So I collected a lot from the 80's through 2004 (roughly). I got married had kids and the cards got put away. One of the last sets I was going to complete was the 2000 Playoff Contenders set. I bought the autos and traded for them, etc. Well in 2019, I heard a story about the sale of a Tom Brady auto from that set selling for more than $100,000. I told my kids that I thought I had that card. I pulled all my cards out and eventually found that I had the 2000 Tom Brady Auto. I had actually kept a want list and I had obtained this card sometime in 2001.
I decided to have the card graded. I filled out the form packed the card up and took it to FedEx. I went to hand the card to the employee and they asked about insurance and I said yes $20,000.00 (i think it books at $20,000). The guys chin dropped and asked what it was and i told him it was a collectible card. He told me that the insurance was capped at collectible cards at $500 or $1,000.00. I took the card back and realized that I had to do something else.
I grew up in Dallas (now in Ohio). So i decided to take the card to beckett. I set up a mini-vacation for me and my wife and called beckett and told them I would bring it in.
When I dropped the card at Beckett I was astonished in the lack of control that they had over the card (I took multiple pics to verify that i got the same card back), I explained that I flew in from Ohio and I needed the card back no later than Friday morning (it was Monday).
I heard nothing Monday or Tuesday.
On Wednesday, I received an email stating that they needed to authenticate the auto for an additional charge. I agreed, but was upset because I had set everything up before hand. But now I had to pay an expedited fee to get it back by Friday morning (it had to go through authentication and then grading). I agreed to this at 8:00 pm. In the middle of the night or early Wednesday I received a cryptic email stating that my card was not authentic and that i needed to come get my card. (I was not charged for the grading, but i was charged for the authentication).
I picked the card up on Thursday.
I called the person who graded the card and explained to him that I had received the card in a trade in 2001 and that it had been in storage ever since. He asked me to bring the card back. I couldn't now because I was leaving the next day.
When I got back to Ohio I reached out again and asked him to reconsider his position. He asked me to send scans, which I did. A week later, he confirmed that he stated it was a forgery.
I was very upset at the time. I have actually ignored this since November of 2019 (when I went to Texas). I went from thinking I had a $20,000 to $100,000 card (every card collector's dream) to going to having a card not worth the paper it was printed on.
My problem all along was I traded for this card before anyone really knew who Brady was going to be. Is it really possible that a forgery of this card was made such a long time ago?
Would you do anything? There is a authentication service in New York, but I don't want to go through this again.
Bill
I decided to have the card graded. I filled out the form packed the card up and took it to FedEx. I went to hand the card to the employee and they asked about insurance and I said yes $20,000.00 (i think it books at $20,000). The guys chin dropped and asked what it was and i told him it was a collectible card. He told me that the insurance was capped at collectible cards at $500 or $1,000.00. I took the card back and realized that I had to do something else.
I grew up in Dallas (now in Ohio). So i decided to take the card to beckett. I set up a mini-vacation for me and my wife and called beckett and told them I would bring it in.
When I dropped the card at Beckett I was astonished in the lack of control that they had over the card (I took multiple pics to verify that i got the same card back), I explained that I flew in from Ohio and I needed the card back no later than Friday morning (it was Monday).
I heard nothing Monday or Tuesday.
On Wednesday, I received an email stating that they needed to authenticate the auto for an additional charge. I agreed, but was upset because I had set everything up before hand. But now I had to pay an expedited fee to get it back by Friday morning (it had to go through authentication and then grading). I agreed to this at 8:00 pm. In the middle of the night or early Wednesday I received a cryptic email stating that my card was not authentic and that i needed to come get my card. (I was not charged for the grading, but i was charged for the authentication).
I picked the card up on Thursday.
I called the person who graded the card and explained to him that I had received the card in a trade in 2001 and that it had been in storage ever since. He asked me to bring the card back. I couldn't now because I was leaving the next day.
When I got back to Ohio I reached out again and asked him to reconsider his position. He asked me to send scans, which I did. A week later, he confirmed that he stated it was a forgery.
I was very upset at the time. I have actually ignored this since November of 2019 (when I went to Texas). I went from thinking I had a $20,000 to $100,000 card (every card collector's dream) to going to having a card not worth the paper it was printed on.
My problem all along was I traded for this card before anyone really knew who Brady was going to be. Is it really possible that a forgery of this card was made such a long time ago?
Would you do anything? There is a authentication service in New York, but I don't want to go through this again.
Bill
