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Gretzky OPC "Reprint" ~ Scary Looking

MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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This is scary. OC oil drop in logo, dot on shoulder and blue skate lines on back.

Gretzky "Reprint"

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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,608 ✭✭✭✭
    No rough cut is a dead giveaway though.
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  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    Deja vu all over again?!?!?
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No rough cut is a dead giveaway though. >>



    True. However, a lot of 79 OPCs with the skate line have little to no rough cut. Wonder what a smack of sandpaper to an edge would look like.

    It saddens me to see counterfeits like this one because they've gone the extra mile to deceive someone.

    I hate to say it, but I might buy one just to examine the card stock and overall appearance of the card in hand vs online.
  • DavisDavis Posts: 705 ✭✭
    One thing I notice, the blue lines on the fake don't go all the way across the card. It should run boarder to boarder outside of the bio info. The fake only seems to run from the bio info to the puck. Maybe that'll be something to watch. The shoulder for looks a little less pronounced on the fake as well. But I agree..scary.
  • luftmichluftmich Posts: 61 ✭
    I have question about this regarding blue flips. I would not do this, but I am curious as potential blue flip buyer. Say someone bought one of these (or another fake), got it signed and submitted it to PSA/DNA for a blue flip as a Gretzky rookie, assuming the autograph passes would PSA label it as a Gretzky rookie since they're not authenticating the card?
  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    They would label it "Reprint Card"

    Reprint Card
  • charrigancharrigan Posts: 2,293
    They would *most likely* label it a reprint card. It is still a thought that crosses my mind when buying blue flips and a reason to prefer red flip autos for high value cards!
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>One thing I notice, the blue lines on the fake don't go all the way across the card. It should run boarder to boarder outside of the bio info. The fake only seems to run from the bio info to the puck. Maybe that'll be something to watch. The shoulder for looks a little less pronounced on the fake as well. But I agree..scary. >>



    Every Gretzky I've seen with the blue lines has the line going across the card like you said, but I've seen some first print cards (of other players) where the line doesn't go all the way from side to side.

  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>They would *most likely* label it a reprint card. It is still a thought that crosses my mind when buying blue flips and a reason to prefer red flip autos for high value cards! >>



    I've seen a couple Gretzky "Reprint" PSA DNA autos.
  • luftmichluftmich Posts: 61 ✭


    << <i>They would label it "Reprint Card"

    Reprint Card >>



    So when they say they don't authenticate the card does that just mean as untrimmed vs. trimmed? Because if they're calling out reprints they're tacitly authenticating non-printing cards.
  • charrigancharrigan Posts: 2,293
    True - but, like any card, they have to put SOMETHING on the flip. If it's a reprint, they put that. I don't know if that entails their full process of authentication or is more of a gut check. I do know that PSA would say that they have NOT authenticated the card itself within a blue flip holder.
  • luftmichluftmich Posts: 61 ✭


    << <i>True - but, like any card, they have to put SOMETHING on the flip. If it's a reprint, they put that. I don't know if that entails their full process of authentication or is more of a gut check. I do know that PSA would say that they have NOT authenticated the card itself within a blue flip holder. >>



    Got it. I was hoping this example would flesh out what they mean by authenticating the card for a red flip vs. blue flip. Because if they're really not authenticating blue flips there's would seem to be a lot of room for abuse.
  • cdogstu99cdogstu99 Posts: 2 ✭
    edited March 31, 2021 7:21AM

    I know this is an old post, but I'm wondering if anyone has seen a fake OPC Gretzky in person with the blue lines (I can't see the images from the original post). ...someone showed me one they have today and I suspect fake...and it has blue lines..

  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭

    The color on the front looks off....looks like a xerox.......Bad fake is my vote.

  • surfyfunsurfyfun Posts: 75 ✭✭

    @cdogstu99 said:
    I know this is an old post, but I'm wondering if anyone has seen a fake OPC Gretzky in person with the blue lines (I can't see the images from the original post). ...someone showed me one they have today and I suspect fake...and it has blue lines..

    I haven't seen one in person, but this listing is pretty suspect with blue lines. New account, has 2 of these, edges are clearly sanded/scuffed to maybe try and look like opc edges, but the cardstock is unnaturally white. The blue lines are reasonably good except on the left side, the bottom one doesn't look straight.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-80-OPC-O-PEE-CHEE-WAYNE-GRETZKY-RC-ROOKIE-CARD-18-W-BLUE-LINES/353435644318

  • professorpuckprofessorpuck Posts: 148 ✭✭✭

    Tons of fakes have blue lines

  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭✭

    They should have practiced scuffing up the left side on another card first. They went a little too far on the upper left.

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