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Posted By: JimB

King said,
"I also wonder about the affect of GAI's half-grade on PSA 8 pops. When GAI first started business, some people crossed their PSA 8s to GAI 8.5s thinking the half-grade upgrade had value. In recent times, with GAI down in the dumpsters, those same cards may have gone back into PSA 8 holders. "

I have done this myself. I had a PSA 7 Wiltse which I thought was undergraded. WHen GAI started, I crossed it to a GAI 7.5. Earlier this year I crossed it back to PSA 7. The PSA pop report counts it twice. They count the pop of E93 WIltse in 7's as three when I know for a fact it is two since they never deleted it when I crossed to GAI and it went from 2 to 3 the day I crossed mine back. This is just one example, but I am sure it has happened a lot.
JimB