gai crossover

illinifan912

Has anyone have a success or failure story of a gai card crossovered to psa or bgs?

artistlost

I have tried it twice and both times it was a no go.

mathew

MrVintage

Yes I had a GAI 9.5 71 topps Carl Yaztremski that wouldn't crossover to a psa 10 or 9. I also had a GAI 10 64 topps Phil Niekro that wouldn't cross to a psa 10 or 9. What kind of stuff do you want to crossover?

trapperlad

I have had GAI 7 1957 football cross over to PSA 7.5 and 7. I had Topps 52 baseball GAI 5 cross to PSA 6 and 5.5. I popped all the cards out and sent in raw. I have had all 6 cards from GAI cross at same or higher. Maybe I am just lucky.

dioworld

So is it better to pop the card out and send it in raw?

jivan

FAILURE.. was going to cross over 2 1969 basketball cards.. a wilt and kareem...SGC advised me that i would not be happy with crossover.. seems like they were graded at least 1 1/2 grades off from what gai graded them at...... just my experience

cpettimd

I cracked out about 5 1969 topps baseball cards graded by GAI, and submitted to PSA- I got equivalent or better grades on all of them (PSA 8 and 9). The GAI cards were graded by Steve Baker- I do not know if that makes a difference. I got the same results with BVG cards.

lsutigers1973

Jimmy cracked corn and I don't really care.

storm888

<< <i>So is it better to pop the card out and send it in raw? >>



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yup

mknez

I've never used the crossover service, but have cracked out GAI (old flip) and had them come back with the same grade from PSA

bobbyw8469

Submitted GAI card in the case, and did NOT meet minimum grade (wanted the exact same grade....GAI 8)...I hear people have better luck cracking them out, and dismal luck leaving in the case.....

BassPro77

illinifan912

so its best to crack them out and send them in raw?

MiniDuff

In general, I have had far, far better luck with crackouts of any card, psa, sgc, bvg as well, than crossover or review. Of course there are all kinds of risks involved (card damage, lower grade, min size, evid trim, etc.)

I once hit a psa 10 on a bgs 8.5 crackout of an A-Rod TR-1 Trade Card rookie... go figure.

wolfbear

Zero for 3 on GAI crackouts.

All GAI 8.5s that came back as PSA 8s ... which is what they probably were to begin with.

Your results may vary ... but probably not by much ...

Mescalito345

On a somewhat related note, a local collector is selling a 1984 Star Jordan #195 GAI 7 for $175. Is that a reasonable price? The card (#195) isn't listed in SMR, but the Beckett value is $350.

Allen

Pretty fair on the Jordan.

bobbyw8469

To get a good idea of a GAI grade.....take the GAI grade..and knock it down 2 grades....ie, a GAI 6 becomes a PSA 4. That gives you a VERY rough estimate about what the card is worth.......GAI cards are pure junk now.

Mescalito345

Thanks for the information. I thought that GAI had a pretty good reputation. Why have their cards gone down in value?

ElToroLoco

<< <i>I thought that GAI had a pretty good reputation. Why have their cards gone down in value? >>



They ruined it a few years ago by shutting down their website and moving (actually evicted) from their location in Southern California, without telling anyone or posting a message. People who had thousands of dollars of cards/packs subbed were stressing. Today, the problem is with their pack grading, they've been grading tampered packs.

KbKards

Their initial value was based on the expectation that you would be able to pop or cross a GAI card over to the same grade with PSA or SGC. The drop in value reflects the ability to do so.

digicat

I did manage a PSA 10 out of a newer GAI 9 on a modern card last year. I cracked it out though.

illinifan912

were most of the cards in the old pr new gai holders?

WinPitcher

I thought the initial value was in all the .5 bumps certain dealers/people got?

Steve