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Marc S.To the extent that you are willing to trust the expertise and guidance of Kevin (which I know you are, Jim, as am I), Kevin reviewed for me about a dozen 1955 Bowman cards that had been cracked out of GAI holders, all graded 9 MINT, including one 9.5 GEM MINT and none graded lesser. Kevin was able to identify trimming, recoloring and glossing on nearly every example I sent him.
I have since had a dealer/auction house tell me that he would no longer accept consignments of Global graded 1955 Bowman baseball cards.
Additionally, I can probably give you the names of 6 or 7 other advanced 1955 Bowman baseball collectors who have bought high-grade 1955 Bowman GAI cards that they have since sold because they would not cross due to various alteration (and not M/G) issues.