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Originally Posted by marzoumanian
The word that comes to mind, Phil, is tainted. As others have already mentioned, GAI started out great with men of integrity. What I was told years ago was that as the company grew, these men had no choice but to hire more people to grade cards and unfortunately these people started giving high grades to cards of questionable integrity (doctored). If you ever do decide to sell your 1953 Bowman color set, I would recommend AT THAT TIME to crack out the GAI cards and get them graded by the TPG you used for the other cards. I believe that TPG uniformity will make a difference in the final price you get. Look at it from the point of view of the buyer. Most importantly, make certain that you have a plan for this set. My two cents. Peace.
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Thank you for the feedback. I've never submitted a card for grading; what I have graded in my set someone else had done previously. The majority of my graded cards are PSA and SGC with some BVG and range mostly from 4 to 6, a decent mid-grade set. I still prefer raw cards over slabs and I'm tempted to "free them" with the exception of the Mantle (PSA 4-newer grade), Musial (SGC 4.5), and Berra (SGC 5-both newer grades), to ward off any accusations of having fake or altered cards.
I don't have a plan as I want to enjoy just having them, like when I was between the ages of 12-15 when there was magic in just having something old. The GAI cards would be returned to raw and placed in the rest of my set when the time comes, which hopefully remains far in the future.
Phil aka Tere1071