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GEM grading a joke I guess

1967topps1967topps Posts: 459 ✭✭
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Not surprised to write this, since its not one of the big two or three

Look at this joke of a grading they call the centering 9.5 on this GEM MINT 10 of '64 Niekro1964 Niekro graded by GEM
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1967and 1973 Topps baseball wantlists (any condition) welcome. Once had the #14 ATF 1967 set. Yet another collector like skylaneflyer, gimel1 who made it to the completion of 1967 only to need the money more than the company of 609 close friends.
Looking for oddball Norm Cash and Cleon Jones stuff, and 1956 team cards

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  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭
    That's actually GRA not GEM, but they are birds of a feather.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Blah!
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    the GRA guy should be shot..
    ·p_A·
  • PB55PB55 Posts: 119
    I bought this GEM ELITE 1987 GREG MADDUX LEAF FOR $20.00 ON Ebay. TOOK THE CARD TO A CARD SHOW,TRY TO TRADE IT , NO ONE WOULD TOUCH IT, THEY ONLY WANTED PSA. SO I CRACKED IT OPEN SENT IT TO PSA CAME BACK PSA GEM MINT 10 BV $230.00. HOWEVER MY OVERALL THOUGHT OF GEM (A JOKE)








    ALWAY LOOKING FOR;
    NOLAN RYAN PSA 10
    DON DRYSDALE PSA 7
    SANDY KOUFAX PSA 7
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I bought this GEM ELITE 1987 GREG MADDUX LEAF FOR $20.00 ON Ebay. TOOK THE CARD TO A CARD SHOW,TRY TO TRADE IT , NO ONE WOULD TOUCH IT, THEY ONLY WANTED PSA. SO I CRACKED IT OPEN SENT IT TO PSA CAME BACK PSA GEM MINT 10 BV $230.00. HOWEVER MY OVERALL THOUGHT OF GEM (A JOKE)
    >>


    Surprised it wasn't a GEM Super extra holy cow mint 15.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Blah!
  • gregm13gregm13 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭
    I just bought a GEM 10 1988 Dan Marino Starting Lineup card. It was by far the nicest I've seen and I'm interested whether it has been trimmed when I submit to PSA.

    This is my first (and hopefully last) GEM card but it was the only way to find the card I've been looking for and need for my Marino master set.

    Regards,

    Greg M.
    Collecting vintage auto'd fb cards and Dan Marino cards!!

    References:
    Onlychild, Ahmanfan, fabfrank, wufdude, jradke, Reese, Jasp, thenavarro
    E-Bay id: greg_n_meg
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    GEM Elite sucks. Here's my past, newbie experience with them (live and learn).

    1981 Pawtucket Wade Boggs, GEM 10 Mint = FAKE
    1984 Pawtucket Roger Clemens, GEM 10 Pristine = FAKE
    1983 Topps Wade Boggs, GEM 10, Mint = trimmed, so obvious once it was out of the case, I didn't bother to get it authenticated
    1985 Topps Tiffany, Roger Clemens, GEM 10 Pristine = BGS 8.5 (hurrah, it wasn't trimmed or fake)

    I've only had one card from GRA and they suck as well. It was a 1985 Donruss Roger Clemens that was graded as a 10 with all four sub-grades receiving a 10. After taking it out of the case, which does a great job of hiding flaws, I'd give it no more than a PSA 8 or a BGS 8.5. Well, I suppose I should be thankful that it's not trimmed anyway.

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