altered cards to be expected in blue flip psa/dna holders?

digicat · May 18, 2014 5:41AM

Should an altered card be expected with high-grade "looking" autographed vintage cards in blue flip PSA/DNA holders?

digicat · May 20, 2014 5:11AM

Anyone?

LarkinCollector · May 20, 2014 5:20AM

I wouldn't say it should be expected, but it's definitely possible. On a blue flip, only the auto is authenticated. It could be on a legit, unaltered card or on a reprint/altered.

charrigan · May 20, 2014 5:23AM

Agreed. Possible, but I wouldn't expect it.

yankeeno7 · May 20, 2014 10:10AM

I would suspect that most are not altered and here are the reasons I think that....
- anyone who does not belong to CU collectors club can submit to psa/dna so that means only blue flip for them
- some people find it a better value to have them done in blue flip. I think specials are a bit better.
- in most cases, people want their cards to be 100% authentic even if signed. While it is a great alternative if you get a card that is altered signed, more than likely its nearly impossible to tell if it's altered.
- highly doubtful that any modern cards in blue flips are altered. What would be the need?
- some people just dont care which flip as long as it's authenticated and slabbed

digicat · May 20, 2014 10:34AM

Thanks for the input folks.

My concern was that if a card is getting slabbed through PSA/DNA for the auto only, then the submitter might decide that "fixing" the card up a little to improve its eye-appeal might help it's re-sale value. So, when I saw a really nice PSA 8-looking vintage card with an autograph on it in a PSA/DNA holder, I wondered.

altered cards to be expected in blue flip psa/dna holders?

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