Who is gma card grading

You can expect my cards a month to be shipped direct to GMA in the future. It is nice to deal with a company that cares about their customers as much as the folks at GMA. I cannot say enough about them. Thanks for providing the kind of service you do. Steve Mackey Nashville, Tennessee I think I might try to find this cat on facebook and ask him if he needs his head examined!

I'm convinced. I'm switching to GMA or whatever they are called soon. Text I am a baseball card dealer. I jokingly said how I think everyone needs to sub junk wax rookies to Gma. I wouldn't give them one cent for telling lies to people!

Gma is the starter company of the famous Tma graders, Rgs, Pca and many other services get orders of slabs from them!

What I would like to know is who actually is involved in this practice of slabbing everything imaginable a gem mint 10? What do these bottom feeders look like?? The large lot I placed a bid on I planned to win it so I can list all the cards on my ebay account in raw form and send all his flips back so he can re-use them lol. January 21, AM. GMA is very cheap but it hard to sell. People say that PSA fees cost too much. I always wait until monthy special.

GMA is very cost effective and industry leader in eco friendly products. All of their slabs biodegrate in only 1 year! Any missing? April 12, PM. Wow, GMA has been around for 9 years? Bryan "When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep and not like the screaming passengers in his car. We can grade this card for you, but first we'll have to break your thumbs. If you're bored. Their grading scale shows only 3 grades.

Sign In or Register to comment. Miscut MC — A miscut focuses on the card itself rather than the image. The same is true if portions of more than one card are visible. Carving out a niche as a solid choice for getting cards appraised. It was formed by the founder of Beckett Publications , which has been at the forefront of collectible news since Centering — The centering considers how the image fits the card, and how it aligns with the border.

Surface — The quality of the surface. Wear and tear can cause creases and flaws, which are noted here. Edging — How well the edges of the cards align. White borders can blend more easily, making it slightly harder to detect any flaws. While edging is often seen as the least important factor, it still has a major impact on the overall rating. These subgrades are always considered when giving the card an overall rating, which is the Final Grade.

A card that receives an overall grade of 9. BGS uses an algorithm that determines the final grade using the four subgrades on the front label of the cardholder. The lowest overall grade is the first category to observe because it is the most obvious defect, and the lowest grade is the most heavily weighted in determining the overall grade. It was given a 2. How much the overall grade is higher than the worst subgrade depends on which subgrade is the worst, and also depends on how much the other three subgrades are better than the worst subgrade, measured by the differential in subgrades.

Lastly, Beckett is seen as a great option for newer cards, likely due to their methodological approach to grading. On-site reviews are a decent option, especially if Beckett is paying a visit to a city near you. CGC — The biggest player in the Comic Book grading business has been in the grading game for an extremely long period of time.

Despite being the smallest of the trio, CGC runs a tight ship and were seen as the go-to service during the early stages of the Covid outbreak. There have been a few growing pains along the way, but the pros easily outweigh the cons now that they appear to have ironed things out.

The only problems are one of the cons is a big one. No one likes to get less money for their cards when they are around the same grade vs the other shops. BUT we are monitoring this closely as we expect CGC to narrow the gap over the upcoming year as they gain more popularity with collectors. Miami, FL. Boston, MA. I just received my latest package back in late February.

Many like the eye appeal over the other companies. So, I like they are a trusted name once someone like me wants to resale. Not the cheapest or quickest turn around times. But I know that going into it. Norwalk, IA. Julian, PA. The smaller slabs make the cards easier to store. And I like that a 10 is a Smith, AR. We have received a few Black Labels! We love the look of the Black Label 10s!

The in-person grading process only took a few minutes from the time they got my card. Pretty cool option… Beckett should look into having this option at local card shows in major cities. We use Beckett on the majority of our cards we get graded.

New Orleans, LA. They have really stepped up their game too. Clearwater, FL. Below are images from the PSACard and Beckett websites showing their basic cost of the service of grading cards as you can see this is not a cheap hobby! SGC is still the most affordable of the three grading companies, although not as much as it once was. You can find out more about their pricing here.

But not in hard sealed case. So is it one of a kind? Are there more out there? I would sure like to know. The huge difference is resale value. The part that really seems criminal about SGC is they did their best to gather as many submissions as they could during the pandemic. That seems like a giant conflict of interest! Even if You cannot tell the difference at ALL! Just my experience as of now…. How long does the actually grading process take?

Not there processing aspects, but just the grading of the surface, corners, edges, authentication and centering. Who has the money, or the quality of cards to justify resubmitting over and over! Thanks for this! I have the opc complete set. I have seen a PSA 8 whose corners are decent and whose image is crap. I am not interested in good corners as much as I am interested in picture quality.

I purchased a Gretzky rookie nm7 oc as the image was spectacular and corners were decent. Whereas I passed on a centered rookie Gretzky with decent centering and corners as the image was crap. I want to see the moment more than I want to see corners or centering. Just my preference. Among them a 10 Pete Rose among other lesser cards.

I will also be improving the hockey set over that time. I am wary of buying non graded cards fakes? This is a great thread — thank you!

Corners, edges, centering, colouring etc. Based on the cost scenarios for grading this might cost a few bucks. So I took out my collection of cards and priced them according to the current market price for the same cards online. The cards I have are all brand new condition and placed in protective cases. My concern with sending in my cards to be graded is that 1.

Jeremy, your hesitation for grading is understandable, but I wanted to point out one flaw in your comment. Unfortunately, grading takes into consideration several factors that are beyond your control — for example, the centering of the picture on the card and the quality of the print such as print lines, dust marks, ink spread can cause a lower grade and they had nothing to do with the customer. Just keep that in mind before strongly considering submissions.

Why are there tiers of grading costs based on the value of the card? They are using the same grading techniques; the same grading scale; the same slabs. So why do I have to pay PSA more if my card is worth more? We both got the same service.

So why are we paying more for this one? I just received 13 cards back from BGS and was extremely dissapointed as it took 77 days to get them back and I paid for the 10 day service.

They also graded a Finest Gold Refractor card that was pack fresh and never out of my possession as altered. Totally Impossible!!! Plain and simple, if you want more money and an easier sell for your item with less questions.

PSA all the way. I have a long collection of sport cards and just getting to grading. What does it mean when you say Sub Grades? I would like to send it in to one of the 3 grading companies but would like your advice on how to package it properly to ensure it is not damaged and which of the 3 companies you might recommend it to ship to. My goal it to have it professionally graded in case I ever want to sell it. Also do they appraise the value also when they grade the ticket or do they just assess a grade on it and mail it back?

Website searches? I have never submitted a ticket or sports trading card previously for grading and value your input.

My biggest fear would be that it comes back as a fake but I doubt that since I purchased it back in from a reputable auction or sports house site. Thanks Also it would be nice to get the card back to me in a reasonable time period. Not more than a couple months seems reasonable. I also have a Jordan fleer rookie card. I am trying to do two things: 1. If real for sure, how to decide what service to use to get it graded. Please advise. Thinking of taking to PSA in N. Would you recommend grading also?

Is it worthwhile to have JSA Authenticate first? They are appox. And still intact in book. What are your recommendations please. Further to my previous post upon closer inspection some of the cards I received back from PSA are not the ones I sent in. I took pictures of my cards before I sent them in for grading. For example the Brett Hull card. His collar was black on the card I sent in, the card I received back the collar has shades of green. Not only that but one of the corners on the card I received back are in better condition than the corners on the card I sent in.

In addition there is a short horizontal indentation on the left side of the card I received back that is not on the picture of the card I sent in. Any advice will do. PSA is better if you are willing to spend and have the money.. PSA grades are worth more in the long run.

Upon closer inspection of all cards I submitted I found 8 of 10 to not be the cards I submitted by distortions on the returned cards not found in the pictures of my cards that were submitted, centering realignments, off center left of the returned card s when the pictures of the card s has them off center right or visa versa to a greater degree, repair of damage I did while preparing them for shipment sliced a corner leaving a layer of the card hanging when inserting it in to the protective enclosure and damage to corners on the submitted cards not present on the returned cards.

In any case lesson learned. I will not be submitting any more of the over 1, cards I have for grading. I Submitted my card s at Minimum Grade 7 and received no grade. PSA failed in flying colors.

I totally disagree. Their cases have been know to change color over time for one thing and they are too big and take over the card too much. BGS also overly grades in a very bad way, especially for centering. This is not a positive. Why would a ever so slight off centering unnoticeable to any naked eye keep a modern card from a perfect How can the same card measure differently for centering? They also seem to have authenticated about a million or more fake autographs. I have been selling cards for longer than any of these companies have been around, and I know two things for sure.

PSA cards sell way faster, and they commonly sell for more money than any other companies cards no matter if they are vintage or modern cards. Everyone who sells both knows this is fact. Almost all of the top 25 highest selling sports cards of all time in every single sport from Baseball to Hockey to Tennis were graded by PSA.

With a few very rare exceptions like that BGS 9 Trout that went for nearly 4 million. That card did hold the all time highest selling Baseball card record for a few months, until a PSA Mantle recently beat it by well over a million.

Anyone who says this BGS 9. The truth is that if a corner is imperfect, the best a card can grade with PSA is a 9. An imperfect corner on a BGS card however can still grade a This is fact, check it out for yourself. I have some Fleer basketball cards that I am trying to sell most notably Barkley, also Bird, Mullin, and Parrish.

It seems that grading is a must, especially with the Barkley card. Which service is best in this case?

Grading is BS and has ruined the industry. Anyone who gets cards graded for them by another entity for money is a chump plain and simple. You fools, they are making millions on you and fools of you all. I read your comment. Your 3rd sentence sums up the issue very well.

The others just vented anger in my opinion. So kudos on 3! The real issue be addressed is what is killing the hobby. PSA has now also raised their rates.

Then they mention this million card jam. Hey PSA… how about this: Hire more staff to grade cards, stop stealing money. What are we so stupid for??? PSA, Beckett are doing nothing but manipulating a wonderful market and what do we do… yep… we get led around by our dicks. PSA is manipulating the market. I will never use these greedy dirtbags……. In the attached image notice how poorly PSA did on the centering of these Jordan cards graded My ungraded card is centered the best.

I have had some of my cards graded and used a few of the different companies. You may want to update this again. Yep, I confirmed it — they raised their price by 3 times as much, effective 1 April And I have a semi large collection 10, cards , in which I could easily see having graded up to individually.

What service is recommended.