Suspicious?

[Bpm0014]

Upper border possibly trimmed?

[e107collector]

I agree with all of the previous posts, seems strange.

Also, why is the card still in a GAI holder?? You would think the consignor and/or auction house would want it in a PSA or SGC holder. Odd indeed.

Tony

[MikeGarcia]

Please give me his name ; I'd like to contact that wordsmith so I can have him do my obituary.

[ullmandds]

is this card even real?

[bosoxphan]

Looks like a reprint to me. Has a lot of surface wear which makes it tougher to tell but in the legit versions I've seen the letter on his uniform and the bottom border are about the same color. Reprints the letter on his uniform is noticeably lighter than the black line.

[ullmandds]

i dont like the looks of the star studded rectangular box with his name in it.

Maybe it's a flash but the periphery looks odd...almost pasted on?

[the-illini]

The back has a fair amount of wear as well. I don't think GAI would have even graded that card a 7.5. Looks like a cracked case and switched-out card IMO

[rednecksims]

Be careful of GAI. There have been several instances where GAI have been sent to other third party graders and have came back as not authentic. I wont touch them personally (even auto cert) with a 10 foot poll.

David

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by rednecksims

Be careful of GAI. There have been several instances where GAI have been sent to other third party graders and have came back as not authentic. I wont touch them personally (even auto cert) with a 10 foot poll.

David

That's what I was thinking. I know some GAI stuff is legit, but I'm surprised they would even take something like this on without a changeover to PSA/SGC. Some might think it's overboard, but I wouldn't buy any GAI stuff for anything involving anywhere near that much money.

[rednecksims]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

That's what I was thinking. I know some GAI stuff is legit, but I'm surprised they would even take something like this on without a changeover to PSA/SGC. Some might think it's overboard, but I wouldn't buy any GAI stuff for anything involving anywhere near that much money.

I have purchased one thing that was GAI cert but I felt comfortable with because I knew the autograph in and out. Stuff from the early 2000s is generally accepted as authentic but when they ran into money troubles around 2010 they started pumping out all kinds of fakes. With them please do your homework.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Did someone want to do the "paint shaker" experiment on the GAI holder?