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I’ll go first… I really like this example because of how it frames out the words “Red Sox” leaving it as ROX or rocks… I think that the gum is very straight with not much of a degree of angle at all and framed nicely across the players’s body. You can also see the OPC logo and full player name so this one gets a high grade from me… Let’s start making gum grading a thing guys… Why not? Got any good gum cards lately?

Just picked up a sick Matthew Golden RPA from the 2025 Origins Hobby. Raw values are decent but graded values are almost quadruple the value. I have heard Patches are hard to grade out. Question 1… Should I send it off for grading? Question 2… Should I send it to BGS or PSA to be graded?

I received notice from SGC that my grades are done. All cards submitted I first ran through Chat GPT to see how the AI grades stack against the real thing. Pictured are 5 “highlights” from a 15 card submission.

All other cards not pictured were exactly as AI graded or within .5 of the AI grade.

The AI grades first given for the pictured cards:

Joe Burrow - 9.0

Dart Green Disco - 9.0

Waldschmidt: 10/9.0

Griffey: 9.0 -9.5

Acuna: 9.0 - 9.5

As you can see, some were better. Some worse and the Acuna waaaaay off. I’m thinking Chat GPT may struggle with the black borders. Gonna crack the Acuna and take the $15 loss on that experiment. Overall though, Chat GPT seems like a good tool, but not a guarantee.