Thoughts on this '52 Mantle please

[smrtn240]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Mickey-...#ht_296wt_1238
Could this card be trimmed? I'm really considering bidding on it and I know GAI has been known to grade trimmed cards numerically without saying so. Any experience with this being the case with GAI? Thanks guys

[Sean1125]

I believe it is short on the bottom border.

[marvymelvin]

First of all, throw this question over to the post war pre 80's list. You might get a lot more response.

It looks great, definitely worthy of the grade, although psa might knock it down a bit for top to bottom centering. Close but slightly off. A 14 day guarantee is worth everything. What psa grade would you be happy with?

[bnorth]

I would not trust anything in a GAI slab. If it was really that nice of card it would be in a PSA or SGC slab. If you are not familiar with GAI/Global Authority just do a Google search or even better yet look at there BBB rating and see all the scams they have pulled on their costumers.

[drcy]

No opinion on the grade or card, but that is their original, old label from when they were considered a reputable grader. Their slide in reputation happened later on.

[pawpawdiv9]

The bottom left corner area looks comprimised??
Takes me back to this 2009 article--FAKE PSA 9 on Ebay
http://www.sportscardsuncensored.com...antle-on-ebay/
I guess its better than taken the one graded 8.5 by PRO for 2400 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Bowman-.../151317129390?