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Is this PSA Barry Bonds rookie a fake?

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  • brad31brad31 Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks real to me. The Ebay authentication will catch it if not. Fake slabs have gotten very good - it is why (though I seem to be in the minority) I welcome the Authentication service.

  • BBBrkrrBBBrkrr Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @brad31 said:
    Looks real to me. The Ebay authentication will catch it if not. Fake slabs have gotten very good - it is why (though I seem to be in the minority) I welcome the Authentication service.

    i"m with you, too. Anything that stops, prevents or corrects fraud is fine in my book. Even if it means I get them after a few days delay.

  • JolleyWrencherJolleyWrencher Posts: 605 ✭✭✭

    I think the Bonds is legit. I have seen PSA10 cards look bad that I expect happened long after it was originally graded. However the off centering isn't consistent with current grading from my experiences with my submissions.

    I'm good with graded authentication, just not raw authentication. The day when your authentic raw card gets denied by authentication and you are sent a nearly identical counterfeit back then good luck saying your $5000 card was switched by somebody (postal service or authenticator) which will likely be a losing argument. Your pictures of what you said you sent will be against the word of somebody at the company liable for this potential expensive ordeal.

    I don't think a fake slab would get exchanged.

    It was a serialized 1 of 1 card that I felt confident in buying. If it was counterfeit then I can go through ebay to make my argument.

    It's not even completely about the potential for theft, which is a legit potential, it's more about the potential for damage as a result of being handled more than I want it to be as well as the option for a shipping carrier changes. Sometimes your shipping is a premium rare that you pay to ebay and it gets downgraded after the authenticator.

    There are kinks to work out.

  • 80sOPC80sOPC Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Overgraded, but typical centering for that card. I send it in, its a 7. I have 5 that look better that are graded lower, but thats the game.

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 20, 2023 2:46AM

    @80sOPC said:
    Overgraded, but typical centering for that card. I send it in, its a 7. I have 5 that look better that are graded lower, but thats the game.

    If this was sent to Beckett, no way it would get a 9. They are more strict when it comes to centering.

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