Alleged Fake Star Promos
These so-called Promo or Prototypes of Frank were allegedly printed by Star in the mid-1990's, several years after what's printed on the cards themselves.
The question of authenticity is not regarding who printed them, but when. It's important because issuing cards after the relevant year devalues the cards that were actually printed.
In other words, let's say today you decide to purchase a 1994 UD SP Alex Rodriguez Rookie for $200. Now, suppose Upper Deck decided to print more "rookies" today? I mean literally - they start the presses up with their own artwork, their paper, their foil, etc - a dozen years after ARod's rookie season. What do you think would happen to the cards which were printed in '94? Would you turn around and pay another $200 for a card printed in 2006 claiming to be ARod's RC?
Right
- no way this side of heaven's gate would you even think to plunk down a lousy
buck for something like that.
Why not?
Because
you know that Alex's rookie season was in fact 1994 - not 2006 - no matter
what it says on the card or what the manufacturer says. Which is why printing
cards years after the date stated on the cards is illegal.
BTW,
Star printed up a bunch of cards with tantalizing names like "Nova",
"Diamond", "Platinum" and so on. These cards include
any card named after a precious metal, precious stone, or cosmic event - it
doesn't matter what they're called - they're all very questionable.