretty much everything posted above.

I would like to have the card but honestly sending it back to PSA would be by far the best for you. Unless you have something in a email from them guaranteeing what you will get if deemed bad you will get little to nothing for all your trouble. That NDA is coming.

Have a great evening and thank you again for sharring your story.

[slightlyrounded]

I wonder what SGC would pay you for it? Seems like pretty good material for an ad campaign. 😛

[MuncieNolePAZ]

Thanks for sharing your story.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by slightlyrounded

I wonder what SGC would pay you for it? Seems like pretty good material for an ad campaign. 😛

YESSSSS! That would GUARANTEE a ban from PSA for sure!!!!

Auction to the highest bidder!

[BabyRuth]

Grading companies make mistakes - I don't believe it!!

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

Grading companies make mistakes - I don't believe it!!

Not all mistakes are created equal. Remember, PSA states that at least 2, often 3, people review each card before it is entered into their system - that is their “quality control”. That should minimize mistakes, yet some naturally will still get through.

In this case, however, a clear reprint of a 1915 Cracker Jack ran the quality control gauntlet- nobody noticed the different card stock, the perforated edges, or the fact that the writing on the back is upside down, among several other “smoking gun” tip offs. This means that either (1) PSA lies about quality control and only one person graded this and that person is wholly incompetent to grade 1915 cracker jacks, or (2) three wholly incompetent people looked at this card.

Any way you slice it, this is a massive mistake by the self-proclaimed leader and expert of card authentication and the company that tells us to “never get cheated”

[notfast]

Keying in the wrong year or variation is a mistake.

Slabbing a fake card is gross incompetence.