For someone with a casual familiarity with Pokémon, it is easy to see the franchise as purely about creatures with unique powers. But for avid fans, there is an understanding that the humans within the Pokémon universe can be just…
Set Registry
Check out our spotlights of various PSA Set Registry sets from across sports and non-sports.
Women’s History Month: Collecting USWNT Soccer Cards
Luther Ottaway is a serious trading card collector from Naperville, Illinois. He collects across multiple sports including golf, tennis, running and basketball as well as non-sports categories including cards from The Walking Dead television series. He began his cardboard pursuits…
PSA’s Top 5 Favorite Vintage Soccer Sets
Over the rich history of soccer collecting, there have been many different styles of cards and stickers produced. In Argentina, for example, cardboard discs were extremely popular, while in England, the majority of soccer collectibles were tobacco cards similar to…
Black History Month: Collecting Negro League Cards
Card collectors can be very focused. Some seek only the rookie cards of certain players, while others go after every card ever issued of a particular player. Others might hunt down special game-worn inserts or autographed cards featuring their favorite…
PSA Launches ‘My Top 10’ Set Registry Contest
As collectors, most of us enjoy showing our collections off to friends, family, colleagues, and sometimes, complete strangers we meet. Telling our stories about what we collect, why we collect, how we acquired the items, the values of our collections, the…
PSA Set Registry Recognizes Rising TCG MetaZoo with New Set
In late 2021, MetaZoo cards were among the top 10 most submitted items to PSA for a two-month span. MetaZoo is a young but promising trading card game (TCG) launched in 2020 that has gained an enthusiastic following in short…
PSA’s New Seven Wonders of the Soccer Collecting World
A month ago, PSA unveiled The Seven Wonders of the Soccer Collecting World in order to define the top seven most iconic soccer items from before 1980. The Seven Wonders of the World received a new variation in 2000 named the…
Cassius Marsh Kicks Off Magic: The Gathering Revised Box Break
On Monday Night Football this week, NFL veteran and current Bears linebacker Cassius Marsh made headlines by sacking Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger for a seven-yard loss on third-and-eight with 3:40 left in the game. It was a pivotal play as…
The Seven Wonders of the Soccer Collecting World
Beginning in 2015, PSA started selecting The Mount Rushmore of Cards for each segment of the hobby. Unlike other sports, soccer’s collector base has a much wider global reach, meaning that instead of using Mount Rushmore – an iconic American…
PSA Set Registry Launches Master Set to Honor Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s Legacy
In the same way that Pikachu is the poster child for Pokémon, it’s hard to imagine the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise without the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. This iconic monster has stood the test of time, receiving countless reprints and appearances in all…