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KnopflerKnopfler Posts: 783 ✭✭✭
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Thinking of sending this into PSA, but I've never sent anything in before except for T206's. Anyone have a guess as to what it would come back as? Anyone have the SMR's. The Last PSA 7 went for about $425 on Ebay, and the last PSA 9 went for $1436. No PSA 8's or GAI's that I could find though. Thanks.

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  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366
    if you're lucky, it was a PSA 8 before it was cracked and sent to GAI for the usual "bump".

    is that paper loss on mick's neck?
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,437 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow Knop

    That's a really great card!

    Have you taken the 10X to it? What do you think?

    I have seen the reports go both ways.

    And if you send it in like that? A bump would not be in your future IMO.

    Crack? It's got to be worth more as an 8.5 than if it gets an 8.

    Can you scan the corners - blow them up and post them here?

    I know that's very time consuming.

    mike
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  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    To me it appears to be an 8 at best. Nice card nevertheless.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • KnopflerKnopfler Posts: 783 ✭✭✭
    Not sure about the neck. I'll scan the corners after dinner, so check back in an hour or two if you're interested. Thanks to all for the input.
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  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    It IS a great looking card, but I doubt you'd get a 9. If you're planning to sell, I'd say leave it in the 8.5 holder.



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  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭
    If you're looking for a PSA 9, you will have to crack it out. If you're okay with an 8, submit as a crossover with Min. PSA 8.
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    80-90% chance if you send it in in a GAI holder they won't grade it, on principle.
    I think it will get more as a PSA 8 than a GAI 8.5, unless it's in a Mile High auction.

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  • packCollectorpackCollector Posts: 2,786 ✭✭✭
    I would crack it and send it in if you are looking for an 8. I'm with anthony that it will sell for more in a psa 8 than a gai 8.5
  • KnopflerKnopfler Posts: 783 ✭✭✭
    OK, here it goes.

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  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366
    i agree that a psa 8 would be better than a gai 8.5, but i disagree that cracking it would be a good idea. i think the risk of it being graded lower (if, in fact, there's paper loss on mick's neck) is much greater than the hammer price difference of a psa 8 over a gai 8.5.

    regardless, it is a very nice card!
  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    From my experience with GAI crack and submits (never ever send it in on a crossover UNLESS you specify a minimum grade), an 8.5 gets a PSA 8 80% of the time and a 9 20% of the time. I've never had a GAI 8.5 come back lower than an 8 but I have had a dozen or so bumps to 9s...
    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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  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366


    << <i>From my experience with GAI crack and submits (never ever send it in on a crossover UNLESS you specify a minimum grade), an 8.5 gets a PSA 8 80% of the time and a 9 20% of the time. I've never had a GAI 8.5 come back lower than an 8 but I have had a dozen or so bumps to 9s... >>



    my experience is very limited, but i've cracked 2 gai 8.5's, and got a psa 7 & 8. both were dead-centered, but both had subtle flaws that gai overlooked / didn't care about. this card seems to fit that profile - dead centered, but with a subtle flaw.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,437 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanx for taking the time to scan the corners Knop.

    I have zero experience and defer to guys like Only.

    In viewing them - IMO - the upper left front border will keep from a 9.

    But, ya never know, but it would be a hi end 8 in a PSA holder if not bumped.

    thanx for sharing and good luck
    mike
    Mike
  • chaz43chaz43 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭
    PSA 7 . do NOT crack it. chaz
  • DaBigHurtDaBigHurt Posts: 1,066 ✭✭
    Have WCsports buy it. image
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  • williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
    I think it looks like a 7 as well. It looks a little soft for a 8 and a lot soft for a 9. I have sent in cards like that and seen them come back a 6 as well. I would not crack it! If you want it in the PSA holder, do what the others said and send it in holdered with a minimum grade of 8.

    It is a nice card though. Great centering and solid eye appeal!!
  • SlabbedSlabbed Posts: 306
    If you are looking for a psa 9 card to keep in your collection sell it And then buy yourself a psa 9.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Don't bother cracking. I think it's going to come back as Evid Of Trimming regardless. From the scans of the back particularly the right side; there's too much room/space, and there is more border on the top right of the back then there is on the bottom right of the back. Maybe it's just me.
  • 80sJunkie80sJunkie Posts: 1,314
    im a gambling man just crack it
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