Posted By:
Bob BeyerleI met some of the fellows from GAI today in San Diego at a card shop. They "pre-graded" a few cards. Basically looked at them and advised on what the grade would be. I agreed to have them slabbed and was fairly impressed by the service. Some examples: I had 5 70's HOFer's auto's authenticated. I had these cards signed in person and the authenticator immediately saw they were legit- These were cards I had signed as a kid almost 30 years ago.
I had 2 vintage signed items looked at, one I have many copies of but the authenticator wasn't familar with so he "passed" on giving in an AUTH. One item he thought may have been "secretarial" so didn't OK it. I was GLAD to see he didn't Green Light things he wasn't comfortable with.
As for vintage items, I had some E90-1's they were Very tough on as well as some T3's and T206's. Again, they looked at these for free, telling me in advance they would be 3.5's, 2's, etc. before I had to pay to get them slabbed. I still did get them slabbed. In closing, after meeting these gents in person, I'm slightly more comfortable buying GAI slabbed product. I still like SGC, but this was today's experience with GAI. I'll report back when slabbed product is in hand.