Genuine or Fake E90-1 Joe Jackson?

[ctownboy]

glchen,

If a person is selling a potential big dollar card raw, BE SUSPICIOUS.

If the card looks right, see WHAT ELSE the person is selling. In this case, goroos is ALSO selling a BUNCH of big name cards, raw, all with starting prices of .99 cents. Is there SOMETHING wrong with this picture?

After checking out what else they are selling, LOOK AT THE PERSON'S FEEDBACK!!!

In this case, the seller has bought a BUNCH of STATED reprint cards. Low and behold, guess what? Those cards have MAGICALLY become originals that were found amongst his Father's things.

I have already reported this FRAUD to eBay but they have yet to do anything about it.

David

[brob28]

Hi Gents,

Just a thought on this subject and some of the comments regarding Gary and his questions. I am a realtively new collector in pre war cards and agree with Leon 100% (If unsure buy a slabbed card). However, I value the knowledge gained by those who know more than I, and truley appreciate the detailed reasons as to why the cards are fakes. Hell, I'd pay to sit in a class and learn this stuff. The only place I can get this knowledge is a forum like Net54 and by sharing this information you make it harder for the dogs selling these cards to get away with it.

[glchen]

Hi David,

Yea, I'm definitely suspicious of when a seller sells big $ cards raw, which is why I posted that on the board. I'm very familiar in doing all of the things that you mentioned although I completely forgot about looking at what the seller has purchased. Definitely a great idea. In general, however, I'd like to be able to look at a scan, regardless of the seller, and be able to determine whether it's a reprint or not. In a recent Legendary auction, even they made the mistake of posting a fake Jackson for sale until caught by members of this board:

Fake Jackson

I don't remember if the card was slabbed or not, but things slip by even sellers who are supposed to be credible, so I'd like to be able to distinguish these things like some of our most knowledgeable board members are able. Thanks again! Gary