E90-1 Joe Jackson (PSA 2) REAL?

[bcbgcbrcb]

I just spotted this listing on e-bay. Is it just me or does this look like the reprint version, based primarily on the darker purple background and large borders?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-SHOELES...item19ca94f2c3

[tbob]

Phil, you are 100% correct. Don't know how it got in a PSA holder unless the flip is a forgery or it is a real holder but the card was slipped it somehow.
The tip-off besides the borders and color is that in the area to the left of "100 subjects" there is a blemish which indicates a number has been removed. On the reprinted Jacksons you frequently see the number, I believe it is "20" and counterfeiters remove this from certain E90-1s when they try to pass them off as real.
Here is a real one:

[4815162342]

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

[Big Ben]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

I was about to say the same thing. That slab looks very frosted.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I'll take it for a $3 bill! Notice how the seller took a picture of the slab inside of plastic to try and diminish the appearance of frosting.

If you look at the slab in the close up pictures, it looks pretty frosted.

[ArchStanton]

I bought a fake Clemente rookie a few years ago from the Toledo area. It was a copy in a cracked PSA slab. That guy would buy a real card, crack it and send it to a different grading company. He would then sell the real one and the fake one in the broken PSA slab all from the same account.

This scam looks similar. Can anyone find a record of a recent sale of the real PSA-slabbed Jackson?

[barrysloate]

Unquestionable fake. The lettering is wrong. Look at the position of the "ck" in Jackson under the bat in each card. It's shifted a hairline to the right on the fake card. Someone pried open a slab, took out the real card, and replaced it with garbage.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by ArchStanton

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Arch Stanton.....great login name. Now I wish I used Bill Carson.

[Runscott]

Even funnier, he created his PSA label using 'O's instead of '0's for the numbers.

What a joke.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Even funnier, he created his PSA label using 'O's instead of '0's for the numbers.

What a joke.

Good eye! I didn't even notice that. That's funny (but sad).

Edited to add: He also has a '52 Mantle that has a frosted slab as well and a Yankees signed team ball with Ruth on the sweet spot. The ball has a sticker from a Heritage Auction, but if you look at the top left corner of the sticker, it looks like it's been removed.