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Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
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Bowman Mickey Mantle PSA 1


How did they crack it so clean?

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  • RichGRichG Posts: 483
    I once received a psa slabbed card that was obviously tampered with. Now, I don't know if it is always obvious to tell when a slab is tampered with, but it sure should be. If it isn't, psa needs to tinker with their slabs and make them tamper proof. The last thing we need is a buyer who buys this card and then turns around and tries to sell it as authentic.
    Rich
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    WOW, that is scarry image

    He also has one in a 55 mint 9 PSA case that he calls it a replica PSA holder??? What the ???
  • SoutherncardsSoutherncards Posts: 1,384 ✭✭
    When did someone reprint 55 Bowman Mantles?
  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    I wanna know who would crack a 55 Bowman Mantle PSA 9...

    He has an SGC holder with a "reprint" McGwire rc in it as well...that case is cracked all over, the psa case doesn't look all that bad, but it could be the scan.
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  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    I don't understand the point of the PSA 1 when the fake card inside appears to be in mint condition.

    The PSA 9 is downright scary. The cert number even checks out.

  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    is the card in the holder or on top of the holder ? Is the one pictured the one you will receive ?

    Hmmmm, This brings up a lot of questions?
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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He says that the cards and holders are replicas. I would think PSA and SGC would be very interested in these auctions.
    James
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭


    << <i>He says that the cards and holders are replicas. I would think PSA and SGC would be very interested in these auctions.
    James >>




    What people say on E-bay sometimes is not the whole truth(understatement of the year), Anyway you can see that the SGC holder has been cracked open. The reason you can probably see it is that the black border of the SGC holder allows this to show up well. If a frosted over PSA holder was scanned against a white background, like these, they would be very difficult to see.
    I agree however that it is a very interesting auction, worthy of investigation by someone.
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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just got off the phone with PSA and SGC. I just talked with a customer service rep at PSA but I talked with Scott Hileman, the vice president of SGC. This guy will be getting a couple nasty emails from both companies. The cert numbers on the PSA 9 slab is for a PSA 8 Dan Marino rookie card. The only good thing I can say about he auction it that the seller is honest about what he is selling.
    James
  • MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    good for you for reporting it, jfkheat.
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  • Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
    Someone bought it for $30!!
    Looking for Carl Willey items.
  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭


    << <i>I just got off the phone with PSA and SGC. I just talked with a customer service rep at PSA but I talked with Scott Hileman, the vice president of SGC. This guy will be getting a couple nasty emails from both companies. The cert numbers on the PSA 9 slab is for a PSA 8 Dan Marino rookie card. The only good thing I can say about he auction it that the seller is honest about what he is selling.
    James >>



    Great job calling PSA and SGC... As to the cert number on the PSA 9 slab, it looks to be 50064639, which does come back as a '55 Bowman Mantle PSA 9.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OOPS, I read the cert number as 50054639. The PSA 1 that sold already looks likes 31627948 and comes up as a PSA 2 (MK) 54 Jackie Robinson.
    James
  • FJFJ Posts: 33


    << <i>I just got off the phone with PSA and SGC. I just talked with a customer service rep at PSA but I talked with Scott Hileman, the vice president of SGC. This guy will be getting a couple nasty emails from both companies. The cert numbers on the PSA 9 slab is for a PSA 8 Dan Marino rookie card. The only good thing I can say about he auction it that the seller is honest about what he is selling.
    James >>



    Great job of reporting to both parties. Garbage like this is not good for the hobby period, regarless of what slab affiliation you have.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The PSA 9 card is gone. Ebay put an end to the auction.
    James
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    morelikely a fake flip than a cracked psa 9. Thus the cert #matches.
  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    JFK -- I don't want to seem like I'm harping on your eyesight image, but the cert number on the PSA 1 is 31627946 -- which checks out for the Mantle card at PSA 1.

  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>JFK -- I don't want to seem like I'm harping on your eyesight image, but the cert number on the PSA 1 is 31627946 -- which checks out for the Mantle card at PSA 1. >>



    Time to make an appointment with the eye doctor. image
    James
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