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Help with GAI card

cspeier1cspeier1 Posts: 486
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I know this is the PSA forum, but I need help. It seems that long time PSA collectors and dealers seem to have a heads-up on GAI stuff. What I need help on is a GAI 9.5 Marino rookie. How much is it worth compared to PSA. Are they worth half? are the standards as good, easier? I'm just curious, I now own a GAI 9.5 Marino Rookie and I "HOPE" I didn't make a mistake.. Thanks Guys..

Chad

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  • KnlsportsandmoreKnlsportsandmore Posts: 38

    If you are refering to the 95 that recently sold on Ebay then I think you did pretty good. PSA, BGS and GAI(when there is enough to compare) all seem to stack up very close on most anything made after 1980. Earlier than that PSA does laps around the others.
  • ThegradinatorThegradinator Posts: 146
    My crossover experience with GAI is that it goes down 2 grades to PSA. I emphasize MY experience.
  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    GAI is like PSA , there will be some overgrades and you would be a fool to try to cross them but for the most part , they are consitant with PSA grading guildlines. I have had a few and broke a couple out that went up on a cross and the others would stay the same or lose the 1/2 grade if I crossed so they are still in their GAI holders.

    If a card is dropping 2 grades on a cross I have to question why you would crack it out when a review in the holder would tell you that you will be destroying value?
  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    Personally I have crossed two gai cards. Both cracked out and then submitted. Both were GAI 9's. One crossed to a PSA 10 the other stayed a 9, after looking more closely at it I realized why. I personally wouldn't bother cracking a GAI 9.5, you might try it on the straight crossover service though. I figure why risk damaging a card that's already graded a 9.5 that is at least in a somewhat respected holder. Obviously if it was Pro/Gem/AGS/Snaggletooth or some other garbage then crack away. I would leave it in the GAI 9.5 and just send it in for crossover. Maybe twice. image Otherwise, any 9's I say take a good look at them and if they look legit then crack'em out.

    Here is an example of GAI pricing that I found in the Beckett. Take it for what it's worth.
    I happen to have this card in a GAI 9.5
    86 Donruss The Rookies
    BGS 9.5 $350
    PSA 10 $250
    GAI 9.5 $150

    I don't have a football beckett handy but I would say a GAI 9.5 is probably close to SMR on a PSA 10. (If Beckett were pricing it) maybe 10-15% less.
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  • GlynparsonGlynparson Posts: 182
    PSA SGC and GAi are in my opinion all legitimate companies with a strong secondary market. Go to any major show and GAI is fastly becoming the second most seen grading company, in leading dealers cases. this tells me they see them as legitimate, unlike another company that many group as a big 4 but you almost never see on dealers tables (THERE IS AREASON FOR THIS MOST BIGTIME DEALERS KNOW THIS COMPANY LETS TRIMMED CARDS THROUGH) BUT GAI PSA AND SGC ALL SEEM TO BE ON THE UP AND UP AT THIS POINT. so i would try to cross it if you only collect psa or are looking to sell short term but if you are holding it for the long term i dont think leaving it in the gai holder would be a bad move.image
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  • DavinoDavino Posts: 333 ✭


    << <i>PSA SGC and GAi are in my opinion all legitimate companies with a strong secondary market. Go to any major show and GAI is fastly becoming the second most seen grading company, in leading dealers cases. this tells me they see them as legitimate, unlike another company that many group as a big 4 but you almost never see on dealers tables (THERE IS AREASON FOR THIS MOST BIGTIME DEALERS KNOW THIS COMPANY LETS TRIMMED CARDS THROUGH) BUT GAI PSA AND SGC ALL SEEM TO BE ON THE UP AND UP AT THIS POINT. so i would try to cross it if you only collect psa or are looking to sell short term but if you are holding it for the long term i dont think leaving it in the gai holder would be a bad move.image >>





    That's good advice, GP, and I fully agree with both your observations of the "up and coming" of GAI on dealer tables and the fact that they are part of a "top three" and there is no "4th" company! No image here!
  • cspeier1cspeier1 Posts: 486
    Thanks Guys for the output. I also found a couple of other cards interesting that this seller had. The first was a Jerry Rice GAI 9 and the other a Emmitt Smith 101T GAI 9. I had a eye on both of them. but felt they ended at more that I was willing to pay. For example last month on Ebay:
    PSA 9 Rice Rookie $176.52
    BGS 9 Rice Rookie $310.00
    GEM 9 Rice Rookie $50.99
    This GAI 9 ended at $187.50!!, very strong compared to PSA. Also last month a PSA 9 Emmitt Smith 101T sold for $62.51, the GAI 9 ended at $76.00. Almost another surprize.. I totally agree, I'm going to leave it in the GAI holder and forget about it. Maybe, just maybe, It was a great investment. Later on I may look real smart or have been real stupid.. Either way, it's still a great card..

    Chad
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