PWCC Altered Cards Callout Thread - 1952 Topps Mantle etc

[3124508 on COMC]

http://www.vintagecardprices.com/car...50&w=400&h=354
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1312908

[3124508 on COMC]

http://www.vintagecardprices.com/car...76&w=235&h=520
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/237726

[3124508 on COMC]

http://www.vintagecardprices.com/car...2&w=986&h=1720
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1816529

[3124508 on COMC]

And I am done... no #97 or #98 Moser purchases matched up with PWCC sales.

[mattglet]

Originally Posted by 3124508 on COMC

And I am done... no #97 or #98 Moser purchases matched up with PWCC sales.

Brutal. Stellar work as always.

[corndog]

Originally Posted by 3124508 on COMC

And I am done... no #97 or #98 Moser purchases matched up with PWCC sales.

These don't include the many cards that he purchased that were ungraded and impossible to trace now. His feedback was full of Leaf and Parkhurst raw card purchases including bulk lot purchases.

Great job on the research of these 312!

[3124508 on COMC]

Originally Posted by corndog

These don't include the many cards that he purchased that were ungraded and impossible to trace now. His feedback was full of Leaf and Parkhurst raw card purchases including bulk lot purchases.

Great job on the research of these 312!

There’s dozens upon dozens of purchases that had scans that were too poor to be useful. There’s also dozens upon dozens of cards that have not resurfaced yet. He waited 8 years to resell some cards.

[superdan49]

Originally Posted by 3124508 on COMC

There’s dozens upon dozens of purchases that had scans that were too poor to be useful. There’s also dozens upon dozens of cards that have not resurfaced yet. He waited 8 years to resell some cards.

I'll compile Registry data for the 1948 Leaf set tonight and publish here. Of course there's also the 1948 Leaf football cards that the PWCC house eBay account purchased and then magically were altered, graded, and appeared again in PWCC auctions.

[3124508 on COMC]

Originally Posted by superdan49

I'll compile Registry data for the 1948 Leaf set tonight and publish here. Of course there's also the 1948 Leaf football cards that the PWCC house eBay account purchased and then magically were altered, graded, and appeared again in PWCC auctions.

My posts start on page 109. There were a few posted before that in this thread that I did not repost, but I think you already captured most. You can check by searching “1948 Leaf” before page 109 in the thread if you want to be certain.

[superdan49]

SGC Cert #:7852544

1932 U.S. Caramel #23 Jimmy Foxx PSA 5.5 to SGC 7
Alteration types: Corners sharpened, card stock chemically brightened

Sold on 5/14/2016 as a PSA 5.5 by Heritage Auctions to an unknown buyer for $657.00
Consigned to PWCC and sold on 4/9/2019 as a SGC 7 for $1,850.00
Final price: $1,850.00
Value gain: $1,193.00!


Here's another recently-graded card that has undergone notable alterations prior to certification by SGC. The Foxx card here has been chemically whitened, removing not only the stain on front but the cream color of the natural paper fibers, and the bottom two corners have been artificially sharpened.

Green circles on the front are unique paper fibers and print marks. The yellow box shows an area where I believe that PWCC manipulated the photo to cover up flaws in the card's red color through the use of a blur or magic wand tool/filter (Click here to read another recent thread where PWCC has been accused of digitally manipulating images). The only other plausible answer is that the card has been recolored, but I believe the former, not the latter is the reason for the difference here. Blue boxes show the two corners which have been doctored. And finally, the purple box shows the right edge stain that was removed.


PSA 5.5: https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...umbnail-071515
SGC 7: https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1972970

[Bruins1993]

Originally Posted by corndog

1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio #1

Same card was sold by PWCC as a PSA-3 on Nov. 08, 2018. PWCC Marketplace link: https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1863759

"On Sunday, a card buyer on a social media forum reported that an auction house had promised to issue him a refund for a trimmed 1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio he bought last November so that it could be taken out of circulation and turned over to law enforcement."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidse.../#30cd7aac2b53

Does someone have the link to where the buyer said the card was being "turned over to law enforcement" or is that just conjecture by the author?

[mjohnatgt]

Seideman's writing reminds me of Mad Libs where you have to replace "social media" and "auction house" and "grading company" with proper nouns.
But yes, some of the PWCC (er, the auction house) emails have referenced turning over the cards to the unnamed law enforcement agency.

[MoreToppsPlease]

Originally Posted by Bruins1993

"On Sunday, a card buyer on a social media forum reported that an auction house had promised to issue him a refund for a trimmed 1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio he bought last November so that it could be taken out of circulation and turned over to law enforcement."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidse.../#30cd7aac2b53

Does someone have the link to where the buyer said the card was being "turned over to law enforcement" or is that just conjecture by the author?

The card is being sent to cardcop

[superdan49]

Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

The card is being sent to cardcop

Watch it— He's like Beetlejuice. Say his name three times and he will appear.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

The card is being sent to cardcop

this would be number three then?

[Bruins1993]

Originally Posted by MoreToppsPlease

The card is being sent to cardcop

According to Heritage Auctions a large amount of record breaking bids are made by new entrants to the collecting marketplace. I have no doubt law enforcement takes wire and mail fraud seriously related to sportscards.

[CaptSpaulding]

Anyone know why the link to Our Team is missing from PWCC's website? Since it seems to be missing I will post it here in case anyone needs it.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190318...e.com/our-team

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by Bruins1993

"On Sunday, a card buyer on a social media forum reported that an auction house had promised to issue him a refund for a trimmed 1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio he bought last November so that it could be taken out of circulation and turned over to law enforcement."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidse.../#30cd7aac2b53

Does someone have the link to where the buyer said the card was being "turned over to law enforcement" or is that just conjecture by the author?

IIRC there is a thread about the buyer/specific card on Net54, just having trouble finding it.

[corndog]

Originally Posted by CaptSpaulding

Anyone know why the link to Our Team is missing from PWCC's website? Since it seems to be missing I will post it here in case anyone needs it.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190318...e.com/our-team

The rats are jumping ship???

[superdan49]

1948 Leaf Football Altered Cards— PSA Set Registry Owners
This list of altered cards is based on the research of 3124508 found in this thread (mostly beginning on page 109). According to PSA's data, these are the current owners of these cards:

1948 Leaf Sid Luckman #1 PSA 4 (PSA Cert. #26467168)- MIDGRADE_KING
1948 Leaf Sid Luckman #1 PSA 6 (#22755922)- mpirwitz
1948 Leaf Steve Suhey #2 PSA 8 (#21680151)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Doak Walker #4 PSA 8 (#25578084)- BBCards4U
1948 Leaf Doak Walker #4 PSA 7 (#23472692)- mpirwitz
1948 Leaf Bobby Layne #6 Yellow Pants, Err. Bobbie PSA 5 (#27364010)- cal.purvis
1948 Leaf Bobby Layne #6 Yellow Pants, Err. Bobbie PSA 6 (#26466899)- gawhistlingnoodle
1948 Leaf Bobby Layne #6 Yellow Pants, Err. Bobbie PSA 7 (#19224428)- samspop
1948 Leaf Bobby Layne #6 Yellow Pants, Err. Bobbie PSA 6 (#17649790)- okstatecowboy2007
1948 Leaf Bobby Layne #6 Yellow Pants, Err. Bobbie PSA 7 (#26781943)- mpirwitz
1948 Leaf Vince Banonis #8 Black Name On Front PSA 8 (#22243943)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Johnny Lujack #13 Seplled Correct PSA 7 (#21227862)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf George McAfee #19 No Nickname On Front PSA 7 (#25578085)- glabow
1948 Leaf George McAfee #19 No Nickname On Front PSA 8 (#23472694)- spshisler
1948 Leaf George Taliaferro #20 Yellow Background PSA 8 (#20249331)- FFMAZZ
1948 Leaf Steve Van Buren #22 Green Jersey, Yellow Sock PSA 8 (#15713080)- JarheadHOF
1948 Leaf Steve Van Buren #22 Green Jersey, Green Sock PSA 7 (#25959105)- jmdvm
1948 Leaf Steve Van Buren #22 Green Jersey, Green Sock PSA 7 (#26466901)- mpirwitz
1948 Leaf Steve Van Buren #22 Green Jersey, Green Sock PSA 6 (#25578087)- jeffreyagross
1948 Leaf Ken Kavanaugh #23 PSA 8 (#21227864)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf Jim Martin #24 Red Background PSA 6 (#19623360)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Bob Waterfield #26 Black Name On Front PSA 6 (#29059569)- JSteveC19
1948 Leaf Bob Waterfield #26 Black Name ON Front PSA 6.5 (#17393317)- jeffreyagross
1948 Leaf Fred Davis #27 Yellow Background PSA 8 (#20778902)- fritz12
1948 Leaf Whitey Wistert #28 Yellow Jersey PSA 7 (#24182111)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf Charley Trippi #29 PSA 7 (#19438057)- mpirwitz
1948 Leaf Charley Trippi #29 PSA 5 (#27364012)- Frei2184
1948 Leaf Charley Trippi #29 PSA 7 (#25959107)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf Charley Trippi #29 PSA 7 (#18697085)- fritz12
1948 Leaf Paul Governali #30 Darker Brown Helmet PSA 7 (#19623361)- jbm20607
1948 Leaf Paul Governali #30 Darker Brown Helmet PSA 7 (#27112996)- Graham
1948 Leaf Tom McWilliams #31 Maroon Jersey PSA 7.5 (#19532558)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Tom McWilliams #31 Red Jersey PSA 8 (#17865636)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Pat Harder #33 Misspelled Harber Front PSA 8 (#16520686)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Sammy Baugh #34 Maroon Jersey PSA 5 (#26467170)- gawhistlingnoodle
1948 Leaf Sammy Baugh #34 Maroon Jersey PSA 4 (#24507420)- JAYGROATI
1948 Leaf Sammy Baugh #34 Red Jersey PSA 7 (#17468475)- bshannon8
1948 Leaf Sammy Baugh #34 Red Jersey PSA 5 (#26255228)- jmdvm
1948 Leaf Bill Dudley #36 PSA 8 (#16078789)- BBCards4U
1948 Leaf George Connor #37 PSA 7 (#20580396)- fritz12
1948 Leaf George Connor #37 PSA 7 (#16409059)- Graham
1948 Leaf George Connor #37 PSA 7 (#20580396)- fritz12
1948 Leaf George Connor #37 PSA 7 (#18863300)- kmsearfoss
1948 Leaf George Connor #37 PSA 7 (#20665314)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Frank Dancewicz #38 PSA 8 (#17393321)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Billy Dewell #39 PSA 7 (#23967370)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Bob Mann #44 PSA 7 (#25959110)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf Jack Jacobs #46 Jersey 27 In Photo PSA 7 (#16625641)- sfabry
1948 Leaf Frank Tripucka #49 PSA 6 (#19532560)- johnuvm83
1948 Leaf Frank Tripucka #49 PSA 7 (#23967377)- Admiral
1948 Leaf John Rauch #50 PSA 6.5 (#21227866)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Frank Seno #64 PSA 7.5 (#14168116)- sfabry
1948 Leaf Clyde LeForce #68 Red Background, Err. LaForce PSA 6 (#27364013)- Graham
1948 Leaf Phil O'Reilly #70 PSA 7 (#23967381)- bobhamil
1948 Leaf Phil O'Reilly #70 PSA 7 (#21714126)- Admiral
1948 Leaf Rod Franz #79 PSA 6 (#16477802)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Jim Youle #80 Red Background PSA 6.5 (#22421020)- Karltubing
1948 Leaf Bob DeMoss #86 PSA 8 (#14682071)- BBCards4U
1948 Leaf John Goldsberry #94 PSA 5 (#19623372)- Karltubing

[superdan49]

Most altered 1948 Leaf Football cards owned in PSA Registry Sets:

Karltubing- 13
bobhamil- 6
mpirwitz- 5
fritz12- 4
BBCards4U- 3
Graham- 3
gawhistlingnoodle- 2
jmdvm- 2
jeffreyagross- 2
sfabry- 2
Admiral- 2
MIDGRADE_KING- 1
cal.purvis- 1
samspop- 1
okstatecowboy2007- 1
glabow- 1
spshisler- 1
FFMAZZ- 1
JarheadHOF- 1
JSteveC19- 1
Frei2184- 1
jbm20607- 1
JAYGROATI- 1
bshannon8- 1
kmsearfoss- 1
johnuvm- 1


Please note: Each of the altered cards owned by these set registrants passed through the hands of both Gary Moser and PWCC.

**If you know any of these collectors personally or professionally, please reach out to them. They more than likely do not know that their cards have been outed as among the trimmed here on Blowout. Even if you do not know them, if you are willing to (politely) direct them to this page, please do so. Many can only be contacted through the PSA website. Thank you!

[Bowman1951]

Originally Posted by Bruins1993

"On Sunday, a card buyer on a social media forum reported that an auction house had promised to issue him a refund for a trimmed 1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio he bought last November so that it could be taken out of circulation and turned over to law enforcement."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidse.../#30cd7aac2b53

Does someone have the link to where the buyer said the card was being "turned over to law enforcement" or is that just conjecture by the author?

Hilarious how Seideman shilled PWCC in almost every single article he has put out for like the last two years. Yet, this one, he doesn't mention them once.

[Bowman1951]

Originally Posted by corndog

The rats are jumping ship???

Or, they had to can most of the team once this all started to go down. I can't imagine every single one of those people are still working there with all of the recent exposure.

[HarryLime]

Originally Posted by superdan49

Indeed. If I had to make a top 10 list of sets completed ruined by Gary Moser/PWCC it would be as follows:

1) 1948 Leaf Football
2) 1953 Parkhurst Hockey
3) 1952 Berk Ross
4) 1948 Leaf Baseball
5) 1952 Topps Look 'N See
6) 1951 Parkhurst Hockey
7) 1952 Bowman Large Football
8) 1953 Bowman Color Baseball
9) 1954 Bowman Baseball
10) 1914 Cracker Jack

This is pretty good. I'd probably just combine all '48 Leafs into one and add the '55 Bowmans he's decimated a decade ago. Forever unclean...

Arthur

[CaptSpaulding]

Originally Posted by HarryLime

This is pretty good. I'd probably just combine all '48 Leafs into one and add the '55 Bowmans he's decimated a decade ago. Forever unclean...

Arthur

Let's not forget the 39 Playballs.