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1994 UPPER DECK WORLD CUP USA TONY MEOLA SIGNED CARD # 1 WITH CASE

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-UPPER-DECK-WORLD-CUP-USA-TONY-MEOLA-SIGNED-CARD-1-WITH-CASE-/303267109721?hash=item469c20db59%3Ag%3AiVsAAOSwS-FdZkXI&nma=true&si=nftax3vDdKYDvrqUDT6SkCtQlDo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The base set came with the pentagon hologram. The signed cards came in hobby boxes with diamond hologram on the back, it should have a serial number, like these:

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/CollectionGallery.cfm/mem/deporcoru%C3%B1a/col/Collection1/sid/73508/1993-Upper-Deck-World-Cup-Preview-English/Spanish---USA-Autographed

The mail in, factory signed cards had pentagon holograms with serial number, like these:

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/CollectionGallery.cfm/mem/deporcoru%C3%B1a/col/Collection1/sid/82452/1993-Upper-Deck-World-Cup-Preview-English/Spanish---USA-Autographed-Factory

Simply put, if it has a diamond hologram, it should have a serial number. This looks fishy. I feel bad for the guy who bought it. Does anyone recognize the seller?

I'll give the seller the benefit of the doubt.  Reading this description, it could easily be interpreted as a base card that the seller (or somebody else) had signed in person. 

If it were, the hologram on the back of the card would be a pentagram like the base set, not a diamond.

I can see that it is a real hand sighed card. The flow of the ink and the scratches on the card have also scratched the ink.

Who sighed it is another question. I did not bother to look up his signer, To do a match.