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Re: [INFO] Topps Allen & Ginter Reference Thread
by
wheelz1200
on 02/07/2021, 18:33:33 UTC
there is a lot of white on that card's edges.  at 700+ now. and it looks like a PSA 6 to me.  I can't zoom in, but tons of white.

That's one big reason to be extra careful when buying ungraded cards.

Personally, I rarely take a chance on ungraded #83 Cryptocurrency cards from eBay anymore. At this point in the game, everyone knows the extreme high prices that a well-graded #83 Cryptocurrency card can bring, so when I see a rare ungraded card for sale, I immediately think, "It was previously graded. It scored a low grade. And the owner cracked open the case and is selling it as "ungraded" in order to prey upon the hopes of newbie buyers who may not know better."

Yes, this is a pessimistic view. And against my own advice, I've taken the chance and been proved wrong in the [recent] past. However, this scheme happens all the time in the general baseball card game with cards valued at a lowly $100 or less, so I imagine it would most certainly happen with the rarer #83 Cryptocurrency cards which are valued into the thousands of dollars.

Just a thought and a word of caution to the collector / investor.


Chris @ TBPCo.

BP it happens all the time on eBay, cards can go to a professional evaluator and if not deemed mint or gem end up on eBay.  Rarely will you ever get a raw card that would gem at psa.  Raw cards are such a risk on eBay.  I've been burned enough to know ebay is a raw sports card mine field.