Questions about 1998-99 and 1999-00 Autographics Parallel/Century Marks

[bjho852]

Hi all, just a few questions for those collecting the parallel/Century Marks sets of 1998-99 and 1999-00 SkyBox Premium Autographics.

As you know, for these two parallel sets, there are cards coming out from rack packs and/or bankruptcy sale. How do you folks figure whether the cards from these two sets are originally released instead of being from rack packs and/or bankruptcy sale?

I ask this because unlike the 1997-98 set, within the same set (1998-99 or 1999-00), the stamp looks to be the same among the original cards and the "re-released"/bankruptcy cards, not to mention that it is possible that some shady sellers might add the serial numbers themselves to "fake" the later released cards. How do you figure these cards out?

Thank you so much.

[jordan23]

Easy. Bankruptcy one's were numbered to 20 and some were unnumbered as well. Most of these cards had no embossed stamp on them.

[bjho852]

Easy. Bankruptcy one's were numbered to 20 and some were unnumbered as well. Most of these cards had no embossed stamp on them.

Thank you. How do you figure out if the hand numbering on the card is part of the original release, and not added by shady sellers (if the card turns out to be from a rack pack or the bankruptcy sale)?