Upper Deck Young Guns Auston Matthews Reprint Cards

[alpaak]

Have been looking for an Upper Deck Auston Matthews Young Guns rookie card and noticed that there are reprints up for auction.  When I looked at the scans there was nothing on the cards that indicated them as being reprints.  Has anyone else knowledge of these cards and how can I tell whether or not the cards are legit Upper Deck products?

[mcrlmn · Accepted solution]

From Upper Deck:

Memorabilia Authenticity Hologram

When Upper Deck was founded in 1988, counterfeit trading cards were rampant in the marketplace.

As interest in the collectible cardboard heightened so did forgers schemes to dupe fans.

In the quest to create a superior trading card, Upper Deck knew it would have to make products that were difficult for forgers to imitate.

The company researched available technologies and decided to include a security hologram on all Upper Deck trading cards.

The security hologram that appears on all Upper Deck trading cards is made of the same material used to encode drivers’ licenses, passports and other important government documents.

Hologram foil is costly, difficult to acquire and impossible to imitate.

Thanks to this trademark innovation, no Upper Deck trading card has ever been counterfeited.

[whitehouse872010]

It seems like the hologram is being printed in the card somehow but its almost impossible to tell by just looking at a picture (on ebay). I understand what you are saying, there is nothing on the card indicating that its a reprint. Where are these coming from? It can't be legal, why are these allowed to be sold?

[femmefan1946]

Most sportscard collectors are in North America. Most sportscard dealers are in North America.
If the seller is located anywhere else, there is a good chance that the card is counterfeit.

One of the Item Specifics for sportscards is Certification, which includes the name of the certifying company.

Most of these are, if not actually accurate, trusted and giving their honest appraisal. You would have to decide whether the cost of a certified card is worth it.

EBay, Paypal and the credit card you back your PP account with all have Buyer Protection programs which allow you to claim a refund/chargeback if your purchase is Not As Described.

[pjcdn2005]

Thread from 2018.

[kh-leslie]

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