Bogus 52 Mantle?

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by con40

No way the card is real. The font in the PSA flip is wrong. This fake card is sitting in a frankenslab.

Interesting, I did not catch that. I ran the number and it matched up...of course someone could've just lifted it from another auction.

What are the diagnostics for PSA fonts?

Also, I've requested a high res scan from the seller. He said he'd get one to me, but haven't heard from him yet...in a few more days if I haven't heard anything I'll notify the seller and/or ebay...

[CW]

Also, the right side of the holder looks frosted, as if it were cracked open (especially visible from the back scan).

[Leon]

When I first looked at it it didn't pass my "stomach" test. In other words.....it upset my stomach as something didn't look right. Good catch guys. To me it was the off color of the white borders that looks screwed up. I am not an expert on '52 Topps but have obviously seen many thousands of them.

[con40]

What are the diagnostics for PSA fonts?

I've never tried to fake a flip, so I'm not exactly sure what the typeface, kerning and size are, but this fake flip is using Arial which is close but not a true match. Also notice how the spacing of the numerals is too "open".