eBay authenticity guarantee

[EddieP]

eBay won’t authenticate Poscards which at face value seems ok. But if you send them a 1926-29 Exhibits Blank back, eBay will send it through eBay authentication. However, if you send them a 1926-29 Exhibits Postcard back it will get rejected.

[raulus]

For whatever reason, they're still figuring out the details with pieces that we all consider to be cards, but don't look like the standard postwar mainline piece.

I just had a piece I purchased on eBay that was sent for authentication, and just got an email that it couldn't be authenticated because it was miscategorized. It's a PSA-graded postwar piece from an oddball set that is a jumbo size, from the 1960 sports pix premiums set. I suspect eBay basically decided that this isn't really a sports card.

They're still sending it to me, but it technically didn't go through authentication.

In this case, I don't really care, because the odds that it's fake are low. But it would be nice if eBay could get their act together and be a little more transparent about what does and doesn't qualify for the AG program, just so it doesn't seem like they're just making stuff up as they go.

[bswhiten]

The item belongs in postwar, but I figured I would post here where I asked the question

eBay sent to but said it was not eligible for authentication like some of you said. Totally fine for me since I knew what it was. 5 graded copies.