PSA encapsulated reprint as authentic

[4815162342]

Brian and Leon, if you guys say it's fake, I definitely believe you. But why on earth would anyone go to all this trouble for $75?

[brianp-beme]

All the W551 cards with blue captions are Larry Fritsch reprints. I have seen other blue captioned cards graded before...it makes you wonder about TPG abilities to spot a non-authentic.

As to the question why someone would do this with a $75 card? I believe that the most likely scenario is that whoever sent it in originally bought it thinking it was authentic, then PSA 'authenticated' the reprint. So most likely the seller believes that he has an authentic card...why not, a TPG authenticated it.

That is why in my original post I expected that PSA do their job a little more thoroughly.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Here is a good comparision examples of the George Sisler W551. The first one is authentic, the second one is one of the blue captioned reprints.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GEORGE-SISLE...UAAOSwP0RXh9bg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1921-W551-St...gAAOSwxndXTiYN

Note not only the blue caption, but also that the colors get really funky in the reprint. Check out what is going on with the shadowing area on Sisler's cap in the original versus the pyschedelia of the reprint.


Brian

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I had thought Fritsch was very scrupulous in actually marking his reprints as such, did he not do that with these?

[nat]

So has somebody e-mailed the seller? Talk about a reason to buy the card and not the flip. WTF are TPGs for if they can't spot reprints?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I had thought Fritsch was very scrupulous in actually marking his reprints as such, did he not do that with these?

I guess he thought changing the caption color would be enough on this issue.

Brian

[irv]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Brian and Leon, if you guys say it's fake, I definitely believe you. But why on earth would anyone go to all this trouble for $75?

For practice.