Beckett 8 to PSA Altered Stock 93 Finest Promo Refractor

Domboski

Hi, I'm looking for help from experienced hobbyists. I bought a Beckett 8 Don Mattingly 1993 Finest Promo Refractor and cracked it out and sent to PSA. It came back Altered stock 3x. My friend has one that also got sent back as altered stock (bought from a different seller). I have a few questions I'm hoping can be answered:1) Was it a mistake to crack it out before I sent it to PSA? 2) Does "altered stock" suggest it is counterfeit? 3) If so, Is there a way to tell if it is counterfeit? Thanks in advance for the help!

DanBessette

Yes, it's always a gamble to crack out a card from another company's Slab and sub to PSA. Altered stock doesn't mean the card is counterfeit, it means the card is legitimate and doctored somehow.

dtkk49a

It looks like it was cleaned with something that affected the surface of the card.

eagles33

I would just keep resubbing. There is zero consistency with alterstock. Try mixing it into group subs ect. My guess is it will eventually get slabbed unless there is something very obvious

RipublicaninMass

Maybe it's the regular version someone doctored up to look like a refractor? I dont know these promos well, but the regular versions 1/5000 are cheap and plentiful, whereas the refractor versions are highly coveted. I've never been able to distinguish from scans the difference

UncleTwoPillow

OP said it came back altered 3x. Must be something obvious.

Domboski

There are blackish dots you can see in the scan. I wonder if they indicate anything? I thought it was legitimate being slabbed by beckett. I did not know much about grading when I bought the card other than my friend recommended PSA since he was a member. I hadn't collected cards for years at he time but Beckett was a familiar name so I trusted the slab. Since then, I've learned more but still thought Beckett was respectable.



If I cant get PSA to grade this one and somehow I Find another, I'd like to avoid wasting money again. I wish PSA provided more details on why it is "altered stock" in their opinion.



Thanks for the responses so far. Looking forward to more opinions.

Domboski

Just as an update, I bought another Beckett Graded Promo Refractor and sent to PSA as a cross over. Same result. So now I have two Promo refractors that PSA wont grade. I guess I'll never know what the problem is.