Grades popped...12 Card CC

bikerider60

The two cards that didn't grade were cracked from a GAI Holders. Then again that Griffey SPX made my day, the first non Rookie Modern Card I have graded.

MINT 9 2000 TOPPS TRADED TTA3 BRANDON PHILLIPS CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH
MINT 9 1990 DIAMOND CARDS TAMPA YANKEES 17 MARIANO RIVERA TAMPA YANKEES
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2001 BOWMAN DRAFT PICKS AUTOGRAPHS GA GARRETT ATKINS
GEM MINT 10 2001 BOWMAN CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH BA-DM DUSTIN McGOWAN CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH
MINT 9 2002 BOWMAN'S BEST 130 GAVIN FLOYD AUTOGRAPHED
GEM MINT 10 2006 BOWMAN STERLING BS-HK HOWIE KENDRICK AUTOGRAPH RELIC
GEM MINT 10 2000 SPx SIGNATURE X-KG KEN GRIFFEY JR.
N3: EVIDENCE OF RECOLORATION 1993 SP 279 DEREK JETER FOIL
MINT 9 2004 SP PROSPECTS 356 ADAM LIND AUTOGRAPH
N1: EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING 1994 LEAF LIMITED ROOKIE PHENOMS 10 ALEX RODRIGUEZ
MINT 9 2004 BOWMAN CHROME AFLAC REDEMPTION CARD AA-JU JUSTIN UPTON AFLAC REDEMP.-AUTO.REF.
MINT 9 2003 BOWMAN CHROME 331 BRIAN McCANN AUTOGRAPH

lsutigers1973

Once again I will ask this, why is it always the highest "book value" cards that always end up not being slabbed?

Boopotts

<< <i>Once again I will ask this, why is it always the highest "book value" cards that always end up not being slabbed? >>




Because higher BV cards are probably more likely to be altered than lower BV cards.

bobbyw8469

But the two not slabbed were ex-GAI cards...meaning MIKE BAKER probably graded them. While I do have good regard for PSA graders (for the most part....the problems are a different thread altogether), I dont believe any can touch Baker in regards to grading abilities.

nam812

<< <i>But the two not slabbed were ex-GAI cards...meaning MIKE BAKER probably graded them. While I do have good regard for PSA graders (for the most part....the problems are a different thread altogether), I dont believe any can touch Baker in regards to grading abilities. >>



So, are you saying that PSA just happened to get those 2 wrong, or that Baker knowingly let a recolored and a trimmed card slide into GAI holders?

bobbyw8469

I am on LSUtigers side in regards to PSA somehow finding "fault" with the highest dollar cards in a submission.....

Boopotts

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<< <i>But the two not slabbed were ex-GAI cards...meaning MIKE BAKER probably graded them. While I do have good regard for PSA graders (for the most part....the problems are a different thread altogether), I dont believe any can touch Baker in regards to grading abilities. >>



So, are you saying that PSA just happened to get those 2 wrong, or that Baker knowingly let a recolored and a trimmed card slide into GAI holders? >>




I don't know what he's getting at, but IMExperience PSA never gets an N3 wrong. Every card I've ever had rejected for that reason has shown very clear signs of being recolored under magnification. Unlike the N1 designation-- which is hit or miss in terms of accuracy-- they don't tag a card with an N3 just because 'something doesn't look right'.

Also, I would simply add that almost all high dollar GAI cards are in those holders for a reason. No dealer is just going to give away equity by putting a card in a GAI holder for the hell of it, and most grading newbies will probably find their way to BGS. Does it mean that all GAI cards have been altered? No. But I would be quite surprised to discover that most of them haven't at some point been rejected by either PSA or BGS for one reason or another.