E90-1 Joe Jackson (PSA 2) REAL?

[4815162342]

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

[Big Ben]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

I was about to say the same thing. That slab looks very frosted.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

If you look at the slab in the close up pictures, it looks pretty frosted.

[ArchStanton]

I bought a fake Clemente rookie a few years ago from the Toledo area. It was a copy in a cracked PSA slab. That guy would buy a real card, crack it and send it to a different grading company. He would then sell the real one and the fake one in the broken PSA slab all from the same account.

This scam looks similar. Can anyone find a record of a recent sale of the real PSA-slabbed Jackson?

[barrysloate]

Unquestionable fake. The lettering is wrong. Look at the position of the "ck" in Jackson under the bat in each card. It's shifted a hairline to the right on the fake card. Someone pried open a slab, took out the real card, and replaced it with garbage.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by ArchStanton

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Arch Stanton.....great login name. Now I wish I used Bill Carson.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

Arch Stanton.....great login name. Now I wish I used Bill Carson.

Or better yet "Unknown"

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Or better yet "Unknown"

He's next on Bruce's litigation list....right after "Archive".

[fkw]

http://www.caramel-cards.com/e901.html


the bottom of the page (link) above shows you one of these common reprints with the "20", they have been around for at least 10-15 years, maybe much longer, .....I remember seeing them many years ago.

[Runscott]

Even funnier, he created his PSA label using 'O's instead of '0's for the numbers.

What a joke.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Even funnier, he created his PSA label using 'O's instead of '0's for the numbers.

What a joke.

Good eye! I didn't even notice that. That's funny (but sad).

Edited to add: He also has a '52 Mantle that has a frosted slab as well and a Yankees signed team ball with Ruth on the sweet spot. The ball has a sticker from a Heritage Auction, but if you look at the top left corner of the sticker, it looks like it's been removed.

[vintagecpa]

This is a very scary thread. How many average Joe collectors would have just plunked down their money, placed the card in their safe and not known what they really bought for the next 40 years?!

[jtschantz]

The same seller has a 52 Mantle in psa 5 that appears to be fake also

[bcbgcbrcb]

The listing also highlights the item as a great holiday gift (if it were real, of course). I would love to receive a $9,000 holiday gift one day..........

[vintagecpa]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Good eye! I didn't even notice that. That's funny (but sad).

Edited to add: He also has a '52 Mantle that has a frosted slab as well and a Yankees signed team ball with Ruth on the sweet spot. The ball has a sticker from a Heritage Auction, but if you look at the top left corner of the sticker, it looks like it's been removed.

After reading David's comment regarding the questionable sticker from Heritage Auction, I had to fire up my Google page. For some reason, this thread has really touched a nerve with me. The seller is selling a very expensive 1924 Yankee Team Signed Ball:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-NEW-YOR...item19cab89f61

I have attached a scan of the sticker in question stating the ball was Lot 43098 in Auction #151127.

Here is a link to that particular auction:

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...&lotIdNo=17002

That particular auction and lot number was for a Joe Dimaggio signed ball that sold for $131 on July 3, 2011.

I'm not an autograph expert, but once again, the sticker attached to the ball at least raises questions. I hate to keep questioning items from the seller in question, but it still is an active auction. The seller just placed it on Ebay this morning as a 1 day auction.

Mike
vintagecpa@yahoo.com

[thetruthisoutthere]

Here are both auctions:

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[ArchStanton]

I have only had this experience with PSA holders. That does not mean other holders are foolproof. It just means that PSA holders are the easiest to compromise.

And man are they easy. A simple next step for PSA would be an adhesive in the flip area that makes cracked holders harder to reuse. I don’t think PSA cares.

[vintagecpa]

Thanks for the help Christopher. Attaching pictures has never been my specialty.