Beckett Grading Services (BGS) has confirmed the existence of counterfeit graded card holders.
A social media post on November 12, 2020 terrified sports card collectors and sent them scrambling to check their slabs.
So far, it's believed the cards inside the holders are real, but the BGS cases are fake.
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On November 12, 2020 BGS confirmed that one of the holders was fake, but oddly left their public comment vague.
A card collector on Instagram posted another fake BGS slab. This time with a 2018-19 Panini Prizm Silver Luka Doncic Rookie card.
The collector detailed how to tell a real BGS slab from a fake one.
Another 18-19 Prizm Silver Luka Doncic in a fake slab surfaced in late November 2020 from eBay consignment seller DCSports87.
And another fake slab involving Luka. This one from eBay seller MVP_529.
Four more fake BGS slabs were discovered on January 2, 2020. The cards were for sale by eBay consignment seller Probstein123.
January 9, 2021 - a fake BGS 9.5 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie card is discovered.
What if I told you, a fake slab and a real slab with the same BGS serial number sold on the same day.
One of the dealers, Superior Sports Investments, is a known sports card trimmer and scammer.
Beckett is a company used to controversy.
Greg Lindberg, the founder and chairman of the investment company that owns Beckett, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison in 2020 for his scheme to bribe an elected official in North Carolina.
In 2019, Beckett's Vice President Jeromy Murray and Regional Sales Manager Derek Ficken were forced to testify in a case between Upper Deck v Leaf Trading Cards. A former BGS & current Leaf employee was found to receive an unusual amount of "Black Label 10" grades.
Company President, Sandeep Dua, was accused in a 2015 lawsuit to have severely mistreated employees.
The lawsuit alleged Dua's non-stop bullying and unethical conduct caused an employee to suffer a mental breakdown in August 2014.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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