Real or Fake: Sports Cards
PDF guide
Includes 3 months of SlabX Collector, free. A one-time code arrives with your order and is redeemed in the app under Settings. No card is needed and nothing renews; the plan ends on its own unless you choose to subscribe. One code per purchase, valid for 12 months.
Reprints, trimmed edges, altered slabs, and how to read a grader's cert before you pay.
Inside the 35 pages: the one-minute check; a short history of sports card fakes, from reprints to trimmed vintage; the anatomy of a real card; stock, print, and edges; autographs and patches; safe physical tests; graded slabs (PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC) and cert verification; sealed wax and boxes; buying online; what to do if you already bought a fake; doing it in the SlabX app; and the quick-reference checklist.
2026 edition, PDF, 6 by 9 inches. Also available in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Values mentioned are estimates, not financial advice.
From the blog
- How to start collecting, part 3: how to read a slab · September 2026
- How to start collecting, part 4: buying without getting burned · September 2026
- How to read a grading cert number · May 2026
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