Fake '52 Mantle Alert!

Brianruns10

Another one's making the rounds, of the same batch that has popped up. Appears in a cracked PSA holder with a legit ID number. And like the rest of I've seen, the team logo is the give away. It's too detailed, and the bat is wrong...white center when it should be all black. And the signature is too high.

Not to mention, there's no way in HELL a card with such rounded corners would get a PSA 6.

And I've noticed that every time this card pops up on ebay, it is being sold by some buy who only deals in new junk, and clearly has no education or familiarity with vintage.

Another example of buying the plastic, not the card. Buyer Beware!

Bogus 52 Mantle

KurtisJoseph

wow. this is disturbing . . to say the least.

addicted2ebay

Here is one that looks fake for 20K

Mantle

Just sold for 7K+ and is fake:

Mantle

Becoming an epidemic

MrKnowthanx

Is there a way to alert eBay? Also how do they make it past PSA?

MyDaughtersNameIsMattingly

<< <i>Here is one that looks fake for 20K

Mantle

Just sold for 7K+ and is fake:

Mantle

Becoming an epidemic >>




The fake one that sold for $7300.....is that the range of what a legit PSA 3 would normally sell for?

Brianruns10

It's not PSA's fault. What people are doing is stealing the ID number, which is easy...just consult any ebay or memorylane auction. Then they forge a new PSA slip, and insert it in a cracked PSA holder with the bogus card.

A big red flag is all the guys selling these cards have NO experience dealing with vintage stuff. Their sales histories are all dealing in the modern crap, and then all of a sudden they get a '52 mantle. They're damned idiots.

Two messaged me back saying, "It doesn't look cracked." They look at the plastic, and don't bother to educate themselves on the card itself. It takes me two seconds to spot a fake, and I've never even OWNED a mantle. I've just bothered to educate myself a bit, unlike these sellers, or the idiots who are bidding on them.

cardsfan73

The listing was pulled by the seller.

Brianruns10

Yes, but sadly there is another one up!

I've messaged the seller, and he replied like a damned idiot. He insists the case shows no signs of tampering. He makes no mention of why is card is completely inconsistent with authentic examples. He's either in denial, or he's a scam artist.

New Fake Mantle

cardsfan73

I noticed the seller has the same card listed twice. Once in the Buy It Now for $20,000.00 that you linked & another auction style that has a bid of $2,550.00.