Anyone know GMA Grading?! Legit?

[MansGame]

So this Joey Belle auction was listed on eBay but it's graded via GMA Grading. It's a pretty rare find for a Belle collector but is this company legit? I've never heard of it before and I'm skeptical that the auto is authentic or the cards grade, etc.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOEY-ALBERT...&ps=63&clkid=8261278191742411024#ht_866wt_922

Thanks for any info. Maybe it's just as reliable as PSA or BGS

 

[nyc3]

No not as reliable at all. I am not saying the autograph is fake since I haze no idea how his autograph looks. But as for the slab its worthless, and I am pretty sure I have seen trimmed cards in those slabs in the past .

 

[KOBEARODLT]

no its not, i bought a hank aaron willie mays cosigners dual autograph from a guy that was graded by gma...the "card" was printed on a piece of paper with a topps sticker from a different card placed on the back, luckily i got my money back

 

[MansGame]

Well the auto could be legit but this slab almost makes me not want it lol and I'm glad to hear the slab is worthless bc that was my guess...

 

[MansGame]

no its not, i bought a hank aaron willie mays cosigners dual autograph from a guy that was graded by gma...the "card" was printed on a piece of paper with a topps sticker from a different card placed on the back, luckily i got my money back

OMG... Well this could be a scam. Joey Belle autos are really rare and to find on this card and to be graded a 10 is crazy lol... Wish it were PSA or Beckett

 

[cgilmo]

There are only 3 legit grading companies.

 

[MansGame]

There are only 3 legit grading companies.

I must be brain dead right now... which am I missing?

 

[cgilmo]

I must be brain dead right now... which am I missing?

SGC

 

[MansGame]

SGC

Cool! So what's the deal with these other companies?! It's almost like a scam or something.

 

[cgilmo]

Cool! So what's the deal with these other companies?! It's almost like a scam or something.

sometimes it's a dude in his basement with a slabbing machine.


Complete with his mom bringing him cheetos and peanut butter sammaches.

Other times it's a former employee of the other companies who thinks he can do things so much better.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

I've been to shows where people will have obviously homemade slabs for sale. If the no-name companies aren't a dead giveaway, then the handwritten slips usually do the job.

 

[383astro]

It does have a JSA sticker on the back. Are these stickers easy to fake? Is it the card or the auto that is so rare or both? If its the auto get a PSA/DNA quick opinion maybe? If the card doesnt matter just crack it and who cares if it is trimmed.

 

[MansGame]

It does have a JSA sticker on the back. Are these stickers easy to fake? Is it the card or the auto that is so rare or both? If its the auto get a PSA/DNA quick opinion maybe? If the card doesnt matter just crack it and who cares if it is trimmed.

This card is pretty rare but finding a Joey Belle auto is tough and pretty odd if I don't say. Belle didn't sign Joey ever. As most of you know, he didn't like it and I'm always confused when I see a Joey Belle auto. This one is REALLY clean and then it's on this rare pre-rookie card. Then to have it graded gem mint 10 but by some joke of a compnay, the whole thing has me twisted.

 

[MansGame]

sometimes it's a dude in his basement with a slabbing machine.


Complete with his mom bringing him cheetos and peanut butter sammaches.

Other times it's a former employee of the other companies who thinks he can do things so much better.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jcmint]

Grading moron association

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

This card is pretty rare but finding a Joey Belle auto is tough and pretty odd if I don't say. Belle didn't sign Joey ever. As most of you know, he didn't like it and I'm always confused when I see a Joey Belle auto. This one is REALLY clean and then it's on this rare pre-rookie card. Then to have it graded gem mint 10 but by some joke of a compnay, the whole thing has me twisted.

Yet I have to agree with 383astro. The JSA sticker on the back looks legit. If I wanted the card/auto, I would buy it and break it out of that garbage holder.

 

[MansGame]

Yet I have to agree with 383astro. The JSA sticker on the back looks legit. If I wanted the card/auto, I would buy it and break it out of that garbage holder.

I have zero slabbed cards in my collection, so have no clue how hard that would be. Is it? If I were to chase this card that is what I would plan to do and maybe get it graded elsewhere?

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

I have zero slabbed cards in my collection, so have no clue how hard that would be. Is it? If I were to chase this card that is what I would plan to do and maybe get it graded elsewhere?

I have never held a GMA slab, but I don't imagine they are too strong. I have broken a few other slabs. You can search for sites that show you good ways to do so. I believe I just took a pair of pliers and crunched down one of the top corners, then pulled it apart.

 

[MansGame]

I have never held a GMA slab, but I don't imagine they are too strong. I have broken a few other slabs. You can search for sites that show you good ways to do so. I believe I just took a pair of pliers and crunched down one of the top corners, then pulled it apart.

Okay cool, thanks. (By the way, that signed pic in your sig is SWEET!)

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

Okay cool, thanks. (By the way, that signed pic in your sig is SWEET!)

Thanks, but my sig rotates randomly, so I'm not sure which picture you were referencing...