Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
Someone please clarify and explain the tamper evident, tamper proof features of the PSA slab? I have understood it to be that the clear 1/8 inch length strips along the edges (2 on each side, 8 total) of the slab to be tamper evident. If that clear/see through strip is no longer clear it means it was triggered by tampering.
Is it still possible to tamper and not have the evidence show?
Incugator, did you end up buying that card for $3250?
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
I think that case is fine. I've attached a picture of what a tampered case looks like. You can see how the frosting begins on the right half of the card along the top and the bottom and all the way around the right side.
<< <i>I think that case is fine. I've attached a picture of what a tampered case looks like. You can see how the frosting begins on the right half of the card along the top and the bottom and all the way around the right side.
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thanks for posting... I've never really seen one - it must take a lot of practice to open a PSA case without cracking it - I know I've never been able to do it.
The Ruth case has been compromised. Look at the "pins" below the PSA label(on the corners). They look blurred. Also way too much frosting on the sides. Sneaky way of hiding the frosting by putting a blue background.
Looks like this card is the proverbial "Hot Potato". Sold again today on 6/11 on ebay 1934 Ruth PSA 5
Given the price, perhaps he ended it early/sold it off-line.
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Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all "right-thinking" people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
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Steve
Looks good to me also.
2/8/10 eBay j_caruso c***c 20 $2,851.01
5/8/08 eBay j_caruso sportscardlink*com 27 $3,250.00
3/20/08 eBay joesvintagesportscards j_caruso 21 $3,050.00
2/12/08 eBay joesvintagesportscards mychen119 24 $3,516.00
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This is known as “bad luck.”
<< <i>This exact card has sold 4 times in the last 2 years. Here's the VCP data for this cert # 90577885:
2/8/10 eBay j_caruso c***c 20 $2,851.01
5/8/08 eBay j_caruso sportscardlink*com 27 $3,250.00
3/20/08 eBay joesvintagesportscards j_caruso 21 $3,050.00
2/12/08 eBay joesvintagesportscards mychen119 24 $3,516.00
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
After seeing that, I think I'd pass
Good detective work Razor!
Steve
I have understood it to be that the clear 1/8 inch length strips along the edges (2 on each side, 8 total) of the slab to be tamper evident.
If that clear/see through strip is no longer clear it means it was triggered by tampering.
Is it still possible to tamper and not have the evidence show?
Please advise.
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This is known as “bad luck.”
<< <i>I think that case is fine. I've attached a picture of what a tampered case looks like. You can see how the frosting begins on the right half of the card along the top and the bottom and all the way around the right side.
thanks for posting... I've never really seen one - it must take a lot of practice to open a PSA case without cracking it - I know I've never been able to do it.
Given the price, perhaps he ended it early/sold it off-line.
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This is known as “bad luck.”
I've had 2 instances of graded cards that look similar to the ruth shown here, very slight, very cloudy frosting evenly along the edges.
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<< <i>Can someone confirm that PSA does indeed slab cases that are somewhat frosted from time to time?
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I have alot of PSA cards that have frosted edges and they are nearly worthless cards, so yes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1933-Goudey-181-BABE-RUTH-EX-PSA-5-BEAUTY-/110558551024?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Baseball&hash=item19bdcd9bf0
Glad I didn't get it.