$1,000,000 YEAH RIGHT !!!
Now that I have your attention let me tell you a story...In Oct. '09 I bought this card on ebay, a few months later I decided to send it to PSA to get it encapsulated and marked "Authentic". Well it came back "un-authenticatable" so I contacted Topps who begrudgingly (after I had my attorney contact them) agreed to take it in and check it out. They said the auto was not real and not attached the way they would have. They did not, however, say it wasn't their card stock which makes me wonder how someone would get that!
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Also, has anybody seen the real version of this card? If so, I would really like to see it. Please contact me. Thanks for looking and feel free to make an offer ...just kidding about the offer!
Now this is a terrible story. The lister doesn't say how much he spent on the card, but I am assuming it was thousands. My question though, is this: would you ever spend that much money on a card without KNOWING it was authentic? I just can't imagine shelling out thousands for something I "assume" is real.
True, it is sellers like this who smear the hobby, but we as collectors need to be smart about it too. Just my two cents.
I hope this guy finds the seller. I guess any publicity he can get regarding his dilemma is a good thing, so maybe this post will do some good.
I know someone that bought a Ruth auto that turned out to be fake. It almost made him quit collecting altogether.
ReplyDeleteThat is the main reason I do not buy autos, well that and I don't really like them anyway. Even TTMs, you never know if the gardener or someone else is actually signing them.
ReplyDeleteThis guy will probably end up spending A LOT more than he will ever recoup if he even gets anything back. I am also curious how much eBay charged him to list that for $1,000,000.