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November 23, 2019 • PSA 9 cert# 27843826 • BlowOut →
Lightbulb "Anatomy of a Typical Altered PWCC Card"— Anonymous E-mail Tip Received Today
As many of you know, since January I've maintained an anonymous tip line, superdan49@protonmail.com, where I've received a few hundred tips that have brought some big hobby scandals to light.
This morning, I received an e-mail from a source regarding a 1957 Topps Hockey Glenn Hall rookie card, graded PSA 9 Mint with the certification number 27843826. This card was purchased at a PWCC auction for $9,900.00 on 3/26/2018. (See PWCC → to view the item page on PWCC's website.)
Apparently, someone with access to this card (perhaps its current owner?) did some research on it, and has found it to be altered by using a simple UV black light and a 15x magnifier. He asked me to start a thread for him, and I agreed, but I am just the messenger here, and all editorial comments are his and his alone. Below you will read this anonymous source's descriptions of the alterations to the card, as well as a series of photos detailing these alterations:
Quote:
[These] images show a number of alterations and demonstrate that a simple black light source can reveal many of the so-called advanced alteration techniques used by many card doctors. In reality, their work is very amateurish and should immediately have been detected.
I firmed believe that PSA could detect and reject 99.9% of all altered cards with a black light, a jeweler's loupe, and a ruler. In my view, they choose not to. Why? Let's hope the FBI finds out.
This particular card is interesting because it has some coloring added near a print spot (in the yellow background), and a foreign substance added to two corners (a tiny amount to the upper left and quite a bit more to the lower right) and to the left edge of the card (it looks like some sort of clay or chalk-like filler).
I believe the card has also been trimmed on at least one edge.
All of the altered areas luminesce when placed under the UV source/black light although they can also be observed in normal light under magnification. The magnification shown is about 15 times. There are comparisons between the card in natural light and in UV light.
My hope is that this better educates other collectors as to what is being done to many (perhaps even most or all), higher value sports cards sold[.]
Lightbulb "Anatomy of a Typical Altered PWCC Card"— Anonymous E-mail Tip Received Today
As many of you know, since January I've maintained an anonymous tip line, superdan49@protonmail.com, where I've received a few hundred tips that have brought some big hobby scandals to light.
This morning, I received an e-mail from a source regarding a 1957 Topps Hockey Glenn Hall rookie card, graded PSA 9 Mint with the certification number 27843826. This card was purchased at a PWCC auction for $9,900.00 on 3/26/2018. (See PWCC → to view the item page on PWCC's website.)
Apparently, someone with access to this card (perhaps its current owner?) did some research on it, and has found it to be altered by using a simple UV black light and a 15x magnifier. He asked me to start a thread for him, and I agreed, but I am just the messenger here, and all editorial comments are his and his alone. Below you will read this anonymous source's descriptions of the alterations to the card, as well as a series of photos detailing these alterations:
Quote:
[These] images show a number of alterations and demonstrate that a simple black light source can reveal many of the so-called advanced alteration techniques used by many card doctors. In reality, their work is very amateurish and should immediately have been detected.
I firmed believe that PSA could detect and reject 99.9% of all altered cards with a black light, a jeweler's loupe, and a ruler. In my view, they choose not to. Why? Let's hope the FBI finds out.
This particular card is interesting because it has some coloring added near a print spot (in the yellow background), and a foreign substance added to two corners (a tiny amount to the upper left and quite a bit more to the lower right) and to the left edge of the card (it looks like some sort of clay or chalk-like filler).
I believe the card has also been trimmed on at least one edge.
All of the altered areas luminesce when placed under the UV source/black light although they can also be observed in normal light under magnification. The magnification shown is about 15 times. There are comparisons between the card in natural light and in UV light.
My hope is that this better educates other collectors as to what is being done to many (perhaps even most or all), higher value sports cards sold[.]
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