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52 Mantle - another fine example

Kurtman9Kurtman9 Posts: 553
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Hmmm... I believe "this just ain't right". The flip doesn't look right and aren't the borders are too narrow for this card?
52 Mantle PSA 5???

Can you imagine someone being dumb enough to bid on this? He also has a PSA 9 1959 Mantle listed.
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  • MantlefanMantlefan Posts: 1,079 ✭✭
    Well the card looks OK to me, so I think it is legit, but I question the seller. With no feedback, I suspect he might have hijacked the scans from another collector.
    Frank

    Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
  • rlankhaarrlankhaar Posts: 157 ✭✭
    The PSA Cert number is also not listed in the PSA database.
    Always looking for 1996 Select Certified Football.
  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The PSA Cert number is also not listed in the PSA database. >>



    You must have typed in wrong number ( as I did the first time).......cause both cert #s are good.
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  • rlankhaarrlankhaar Posts: 157 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The PSA Cert number is also not listed in the PSA database. >>



    You must have typed in wrong number ( as I did the first time).......cause both cert #s are good. >>



    Probably...I couldn't see the scan well and all the numbers I tried didn't work. Good to know though.
    Always looking for 1996 Select Certified Football.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a stolen scan. He's got a 59 Mantle for sale also and that scan is also stolen. The scammers come out in full force during the holiday season.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Guy takes paypal, HOWEVER if I am not mistaken at this amount only an e check can be used so forget about using a credit card.

    SD


    most likely a scam as stevek states.


    Good for you.
  • Kurtman9Kurtman9 Posts: 553


    << <i>Well the card looks OK to me, so I think it is legit... >>



    I thought all 52 Mantles that weren't trimmed had wide borders like this one: 52 Mantle PSA 4
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Agreed, something about those borders on the first card that just does not look right. Too thin. If it is just a stolen scan does anyone here think that that it is a legit Mantle. The font on the flip does not look right either, IMO.


    Stingray
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    I think it's a reprint, and the flip is a forgery. Check out the font-- I've never seen a PSA slab that used that style lettering. Additionally I've never seen a '52 that exhibited as little toning as this one, and as others have pointed out the borders are clearly too short.
  • Kurtman9Kurtman9 Posts: 553
    I checked earlier today and the item ended for about $6,800. Now I see the item has been removed from ebay, hmmm. I sure hope no one got took by that scammer.
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<< I checked earlier today and the item ended for about $6,800 >>>

    Didn't see the end but this bid may have been from a scambuster, someone who sees the scam and wins the bid with no intention of paying - just to protect other fellow baseball card collectors who are too naive to understand scams...very admirable are these scambusters. If it was a "real" bidder, I would have to believe that the bidder received a number of e-mails telling him it was a scam, and through it all the item got delisted, and hopefully this scammer gets thrown off of ebay.
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