Drew Brees Card Graded BGS 9.5 Gains Almost $9,000 in Value After Trimming

superdan49 · 03-27-2019, 09:40 PM

Investigations into trimmed cards have been a major topic here on the Blowout Boards now since the end of last year. BO member s have uncovered dozens of cards graded by both PSA and BGS which have been proved to be trimmed or otherwise altered.
For football cards, it appears that two names more than any other have seen key cards, especially rookie cards, targeted by trimmers: Tom Brady and Drew Brees. In fact, there is an entire thread dedicated to Drew Brees rookie cards trimmed by Superior Sports Investments (SSI).

Last night, I was posting a few lower-value Tom Brady rookies which were purchased, trimmed, and graded for high grades by Beckett Grading Services (BGS), the last of which was a 2000 UD Vintage Brady/Redmond BGS 9.5 rookie card sold by eBay seller breakersrowe.

Anytime an altered card is uncovered, I look over the rest of a seller's inventory, including sold items. Admittedly, I did not do this at first with breakersrowe, but I got around to it late last night. I found this card: a 2001 Playoff Contenders Drew Brees Autograph, graded BGS 9.5 Gem Mint, sold by breakersrowe on 1/9/2019 for $17,649. This card was graded by BGS on 11/19/2018.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-PLAYOF...orig_cvip=true

Using Worthpoint, I discovered this same card was once graded a BGS 8.5 NM-MT+, and was sold by eBay seller mvpsportscardz on 8/31/2018 for $8,950.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ees-1949459008

As the evidence shows below, this card was trimmed:

The monetary difference between the BGS 8.5 and BGS 9.5 is a staggering $8,699! All this for a few quick cuts. I want to be clear that I do not know who trimmed this card. For all I know, breakersrowe might have been an unwilling seller of this card. If someone knows seller mvpsportscardz, please find out if they have the information as to who bought this Brees on 8/31 when it was a BGS 8.5. That information will help us trace the history of this card. As always, BODA's help is appreciated in this investigation. Let's focus on outing the bad cards in this hobby.

03-27-2019, 09:40 PM	#1
superdan49 BODA Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 4,272	Drew Brees Card Graded BGS 9.5 Gains Almost $9,000 in Value After Trimming Investigations into trimmed cards have been a major topic here on the Blowout Boards now since the end of last year. BO member s have uncovered dozens of cards graded by both PSA and BGS which have been proved to be trimmed or otherwise altered. For football cards, it appears that two names more than any other have seen key cards, especially rookie cards, targeted by trimmers: Tom Brady and Drew Brees. In fact, there is an entire thread dedicated to Drew Brees rookie cards trimmed by Superior Sports Investments (SSI). Last night, I was posting a few lower-value Tom Brady rookies which were purchased, trimmed, and graded for high grades by Beckett Grading Services (BGS), the last of which was a 2000 UD Vintage Brady/Redmond BGS 9.5 rookie card sold by eBay seller breakersrowe. Anytime an altered card is uncovered, I look over the rest of a seller's inventory, including sold items. Admittedly, I did not do this at first with breakersrowe, but I got around to it late last night. I found this card: a 2001 Playoff Contenders Drew Brees Autograph, graded BGS 9.5 Gem Mint, sold by breakersrowe on 1/9/2019 for $17,649. This card was graded by BGS on 11/19/2018. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2001-PLAYOF...orig_cvip=true Using Worthpoint, I discovered this same card was once graded a BGS 8.5 NM-MT+, and was sold by eBay seller mvpsportscardz on 8/31/2018 for $8,950. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ees-1949459008 As the evidence shows below, this card was trimmed: The monetary difference between the BGS 8.5 and BGS 9.5 is a staggering $8,699! All this for a few quick cuts. I want to be clear that I do not know who trimmed this card. For all I know, breakersrowe might have been an unwilling seller of this card. If someone knows seller mvpsportscardz, please find out if they have the information as to who bought this Brees on 8/31 when it was a BGS 8.5. That information will help us trace the history of this card. As always, BODA's help is appreciated in this investigation. Let's focus on outing the bad cards in this hobby.