Just got a card in and upon inspection, it looks to me like a corner has been colored in with blue pen to hide whitening. It’s super hard to truly capture it in a photo, but hopefully these do a good enough job:
the first photo seems to show that one of the layers of the card is colored blue, rather than the normal white, and the hue of blue on the back corner edge looks slightly off.
I’m not crazy right?
+1 for altered
+2
Notice how the fingerprint suddently dissapears off the edge of the card but stays visible throughout everything else (including the blue borders!)
Slightly lighter hue than the card, but barely noticeable
Coloration on the top confirms the blue residue and since it’s nowhere else, I can only assume it’s altered.
Yes, probably altered. The best way to test for recoloring bleed on the edges is to stick the questionable card in a stack of non-altered cards. It’ll always stand out.
100% altered
Thanks all, glad to see I’m not crazy.
No biggie though, just need to convince eBay to let me return the card.
Me putting a entire CSI crime scene explanation in my post only for you to get the solution:
