Is someone about to be burned?

[lharri3600]

This didn't sit well with me. looks fake
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170532252077

[Idiottax]

The same seller also has a green backed Sweet Caporal Wid Conroy for auction at the same time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/T-206-BASEBALL-T...item27b483c157

[quinnsryche]

FAKE! I always suspect something when the best photo available for an item is taken from the Hubble telescope.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Sovereign back looks blue, not green?

[gnaz01]

Ain't nothing real about that Matty

[bbsports]

Good catch Larry. No doubt it's fake. Bidders should learn about these fake cards before they step up to the plate & bid on them. I feel bad for the one bidder. Hopefully the card will be removed from the e-bay auction.

[ethicsprof]

Good eye!!
Thanks.

best,

barry

[ctownboy]

Also, I don't know what is written on the backs of the cards at the bottom but it sure doesn't look like a factory number to me.

David

[timber63401]

Being new to prewar that scares me. I expect to stay away from people with low feedback but people with that much feedback selling this junk makes a newbie like me nervous.

[tbob]

There's nothing like a little knowledge. That is one of the best reasons to read this board and acquire the shared knowledge of posters about fakes so you can discern one when you see it. The Matty is obviously a fake. There was a recent entry on ebay, an expensive pre-war card going for a lot of money which didn't look right to me. I emailed the seller and asked him for a guarantee that if I purchased it and sent it to SGC or PSA and it came back counterfeit that he would refund my money and he refused. I didn't bid on it and hours before some sucker got hooked for a bundle, it disappeared from ebay. Happens more than you think. Always ask for that guarantee is my advice.

[kcohen]

The card is surely original, the ultra-rare Sovereign blue back version.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by tbob

There's nothing like a little knowledge. That is one of the best reasons to read this board and acquire the shared knowledge of posters about fakes so you can discern one when you see it. The Matty is obviously a fake. There was a recent entry on ebay, an expensive pre-war card going for a lot of money which didn't look right to me. I emailed the seller and asked him for a guarantee that if I purchased it and sent it to SGC or PSA and it came back counterfeit that he would refund my money and he refused. I didn't bid on it and hours before some sucker got hooked for a bundle, it disappeared from ebay. Happens more than you think. Always ask for that guarantee is my advice.

Asking a seller for a guarantee isn't a bad idea, but a scammer is a scammer IMO. If they are knowingly trying to sell a fake card I'm betting they will either refund your money and relist it trying to rip someone else off that won't get it graded or they will renege on the agreement and try to say you altered it in some manner before you submitted it for grading. If they have a will to rip somebody off they will find a way.