Craig Roehrig: Verona, WI; Ebay: quality*cards, is a CARD DOCTOR (all PSA graded)

corndog · 02-08-2020, 11:27 AM

Longtime card dealer Craig Roehrig of Verona, Wisconsin has had an established relationship with PSA for many years and his company, Quality Cards, is a PSA dealer. Roehrig has had a reputation for dealing in high-end cards for several decades and is known for being the submitter to PSA for the grading of what became the 3rd PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card in 1999.

Roehrig's Ebay store user ID is quality*cards.
Roehrig buys with an unknown Ebay ID, which is masked in the Vintage Card Prices website (VCP) as c***1.

Alteration methods found so far include trimming, crease removal, coloring, stain removal/minimization and corner repair most likely from pressing.

In researching the various PSA numerically numbered submission runs, there is a mixture of cards being sold by quality*cards and Memory Lane Auctions, all purchased by the c***1 masked ID or an unknown ID if purchased from an auction house. He has also purchased raw cards which were discovered using the free CardTarget.Com website. I will post some of those later.

All altered cards found to date have been graded by PSA experts.

In two weeks of research I have uncovered a minimal amount of cards that can be confirmed as altered. There are many higher end cards in his PSA submissions but the lack of first purchase data is the result of many of those being purchased raw or through avenues where the online purchase data is not stored.

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Quality Cards is PSA Dealer (snipped from the PSA website)
Link:

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July 11, 2001 article regarding Roehrig's submission of what became a graded PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (snipped from the PSA website)
Link: https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...brings-275-000

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Altered cards:

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PSA Cert #40804620

1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson #50

PSA Set Registry: none

Value gain of $1,635.99

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller teri781 as a PSA 5.5 for $1,964.00 on April 25, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b.../52402/PSA/5.5

Same card was sold by quality*cards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 7 for $3,599.99 on November 05, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...50/52402/PSA/7

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red box identifies trimmed bottom edge The top has likely been micro-trimmed as well. Top right corner has been sharpened.

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PSA Cert #42079894

1951 Bowman Dante Lavelli #73 - Population 1 of 3

PSA Set Registry: Mark W

Value gain of $2,953.99

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller kityoungcards as a PSA 6 for $42.00 on September 02, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...3/101046/PSA/6

Same card was sold by quality*cards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 9 for $2,995.99 on November 29, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...3/101046/PSA/9

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red box identifies where color has been added to minimize/mask obvious printing flaw. No back image provided with the first sale.

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PSA Cert #42130117

1948 Leaf Babe Ruth #3

PSA Set Registry: none

Value gain of $1,195.99

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller scu316 as a PSA 2.5 for $1,000.00 on April 21, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b.../42417/PSA/2.5

Same card was sold by Ebay seller quality*cards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 3 for $2,195.99 on April 10, 2019.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...-3/42417/PSA/3

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red boxes identify corner work. I don't know enough to say what was done, but something was done.

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PSA Cert #42079884

1952 Bowman Small Frank Gifford #16 - Population 1 of 4

PSA Set Registry: The Hawkeye Collection

Value gain of $4,384.01

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller amerlegends as a PSA 6 for $319.99 on August 23, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/100760/PSA/6

Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 9 for $4,704.00 on April 06, 2019.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/100760/PSA/9

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red box identifies trimmed bottom edge and stain removed from back.

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PSA Cert #42079800

1952 Bowman Large Frank Gifford #16

PSA Set Registry: none

Value gain of $1,108.80

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller b-e-collectibles as a PSA 5 for $180.00 on April 21, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/154875/PSA/5

Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 8 for $1,288.80 on April 06, 2019.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/154875/PSA/8

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red box identifies trimmed right edge as well as what appears to be a spider crease on the back that looks to have been minimized or removed.

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Rjcollings1973 · 02-08-2020, 11:35 AM

Another one on blast! Hope his business gets ruined!

Wiseguy917 · 02-08-2020, 11:39 AM

PSA doing what they do best, ripping off morons...

tore4678 · 02-08-2020, 11:39 AM

BOOM! great work

pspa123 · 02-08-2020, 11:48 AM

Craig is one of the original PSA dealers, if memory serves.

base set · 02-08-2020, 11:54 AM

If I can see the fresher white cardboard edge in the scans......can't PSA see it in hand?

pip · 02-08-2020, 11:56 AM

Craig Roehrig was outed many years ago on the Collectors Universe forums, but at the time it seemed like conjucture as there was no hard proof. The letter from the "PSA Insider" names Rick Changie, one of Roehrig's long-time confidants and business partners, as a card doctor as well, so this is not entirely surprising. Card doctors, like wild dogs, often travel in packs.

It has been rumored for many years that Roehrig altered cards and, like TripleSSS, performed some of the most advanced work. It is also known that he has had a close relationship with some of PSA's graders. His PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle, for instance, was initially in a PSA 9 holder and may have had some "work" done to it.

Great work, corndog. Yet another PSA recommended card doctor has been caught.

mhcook · 02-08-2020, 12:03 PM

Incredible work corndog!

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

pspa123 · 02-08-2020, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pip

Craig Roehrig was outed many years ago on the Collectors Universe forums, but at the time it seemed like conjucture as there was no hard proof. The letter from the "PSA Insider" names Rick Changie, one of Roehrig's long-time confidants and business partners, as a card doctor as well, so this is not entirely surprising. Card doctors, like wild dogs, often travel in packs.

It has been rumored for many years that Roehrig altered cards and, like TripleSSS, performed some of the most advanced work. It is also known that he has had a close relationship with some of PSA's graders. His PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle, for instance, was initially in a PSA 9 holder and may have had some "work" done to it.

Great work, corndog. Yet another PSA recommended card doctor has been caught.

Ric sold Craig's cards but I never thought he was a card doctor himself, more a "bumper" due to his influence with Mike Baker. Perhaps that's wishful thinking driven by the fact that I liked Ric.

pip · 02-08-2020, 12:10 PM

Quote:

1948 Leaf Babe Ruth #3

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red boxes identify corner work. I don't know enough to say what was done, but something was done.

The corners have been pressed and either reshaped or recut. This is most evident on the LR corner that went from being somewhat blunted to sharp. This technique was mentioned in a 1996 article from VCBC that I posted a link to.

anusinha · 02-08-2020, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pip

His PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle, for instance, was initially in a PSA 9 holder and may have had some "work" done to it.

Is that considered the holy grail of alterations?

Aside from the Honus maybe

lauriontj · 02-08-2020, 12:27 PM

It’s really disgusting and disgraceful what they do to not just the hobby, but to our history and americana.

Good work and thank you for doing this corndog

pip · 02-08-2020, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pspa123

Craig is one of the original PSA dealers, if memory serves.

I think you're correct. I may be off by a little but I want to say that Craig was one of the very first "PSA Authorized" dealers formally announced around 1993 or 1994. I think there were about a dozen of them named as such.

coltsnsox07 · 02-08-2020, 01:11 PM

Damn, from my state.

scotthenrichs · 02-08-2020, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coltsnsox07

Damn, from my state.

Just down the road from me, maybe a 20 minute drive.

Rooftop · 02-08-2020, 01:27 PM

Bought a few cards from that POS.

Soxfanguy · 02-08-2020, 01:37 PM

Craig Roehrig is a card trimmer? Good to know

corndog · 02-08-2020, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotthenrichs

Just down the road from me, maybe a 20 minute drive.

He has a beautiful home overlooking the tee box of the 10th hole at Hawks Landing Golf Club in Verona.

He has done well selling cardboard.

pspa123 · 02-08-2020, 02:01 PM

The sad thing about this hobby is that in the decades this has been going on, I don't think one dealer has exposed a card doctor, even though all the dealers know who the doctors are. Just live and let live, and profit from the price umbrella.

pspa123 · 02-08-2020, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corndog

He has a beautiful home overlooking the tee box of the 10th hole at Hawks Landing Golf Club in Verona.

He has done well selling cardboard.

A Gentleman of Verona, eh?

auburn35 · 02-08-2020, 02:20 PM

Nice work corndog!

Looks like I'll be adding to my collection of attorney general and DOJ complaints on Monday, when I reach out to Wisconsin.

corndog · 02-08-2020, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by auburn35

Nice work corndog!

Looks like I'll be adding to my collection of attorney general and DOJ complaints on Monday, when I reach out to Wisconsin.

Thank you for doing that.
Much appreciated!

tconte · 02-08-2020, 02:32 PM

He's been on my "do not buy from" list since I started with graded cards.

I've noticed that on his ebay auctions you can't make the pictures larger either.

If the pics don't grow, I must say no!

pip · 02-08-2020, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tconte

He's been on my "do not buy from" list since I started with graded cards.

I've noticed that on his ebay auctions you can't make the pictures larger either.

If the pics don't grow, I must say no!

LOL. .

corndog · 02-08-2020, 06:25 PM

PSA Cert #42918570

1952 Bowman Willie Mays #218

PSA Set Registry: JT's 52 Bowman BB

Value gain of $6,483.60

This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c***1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller ja44 as a PSA 6 for $1,050.00 onDecember 07, 2018.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...18/69235/PSA/6

Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 8 for $7,533.60 on April 06, 2019.
VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...18/69235/PSA/8

Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers.
Red boxes identify sharpened corners (3 shown). What was done to improve them is debatable with internet images but they have been altered.
Dark spot mostly removed from the left back.

02-08-2020, 12:03 PM	#8
mhcook Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,711	Incredible work corndog! Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk __________________ Looking for University of Memphis players in their college uniform especially DeAngelo Williams and Paxton Lynch. Mark McGwire on card autos especially 2002 and 2003, 1/1s and Toppsy Dynasty /10 from 2014 and 2018.

02-08-2020, 12:27 PM	#12
lauriontj Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: PA Posts: 6,268	It’s really disgusting and disgraceful what they do to not just the hobby, but to our history and americana. Good work and thank you for doing this corndog __________________ Insta: tjssportscards24 PC: Griffey/Soto and like the Washington Nationals! My dad taught me to hate the Yankees. Now that I’m an adult, I realize I was raised correctly.

02-08-2020, 01:37 PM	#17
Soxfanguy Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: White Sox Posts: 15,579 Soxfanguy	Craig Roehrig is a card trimmer? Good to know __________________ ok

02-08-2020, 02:01 PM	#19
pspa123 Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 3,774	The sad thing about this hobby is that in the decades this has been going on, I don't think one dealer has exposed a card doctor, even though all the dealers know who the doctors are. Just live and let live, and profit from the price umbrella. __________________ "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity." Opening narration, The Outer Limits.

02-08-2020, 06:25 PM	#25
corndog BODA Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: From a table in McDonalds, with lovely fake flowers on it. Posts: 18,808	PSA Cert #42918570 1952 Bowman Willie Mays #218 PSA Set Registry: JT's 52 Bowman BB Value gain of $6,483.60 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c1 (Craig Roehrig)* from Ebay seller ja44 as a PSA 6 for $1,050.00 onDecember 07, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...18/69235/PSA/6 Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 8 for $7,533.60 on April 06, 2019. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...18/69235/PSA/8 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red boxes identify sharpened corners (3 shown). What was done to improve them is debatable with internet images but they have been altered. Dark spot mostly removed from the left back. __________________ He has no rival, He has no equal.

02-08-2020, 11:27 AM	#1
corndog BODA Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: From a table in McDonalds, with lovely fake flowers on it. Posts: 18,808	*Craig Roehrig: Verona, WI; Ebay: qualitycards, is a CARD DOCTOR (all PSA graded)** Longtime card dealer Craig Roehrig of Verona, Wisconsin has had an established relationship with PSA for many years and his company, Quality Cards, is a PSA dealer. Roehrig has had a reputation for dealing in high-end cards for several decades and is known for being the submitter to PSA for the grading of what became the 3rd PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card in 1999. Roehrig's Ebay store user ID is qualitycards. Roehrig buys with an unknown Ebay ID, which is masked in the Vintage Card Prices website (VCP) as c*1. Alteration methods found so far include trimming, crease removal, coloring, stain removal/minimization and corner repair most likely from pressing. In researching the various PSA numerically numbered submission runs, there is a mixture of cards being sold by qualitycards and Memory Lane Auctions, all purchased by the c*1 masked ID or an unknown ID if purchased from an auction house. He has also purchased raw cards which were discovered using the free CardTarget.Com website. I will post some of those later. All altered cards found to date have been graded by PSA experts. In two weeks of research I have uncovered a minimal amount of cards that can be confirmed as altered. There are many higher end cards in his PSA submissions but the lack of first purchase data is the result of many of those being purchased raw or through avenues where the online purchase data is not stored. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Quality Cards is PSA Dealer (snipped from the PSA website) Link: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ July 11, 2001 article regarding Roehrig's submission of what became a graded PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (snipped from the PSA website) Link: https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...brings-275-000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Altered cards: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PSA Cert #40804620 1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson #50 PSA Set Registry: none Value gain of $1,635.99 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c*1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller teri781 as a PSA 5.5 for $1,964.00 on April 25, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b.../52402/PSA/5.5 Same card was *sold by qualitycards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 7 for $3,599.99 on November 05, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...50/52402/PSA/7 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red box identifies trimmed bottom edge The top has likely been micro-trimmed as well. Top right corner has been sharpened. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PSA Cert #42079894 1951 Bowman Dante Lavelli #73 - Population 1 of 3 PSA Set Registry: Mark W Value gain of $2,953.99 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c*1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller kityoungcards as a PSA 6 for $42.00 on September 02, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...3/101046/PSA/6 Same card was *sold by qualitycards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 9 for $2,995.99 on November 29, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...3/101046/PSA/9 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red box identifies where color has been added to minimize/mask obvious printing flaw. No back image provided with the first sale. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PSA Cert #42130117 1948 Leaf Babe Ruth #3 PSA Set Registry: none Value gain of $1,195.99 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c*1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller scu316 as a PSA 2.5 for $1,000.00 on April 21, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b.../42417/PSA/2.5 Same card was *sold by Ebay seller qualitycards (Craig Roehrig) as a PSA 3 for $2,195.99 on April 10, 2019. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/b...-3/42417/PSA/3 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red boxes identify corner work. I don't know enough to say what was done, but something was done. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PSA Cert #42079884 1952 Bowman Small Frank Gifford #16 - Population 1 of 4 PSA Set Registry: The Hawkeye Collection Value gain of $4,384.01 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c*1 (Craig Roehrig) from Ebay seller amerlegends as a PSA 6 for $319.99 on August 23, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/100760/PSA/6 Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 9 for $4,704.00 on April 06, 2019. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/100760/PSA/9 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red box identifies trimmed bottom edge and stain removed from back. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PSA Cert #42079800 1952 Bowman Large Frank Gifford #16 PSA Set Registry: none Value gain of $1,108.80 This card was purchased by masked VCP ID c1 (Craig Roehrig)* from Ebay seller b-e-collectibles as a PSA 5 for $180.00 on April 21, 2018. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/154875/PSA/5 Same card was sold by Memory Lane Auctions as a PSA 8 for $1,288.80 on April 06, 2019. VCP link: https://vintagecardprices.com/card/f...6/154875/PSA/8 Yellow circles are print, fiber, or chipping identifiers. Red box identifies trimmed right edge as well as what appears to be a spider crease on the back that looks to have been minimized or removed. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________ He has no rival, He has no equal.

02-08-2020, 11:35 AM	#2
Rjcollings1973 Member Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Mobile Alabama Posts: 579 Deepsouthtreasures	Another one on blast! Hope his business gets ruined!

02-08-2020, 11:39 AM	#3
Wiseguy917 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,558	PSA doing what they do best, ripping off morons... __________________ PSA is like a 70s Porn Star...They don’t care if it’s trimmed or not. Being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets

02-08-2020, 11:39 AM	#4
tore4678 Banned Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: couch in the basement Posts: 101	BOOM! great work

02-08-2020, 11:48 AM	#5
pspa123 Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 3,774	Craig is one of the original PSA dealers, if memory serves. __________________ "We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity." Opening narration, The Outer Limits.

02-08-2020, 11:54 AM	#6
base set Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NW Michigan Posts: 9,638	If I can see the fresher white cardboard edge in the scans......can't PSA see it in hand?

02-08-2020, 11:56 AM	#7
pip Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: French underground Posts: 4,009	Craig Roehrig was outed many years ago on the Collectors Universe forums, but at the time it seemed like conjucture as there was no hard proof. The letter from the "PSA Insider" names Rick Changie, one of Roehrig's long-time confidants and business partners, as a card doctor as well, so this is not entirely surprising. Card doctors, like wild dogs, often travel in packs. It has been rumored for many years that Roehrig altered cards and, like TripleSSS, performed some of the most advanced work. It is also known that he has had a close relationship with some of PSA's graders. His PSA 10 1952 Topps Mantle, for instance, was initially in a PSA 9 holder and may have had some "work" done to it. Great work, corndog. Yet another PSA recommended card doctor has been caught.

02-08-2020, 01:11 PM	#14
coltsnsox07 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 22,475	Damn, from my state.

02-08-2020, 01:27 PM	#16
Rooftop Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,596	Bought a few cards from that POS.

02-08-2020, 02:20 PM	#21
auburn35 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,456	Nice work corndog! Looks like I'll be adding to my collection of attorney general and DOJ complaints on Monday, when I reach out to Wisconsin. __________________ Ashley Lelie Rookie Collector, always looking for more.

02-08-2020, 02:32 PM	#23
tconte Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Marlton, NJ - Less Than an Hour from the Millville Meteor! Posts: 2,054 aconte	He's been on my "do not buy from" list since I started with graded cards. I've noticed that on his ebay auctions you can't make the pictures larger either. If the pics don't grow, I must say no!