View Full Version : Thoughts on this '52 Mantle please
smrtn240
06-08-2014, 03:05 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Mickey-Mantle-Bowman-GAI-9-Mint-High-End-New-York-Yankees-101-HOF-RC-MT-/221454423147?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item338fb6546b#ht_296wt_1238
Could this card be trimmed? I'm really considering bidding on it and I know GAI has been known to grade trimmed cards numerically without saying so. Any experience with this being the case with GAI? Thanks guys
Sean1125
06-08-2014, 03:07 PM
I believe it is short on the bottom border.
marvymelvin
06-08-2014, 03:14 PM
First of all, throw this question over to the post war pre 80's list. You might get a lot more response.
It looks great, definitely worthy of the grade, although psa might knock it down a bit for top to bottom centering. Close but slightly off. A 14 day guarantee is worth everything. What psa grade would you be happy with?
bnorth
06-08-2014, 03:29 PM
I would not trust anything in a GAI slab. If it was really that nice of card it would be in a PSA or SGC slab. If you are not familiar with GAI/Global Authority just do a Google search or even better yet look at there BBB rating and see all the scams they have pulled on their costumers.
No opinion on the grade or card, but that is their original, old label from when they were considered a reputable grader. Their slide in reputation happened later on.
pawpawdiv9
06-08-2014, 03:35 PM
The bottom left corner area looks comprimised??
Takes me back to this 2009 article--FAKE PSA 9 on Ebay
http://www.sportscardsuncensored.com/fake-psa-9-1952-bowman-mantle-on-ebay/
I guess its better than taken the one graded 8.5 by PRO for 2400 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Bowman-MICKEY-MANTLE-GRADED-8-5-NM-MT-VERY-RARE-CONDITION-/151317129390?