gai 8 Topps '52 mantle on e-bay
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Plus trimming a 52T Mantle in an attempt to turn a 7 into an 8 is much too risky. The mostly likely outcome is it makes the rounds of the reputable companies and has to end up in a PRO holder, which is death as far as sales results. Much better to leave it alone as a 7!
Two things though that bothered me with this:
1. <<< Here is the most popular baseball card ever produced in NMT-MT condition and personally graded by the most famous grader in the business Mike Baker at the National in Chicago. >>>
How could this story be verified? Not saying it isn't true but...? Anyone want to call me cautious...that's okay...for $40+ thou I would be cautious. Heck - I'm cautious over twenty bucks - LOL.
2. This is the thing though that really bothers me...this guy has recently sold a number of PSA cards, so why not use PSA for this card? Unless he believes that this card in a GAI slab would get more money? - more likely there is another reason. I would have to believe that he had previously submitted this card to PSA - and didn't like the results - whatever those results were.
<< <i>I would have to believe that he had previously submitted this card to PSA - and didn't like the results - whatever those results were. >>
that is highly possible, he could have resent it to psa also but chose gai. I guess that is why there is a whole crack and resubmit game out there, we all play it but just have a different order.
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It was in a GAI 8 holder and it was bought for cheap -- cheap compared to PSA 8, that is.
The new owner promptly sent it in the GAI holder to PSA, specifying 8 as the crossover grade. Probably his plan from the start, to increase the card's value either for his own collection or to flip for a profit. He's got some serious coin to play with!
After careful consideration, and paying absolutely no attention to the holder it's in, the folks in Newport Beach deem the card is not worthy of PSA 8 and give it the dreaded M/G rejection sticker. Maybe the owner tries a couple times, because there's a few thousand bucks at stake if he's successful.
Disappointed but not surprised at how things work in the competitive world of professional grading, Mr. Sportscard Daytrader shrugs and puts the card up for sale as GAI 8.
-- Or if you want to believe his story about getting it graded by Baker at the National, maybe it was in a BVG 7.5 or SGC 86 holder, and he got his desired half-point bump from GAI. Thinking to add an instant $10K to his likely sale price, he then walks over to the PSA table and asks to cross at the same grade. After careful consideration, and paying absolutely no attention to the holder it's in, the PSA folks deem the card is not worthy of PSA 8.
<< <i>Here's a couple possible scenarios (out of many):
It was in a GAI 8 holder and it was bought for cheap -- cheap compared to PSA 8, that is.
The new owner promptly sent it in the GAI holder to PSA, specifying 8 as the crossover grade. Probably his plan from the start, to increase the card's value either for his own collection or to flip for a profit. He's got some serious coin to play with!
After careful consideration, and paying absolutely no attention to the holder it's in, the folks in Newport Beach deem the card is not worthy of PSA 8 and give it the dreaded M/G rejection sticker. Maybe the owner tries a couple times, because there's a few thousand bucks at stake if he's successful.
Disappointed but not surprised at how things work in the competitive world of professional grading, Mr. Sportscard Daytrader shrugs and puts the card up for sale as GAI 8.
-- Or if you want to believe his story about getting it graded by Baker at the National, maybe it was in a BVG 7.5 or SGC 86 holder, and he got his desired half-point bump from GAI. Thinking to add an instant $10K to his likely sale price, he then walks over to the PSA table and asks to cross at the same grade. After careful consideration, and paying absolutely no attention to the holder it's in, the PSA folks deem the card is not worthy of PSA 8. >>
Wait? You mean... No! It can't be! No consipiracy? Ack. What will we all do? I think your scenario of it being in an SGC holder and getting looked at by Baker at the National is a very real possibility. I'm sure he ran it over to the PSA and BGS booths there as well just to see what his hit rate might be. I would feel pretty confident that if this card was in fact graded by GAI at the National, you can bet Baker looked at it.
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Heh? Conspiracy story?? We are discussing whether or not the seller is telling a true story, and whether or not GAI graded the card correctly.
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