A webjon reader pointed out these cards. . . just has bad as the others. . . Thank you for the tip!
Jon
May 20, 2012
May 8, 2012
More 2001 American Pie Forgeries of Adam West and Lou Ferrigno.
paparazzistalker has these up for sale on eBay. Items 150811209678 and 150811209545. . . he’s got a round hologram, but the wrong round hologram, fake signatures and negative feedback for selling counterfeit cards to boot. . . These already have lots of bids . . . hope the buyers get their money back. . .
Jon
April 7, 2012
Walking Dead Patch Redemption Counterfeited. . .
Big time cards bring big time scams apparently, as a Blowoutcards.com Forum member found out when they received a counterfeit redemption card for a patch from Cryptozoic’s Walking Dead release. The seller of this card was aprilsportscollectibles on ebay, who has sold several other counterfeit cards, including a fake Hulk Hogan autograph to a NonSportsCardForum.com member. Seems to be that something shady is going on at the casa de AprilSportsCollectibles, and it also sounds like this fake card was made in the same way as the fake Hogan, both were pretty obviously home made when the arrived with the wrong stock, gloss, texture and even sticky edges where the card was glued together.
It is slightly puzzling that someone would counterfeit a redemption card like this since it is one of a kind and obviously even if the buyer didn’t figure it would Cryptozic would have when they received it for redemption.
I hope this counterfeiter gets jail time. . . but somehow I doubt it.
Jon
April 3, 2012
Kirsten Dunst Counterfeit. . . BGS Graded. . .
A NonsportsCardForum.com member posted about some fake Kirsten Dunst Small Soldier’s Inkworks autographs. It was quite obvious to that poster that there was an issue as both of the signature in the cards were identical.
We have two sellers here. . . both with massive amounts of feedback. . . 8088edge boasts 17778 ratings with a feedback rating of 99.8% positive! They have appeared on webjon before, and have sold a number of questionable cards. . . And these are more than questionable. Seller number two is gamesandcards.com with a whopping 37795 feedback and a 99.9% positive rating! These guys posted a huge scan that showed this counterfeit in all its glory. . . It is entirely possible that these guys had no idea there was an issue. . .
Here is part of that beautiful scan courtesy of gamesandcards.com and ebay!
I love this scan. . . It shows that the card is BGS graded. . . Another counterfeit Beckett Grading Service card. But how can I tell it’s fake. First, the signature is a copy of the signature in the other card. Second the signature is clearly mechanically reproduced (dots at the end of the lines, no feathering, constant line weight, etc). . . but that’s not all, and that is why I love this scan.
For some reason there are still skeptics out there. . . People suggest that the star themselves may have used an autopen, or that maybe they just have a very consistent signature. . . a significant number of people don’t want to believe that there are counterfeit cards floating around.
But this scan may change some minds. . . Look at that foil stamp. . . it’s terrible! Multiple letters are touching . . . areas of the stamp aren’t clear . . . Letters aren’t consistent . . . the inkblot above the ‘i’ in Inkworks looks nothing like a legitimate one, the ‘s’ in Inkworks is barely legible. . . Obviously this card is a counterfeit. Go ahead, grab your Small Soldiers autos and take a look. . . all of ‘em have clear crisp authentication stamps. I don’t know if it’s enough to sway non-believers, but if that won’t nothing will.
Hopefully the buyer can get their money back. . .
Jon
PS. . . If you go to gamesandcards.com you get redirected to their Beckett.com marketplace site. . . Irony!
March 17, 2012
Questionable Cards on eBay. . . Jolie, Affleck, Depp others. . .
eBay seller bondj2000 seems to have quite a few cards up for sale or recently sold that have been called into question on NSCF. It could be a collector that had a lot of bad luck buying, or something else could be going on. They recently sold the Ben Affleck Daredevil autograph card from Topps that was previously called into question on webjon back in December.
Here are some scans of some of the iffy cards including the Affleck, an Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider from Inkworks and a Johnny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory autograph from Artbox. Note that all of the cards are encapsulated by Beckett Grading Service. When Beckett was contacted about the Affleck they said that the manufacturer guarantees the autograph — not them, basically washing their hands of it.
Also note the scans on the Jolie and Depp are terrible. NEVER buy a high end card based on a poor scan. It is difficult to tell if a card is legitimate base on a real scan, a poor scan like these is a warning sign in itself. Hopefully the buyers get their money back.
