March Grades Popped GAI .5 Grade Crossovers - Mojo

gstarling

As I've posted on here a few times, I'm trying to complete the 1951 Topps Red Back set in PSA 9 or higher. Not sure if any of you follow these cards, but in the last few months, commons have been selling for upwards of $150 (SMR $110). So with the special, I thought I would try my hand with some crossovers. I looked at about 20 GAI 8.5s and found 3 I thought were undergraded. Here are the results:

31558906 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 3 FERRIS FAIN N/A 9
31558907 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 8 EARLY WYNN N/A 9
31558908 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 29 BOB KENNEDY N/A 9

Needless to say, I'm super pumped. Total cost on those 3 cards would have been in the $500 ballpark dlvd as PSA 9s off eBay. Cracking and resubmitting cost me a total of $230. A major savings there.

I did find 1 card out of about 100 raw I looked at that I felt was a 9. Talk about being completely wrong:

31558909 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 34 GRADY HATTON N/A 5

So in this one, I sunk about $30 into what is now a $5 card. I must have missed a surface wrinkle because I really thought the card was amazing.

That being said, I can't wait to get these cards in and get them added to my collection. Also, thanks for the advice on cracking and resubmitting half grades. It obviously helped. I was honestly hoping to get one PSA 9 and two PSA 8s. Getting all three 9s, makes my week.

poppie

Sweet!

gstarling

yeah, i'm pumped. anyone else got any recent crossover results?

RonBurgundy

Congrats! I don't have any crossovers right now, but plan to crack and resubmit a couple of 1957 GAI 9.5 that have terrific shots at being PSA 10's.




Stay classy,


Ron

aro13

gstarling - Congrats, on your crossover results. No doubt there are some excellent buys out there in GAI cards. I have had very little success on my GAI crossovers (when cracking them out first) to the point where I no longer buy GAI cards for my PSA sets.

Recently I finished crossing all of my ASA cards over. Most were my cards I submitted to ASA but some I bought from Hager. 90% of the cards I bought from Hager over the years that were pre-graded were non-gradeable. The cards I submitted to him were fairly close to the PSA grades with the exception of some cards that came back lower because of undetected surface wrinkles.

JoeBanzai

Wow, Alan Hager. Theres a name that makes me shudder. As a novice collector, I was frustrated at the so-called mint cards I was buying from some of the sellers advertising in SCD. Then I saw a full page ad for ASA graded cards going on and on about just what I was complaining about. I called and spoke directly with Hager who promised me he would find me a perfectly centered nm-mt 1956 Killebrew.

He charged me double book and I had to pay half down and the rest when he located the card. I agreed and several weeks later I was notified that the card was available. I paid the balance and received a perfectly centered card that would probably grade a 5 and certainly no higher than a 6.

I learned a very expensive lesson, don't believe what someone tells you, unless you have checked them out. As I showed my prize to several local dealers the card was universally laughed at. I then discovered Mr Hagers reputation. Live and learn. Now when I see a no returns on graded cards auction, I don't bid unless there is a VERY nice scan.

By the way, I in no way claim that I was ripped off. Just stupid enough to beleive what I wanted to hear.

JoeBanzai

gstarling

that's interesting about not getting your GAI cards to cross well. wonder why mine did? I grabbed them off ebay. Maybe the 51s are easier because of the round corners. Maybe I got lucky. Maybe PSA is getting more lenient. Who knows?

And I agree about the buying from "big dealers". The 5 above was from a big dealer that told me it was mint. A lot of that I put on me though. The scans were very detailed and then I did examine the card in person after I bought it but before I sent it in. I'm looking forward to getting it back and getting it under the ole halogen lamp.