Earlier this week I blogged about those elusive missing autographs that have been coming out of 2018 Panini Illusions Football. I warned you that people would take advantage of that misprinted COA, and start signing them in an attempt to pass them off as the real deal. Well, that didn’t take too long. A seller on eBay that goes by “tolpul0” from Twin Falls, ID took a misprinted Sam Darnold card, signed it themselves, and is now selling it as an authentic autograph. What a total crock! Its sold too. Last I saw it had one bid for $20 with a few days to go. Not only is the autograph a terrible counterfeit, but its on-card. Authentic pack-pulled examples are all signed on stickers. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!
It would be nice if those who pulled a misprinted error could exchange the card for something. The least Panini could do is give an official statement on the matter and/or give us an estimated print run of the errors.
Filed under: Scams | Tagged: 2018, autographs, fake, football, illusions, panini, start, surface, to |
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