PSA Crossovers from GAI

[rand1com]

Anyone have any personal experience crossing GAI cards with PSA? Do they usually pass with just a lower grade or are a high % rejected? If passed at lower grade, how many grades lower?

I am referring to the cards graded by GAI within the first year or so of their existence in their early holders, not the ones graded near the end when I know they were very suspect.

Thanks

[inceptus]

I've only done this once-- a T206 AB Hummel. It went from a GAI 5.5 to a PSA 4.5, and I was very happy with that result.

[Peter_Spaeth]

At this point, 20 years after early GAI, and in a really tight grading phase anyhow, the atmospherics may not be good. You may be better off cracking out and submitting raw.

[trambo]

0-2 with GAI. Both first graded and both were likely trimmed so PSA didn't grade them.

[Ct94122]

I decided to crack my GAI graded cards out of the cases and then submitted to PSA for grading. All came back with a numerical grade that was close to the GAI grade given years before.

53 Topps Paige was GAI 3.5 became PSA 3
55 Topps Mays was GAI 3 became PSA 3
55 Bowman Aaron GAI 4 became PSA 3
58 Topps Clemente GAI 4 became PSA 3

Cris

[rand1com]

Thanks to all for the info. Any other examples are appreciated.

[jh691626]

Originally Posted by Ct94122

I decided to crack my GAI graded cards out of the cases and then submitted to PSA for grading. All came back with a numerical grade that was close to the GAI grade given years before.

53 Topps Paige was GAI 3.5 became PSA 3
55 Topps Mays was GAI 3 became PSA 3
55 Bowman Aaron GAI 4 became PSA 3
58 Topps Clemente GAI 4 became PSA 3

Cris

Did you do this recently or was it a while back? Thanks! Jeff

[Sean]

When I bought this is was graded GAI 1.5. It crossed to this PSA 1.IMG_1526.jpg

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[Marslife]

GAI to SGC if this helps...

GAI to SGC AB 1.JPG

GAI to SGC AB.JPG

[Joe Hunter]

A few years ago I cracked out several early GAI cards from the 1950's and 60's and sent them to PSA. All came back within a grade (+ or -) of the GAI grade. Cards graded in the early days of GAI were fine, for the most part, but the later GAI graded cards, not so much.