NEED HELP.......Crossover Question

[Goudey77]

If SGC and PSA are onsite I would talk to a rep on both sides and ask them directly. Giving them details of who graded them prior wouldnt hurt to mention. I would personally go with PSA.

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by Goudey77

If SGC and PSA are onsite I would talk to a rep on both sides and ask them directly. Giving them details of who graded them prior wouldnt hurt to mention. I would personally go with PSA.

PSA is not doing onsite; {don't know about SGC is or not} they would bring them with them to CAl. I don't know if there reps would even know who he is.

If need be I can wait until the NAt'l in AC, this year, but it will probably cost me significantly more at the nat'l

[perezfan]

Maybe just crack them out yourself, and sell them raw, via Greg Morris.

You won't have to worry or stress over PSA's ridiculous fees, transporting the cards to California, their built-in crossover bias, the long waiting times, and/or PSA's general incompetence.

That's what I'd do... Greg Morris (raw)

Best of luck!

[DeanH3]

Baker was a very capable grader, but more lenient on small surface wrinkles, slight back damage and corner wear. And standards are much tighter today so I wouldn't expect an equal cross on most even if you were to get an unbiased evaluation.

My experience tells me that SGC has been more "fair" on judging GAI cards for their own merit. While PSA seems to see the holder and not the card. I don't know if this is still true because it's probably been 10+ years since my last experience. But I thought I'd share why opinion for what it's worth.

if you want to go with PSA submit them raw. If you want to leave them in the holder, send them to SGC.

If you're looking to sell, you're better off having your cards in PSA/SGC holders even at a lower grade.

Good luck!

[swarmee]

If you really want them in PSA holders, your best bet is to set the minimum grade at 1 point below what they are currently. If you set a GAI 7 with a min grade of PSA 7, most of them will likely get sent back in GAI holders. If they'll be worth more as a PSA 6 or above, then set the min grade to whatever your break even point is.

[cardsnstuff]

Thanks for the answers; I'll probably stop by at SGC and see what they say, I'm probably going to leave them in the holder, for now. Many are high grade, 8's, 9's and a few 10's. So, I guess I have some homework; I need to see market value for an PSA 8 as compared to SGC 9 etc. If they don't cross, I guess I'll make another decision come NAt'l time.

[Goudey77]

As mentioned before by Perez make sure to scrutinize the surface on your high grade GAI examples. SGC and PSA will both knock considerable points off the grade for surface scuffs, indentations, wrinkles that gAI may have let slip by.

[x2drich2000]

Only thing I would add is with 50+, $500 cards, whatever route you take, you may want to consider breaking it into multiple smaller groups just in case you get a grader having a bad day and also just to get a sampling of how either PSA/SGC handles them. If you submit 10 and the results are not what you expect that is going to hurt a lot less than submitting 50 with same results.

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by Goudey77

As mentioned before by Perez make sure to scrutinize the surface on your high grade GAI examples. SGC and PSA will both knock considerable points off the grade for surface scuffs, indentations, wrinkles that gAI may have let slip by.

will do and x2d, good advice and a good idea. thx