Gretzky Rookie Card OPC

[Salem]

Hi folks,

I'm new to the forum. Hope everyone is having a great week. I wanted some help in regards to two Gretzky rookie cards I own. Both are graded a 5 by KSA that I purchased from eBay. I noticed the cards don't look exactly the same. The issue I have is one card is clearer and the picture looks more vivid. The other appears to be cloudier.

Any opinions on the two cards?

Thanks,

Mike

[jameslacarte]

Hmmmm.. There are alot of Fakes out there but you would think if graded by KSA they would have caught the fake. I cant be certain but they definitely look different..

[Salem]

I thought the same thing that because it's graded how would they miss that. If I can notice a difference you would think they (KSA) would.

The other thing I noticed are small red dots around the skates and legs. The other card doesn't have that. I had to use a magnifying glass to see that difference. Not sure if that can be caused if one card was exposed to the sun or other elements over the years??

BTW....thanks for replying.

[26CRDS]

You may want to regrade them via PSA/BGS. Hopefully then, you'll know for certain.

[SenatorCollector]

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/h...ky-rookie-card

Not saying either of your cards is a counterfeit, but this article does raise some eyebrows!

[ahmon]

Someone taught me this tip. Buy a common card of the same set. Hard to see people making fakes of commons.

Then use your magnifying glass to compare the dots/paper quality.

[bdiam]

Not the greatest of scans but it appears(?) that you simply have one-copy with what is quite often referred to as "colour-run".

Imagine putting new cartridges in your printer and then printing (100) copies of a photograph. Look at the first copy that came out of the printer, then look at the last one. I think you would find that the first copy is darker? That is likely what you have with your Gretzky's.

Look on the back of the cards and see if you have two horizontal lines running from end-to-end as well. If you do, then that card came from the first print-run.

[Salem]

Not the greatest of scans but it appears(?) that you simply have one-copy with what is quite often referred to as "colour-run".

Imagine putting new cartridges in your printer and then printing (100) copies of a photograph. Look at the first copy that came out of the printer, then look at the last one. I think you would find that the first copy is darker? That is likely what you have with your Gretzky's.

Look on the back of the cards and see if you have two horizontal lines running from end-to-end as well. If you do, then that card came from the first print-run.

I did think about that it could have been a different print run. The more vivid card has the blue lines on the back (first print run), but the other doesn't , making it part of a different batch.

[Salem]

Someone taught me this tip. Buy a common card of the same set. Hard to see people making fakes of commons.

Then use your magnifying glass to compare the dots/paper quality.

Good tip. I'll give that a try.

[fuzzai]

Not the greatest of scans but it appears(?) that you simply have one-copy with what is quite often referred to as "colour-run".

Imagine putting new cartridges in your printer and then printing (100) copies of a photograph. Look at the first copy that came out of the printer, then look at the last one. I think you would find that the first copy is darker? That is likely what you have with your Gretzky's.

Look on the back of the cards and see if you have two horizontal lines running from end-to-end as well. If you do, then that card came from the first print-run.

the gretzky rookie had 2 print runs that year....