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Originally Posted by cardsnstuff
So I have at least 50+; $500+ cards that were graded personally Mike Baker during the early days of GAI. I know for a fact because I watched him do it, during the National in Cleveland in the early 00's. As I'm going thru my stuff, I realize they won't sell at their in GAI slabs for what their worth. PSA is in town this weekend at Valley Forge and I prefer to drop them off.
Questions:
1} Am I wasting my money {probably about $1k}
2] What % will cross assuming PSA will cross them? although I have heard horror stories about crossing GAI stuff.
3} SGC is in town too, am I better off giving it to them?
answers appreciated, as I can really use some advice on this and don't want to ship approx 25K in cards. I've never had them reviewed.
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Tony,
What's the objective? Are you planning to sell the cards? If so, then you're assumption of not getting total value on the cards is probably a good assumption and you'd be better off getting them sent to PSA or SGC. If they're accepting submissions on a walk-in basis at a show, that's probably the smartest way to go because you not only save on shipping, but you'll have peace of mind by not having to worry that they'll make it to the TPG.
If you plan on keeping the cards then why bother with getting them put into different slabs. They're protected already.
If you only plan on selling certain cards then do a walk-in submission for those cards.
GAI was a decent TPG but something happened along the way and they were assigning numeric grades to altered cards (not that it never happens with the other reputable TPGs - it just seemed to occur more with GAI after they were around for a while).
If the cards are newer, then I'd go with PSA, if they're vintage, the either SGC or PSA, however a lot of people are of the opinion that PSA gets higher prices. To me it doesn't matter because I don't bid on the grading company or grade.