Should I be worried? BVG graded Fro-Joy

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Posted By: fkw

Makes no sense why SGC would not grade something they can tell is authentic.....thats the reason they (grading companies) exist in the first place. The policy of not grading Fro-Joys is because of problems.

Authentic Fro-Joy cards are actually a fairly scarce issue. Either a high % of the B&W cards we see on eBay all the time are fake, or somehow they are being discovered in large numbers in the last 8 years. In the 1980s they along with the Geo. Ruth Candy cards were not seen that often, no where near as much as they pop up on eBay now. I have no problem telling a fake Geo. Ruth Candy cards from a scan, there is one on eBay right now, ending in a few hours (fakes have design differences). But authenticating a raw B&W Fro-Joy from a scan, no way. And the odds are against it being authentic. The odds go up if it is slabbed, but some collectors still have their doubts and always will.