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Check out this GAI '75 Mini from Gary

vintagetoppsguyvintagetoppsguy Posts: 871
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Does it look fake to you? I have never seen a GAI wax pack with mylar around the pack. Compare it to the real one.

fake pack?

Could it be fabricated? Or, if it is real, do you think it is re-sealed? He has 2 of these for sale. If GAI will authenticate wax for Gary, they will authenticate anything. No wonder they are out of business. I am seriously thinking about dumping my GAI wax while I can still get something for it.

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  • dizzledizzle Posts: 1,051 ✭✭
    Gary also has or had some 1988 fleer basketball packs graded by PSA as well as other sports and years too..not just GAI
  • jmbkb4jmbkb4 Posts: 2,963
    any eBayer that bids on anything from a 97.8% seller is FRIGGIN' IDIOT.
  • Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
    I have a 1951 Topps Red Back pack with mylar around the pack that's graded GAI 10. But that's just what I have.
    Looking for Carl Willey items.
  • PasadenaMudSlidePasadenaMudSlide Posts: 732
    Stephanie angers me.
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>any eBayer that bids on anything from a 97.8% seller is FRIGGIN' IDIOT. >>



    Amen, brother!

    Shane

  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,782 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't trust anything from Gary, but I have seen 75 minis in a mylar sleeve, though. I believe GAI begain using them to retstrict the pack's movement because there was too much space in the holder. They also use the mylar sleeves with 1975 mini cellos, too.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>Stephanie angers me. >>



    poignant statement
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Hi Gary!

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
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  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    He should try selling bats since he doesnt have any balls....
  • fandangofandango Posts: 2,622 ✭
    in that GAI 7, how can they see a brett on the back so easy?

    must be wide open, and that pack still gets a 7?

    how does a pack lose it corners? from rats?
  • rexvosrexvos Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    True Winner
    Looking for FB HOF Rookies
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
    From Steve's '75 mini wax break, I was lucky enough to get one of the Brett showing on the back examples - the wrapper is "just" translucent enough by his name (the card is facing up on the back) to make out that it is his card. image

    If I ever get mine graded, it'll be through PSA!
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭
    Too bad USPS wouldnt step up and investigate these claims of using media mail for non media mail items. Or have someone order boxes just to investigate with knowledgable pack experts for fraud.

    I dont understand why or how running a business like that can be worth it with all the headaches. Are those few bucks worth it? Not only that, no guilt for ripping people off? Stealing is more like it.

    Sad excuse for a human being.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,782 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was also lucky enough to get a 75 mini pack with Brett showing on the back from a box that I bought from Steve. You can very easily see the name of the player on the back of the pack if the back card is face out, and GAI will holder it as such when they authenticate the pack. I have PSA graded packs that do the same thing.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    GAI 75 mini packs have a sleeve, yes. But, it seems like his pack has a sleeve made of a softer material that clearly shows wrinkles. The material they typically used for the sleeve was much stiffer and does not show any wrinkles or folds. Gary's does so it would not surprise me if he has figured out a way to assemble fake pack holders. I have a few hundred GAI packs and I only looked at a couple of dozen but none looked like his.

    jmbkb4 has it right. Anyone buying from this guy is going to learn the hard way what a sub 98% rating means.
    Mark B.

    Seeking primarily PSA graded pre-war "type" cards

    My PSA Registry Sets

    34 Goudey, 75 Topps Mini, Hall of Fame Complete Set, 1985 Topps Tiffany, Hall of Fame Players Complete Set
  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    Ok, i read all of the post's here and not one of you mentioned the fact that the Brett will have a BIG FRIGGIN WAX STAIN ON IT!!!!!!!!!!
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,782 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, i read all of the post's here and not one of you mentioned the fact that the Brett will have a BIG FRIGGIN WAX STAIN ON IT!!!!!!!!!!

    That's obvious. But packs with stars showing will command a premium regardless.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    And also no mention of Gary being a great big ferry.


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