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gai grades=psa grades?

dtsadtsa Posts: 235 ✭✭
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Has anyone broken a gai case and submitted to psa? do they cross or is gai one grade higher than psa? i.e. gai 8=psa 7. thanks

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  • VintageJeffVintageJeff Posts: 1,282 ✭
    You will never get a straight answer because there isn't one. Grading is subjective. All 8's are not equal. You could buy 10 GAI 8's submit them all to psa and depending on the cards get a complete smattering of results from PSA 6'2, 7's, 8's, 9's, qualifiers, or they could come back trimmed or altered etc. There is no way to tell.
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  • WizardsguildcardsWizardsguildcards Posts: 536
    I personally have had good success in my GAI crossovers

    5 attempts..

    GAI 9 = PSA 10
    GAI 9 = PSA 9
    GAI 8 = PSA 9
    GAI 8 = PSA 9
    GAI 8 = PSA 7
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Wizard-
    crackouts or crossovers?

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    three for me

    1966 Topps HKY GAI 9=PSA 9 (1st one ever at that grade)
    1991 Desert Shield GAI 9=PSA 9
    1974 Topps GAI 9=PSA 9

    edit to add: all were crack outs. as BooPotts once said, friends don't let friends submit GAIs on crossovers in their holders.
    Next MONTH? So he's saying that if he wins, the best-case scenario is that he'll be paying for it two weeks after the auction ends?

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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>three for me

    1966 Topps HKY GAI 9=PSA 9 (1st one ever at that grade)
    1991 Desert Shield GAI 9=PSA 9
    1974 Topps GAI 9=PSA 9

    edit to add: all were crack outs. as BooPotts once said, friends don't let friends submit GAIs on crossovers in their holders. >>



    Indeed! You must roll the dice. Plus, there's there's the 'weenie factor' that comes from submitting cards for crossover. If you don't have a bit of gamble in ya then this is the wrong hobby to get into!
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I've had some great success.
    These were all cracked out.

    gai 10 = sgc 100
    gai 10 = sgc 100
    gai 10 = sgc 100
    gai 9.5 = bgs 9.5
    gai 9.5 = bgs 9.5
    gai 9 = psa 10
    gai 9.5 = evid of trim (psa) <---this was the only ever evid of trim
    from psa from a crack out.
    Had about 20 gai 9.5 cross over to psa 10. This was when GAI was brand new. My crack outs were all done about 2 years ago.
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    I cracked 2 1969 topps baseball cards:

    gai 8 = psa 7 Giants Heroes (mccovey and marichal)
    gai 8 = psa 7 Checklist with Mantle

    Julen

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  • WizardsguildcardsWizardsguildcards Posts: 536
    The 7 was a crossover, the others were crackouts
  • FabfrankFabfrank Posts: 2,312
    My only GAI crackout was a 7.5 that came back as PSA 7. I still think it deserves an 8 and will resubmit.
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  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    Good luck with GAI 7 Drysdale came back PSA8 59T.Have usually had equal or higher grade when cracked and submitted.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • JVetteJVette Posts: 206 ✭
    Crakced a 62 Topps HR Leaders GAI 6 - came back a PSA 7.
    FWIW
  • jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963


    << <i>Wizard-
    crackouts or crossovers? >>


    I can guarantee you that they were crackouts!

    If I were PSA/BGS/GAI, I would NEVER upgrade a card if I saw it in the competition's slab.
  • williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
    I had one GAI to PSA crackout in my latest sub. It was a 76 Joe Morgan GAI 8.5 that turned out to be a PSA 8.
  • WizardsguildcardsWizardsguildcards Posts: 536
    If I were PSA/BGS/GAI, I would NEVER upgrade a card if I saw it in the competition's slab.

    But then again what a way to gain customer loyalty while making the others look like they are too tough. Although I feel the tougher the better some feel just the opposite.
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