PSA recently changed our policy on grading Star basketball in a way that is sure to please collectors of these important cards. When PSA debuted in 1991, we offered grading services for all Star basketball sets, which feature the first…
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PSA and Collectors Unveil Booth Plans, Services at the 2022 National
To celebrate the hobby’s biggest event, PSA is offering an $18/card ‘July National Special’ to Collectors Club members only PSA will be providing on-site authentication and grading at the 2022 National Sports Collectors Convention, which will be held at the…
PSA Opens Value Service Level
This entry was updated on June 30, 2022. Today, June 30th, marks the return of PSA’s Value service level for all Collectors Club members without any restrictions on the year a submitted card was manufactured or how many cards a…
Record-Breaking Price Established for Rare Pokémon Card
The Holiest of Grails in the Pokémon community, the famed 1998 Illustrator Pikachu, sold recently for a new record price of $900,000! The card was graded PSA Near Mint 7 and put up for auction by Goldin with an opening…
PSA Resumes Grading Two Japanese ‘No Rarity Symbol’ Pokémon Cards
PSA has officially announced that it has resumed grading certain cards lacking rarity symbols from the 1996 Japanese Pokémon Basic Set. Throughout the course of the series, most Pokémon cards include special symbols on the lower corners of each card…
Not All Fresh Pulls Grade PSA Gem Mint 10
“But this card was pulled out of a pack and sent directly to PSA!” As a customer service representative for PSA, it’s a statement I hear from collectors all too often. Their disbelief comes across loud and clear when a…
Understanding PSA’s ‘Minimum Grade’
When trading cards are submitted for grading to PSA, the best results are typically found in well-planned submissions. Pre-screening your own cards and understanding the different grading options can be very helpful. Along the way a handful of decisions…
Should I Get My Trading Cards Graded?
Should I get my cards graded by an independent third-party grader? And if so, which ones? You may have asked yourself these questions or heard your collector friends pose the same questions. Of course, the answer is entirely dependent…
The Challenges of Grading Ultra-Modern Trading Cards
There are a lot of things that go into the proper management of a third-party authentication and grading company that collectors might not immediately consider. Of course, qualified graders are necessary and reliable people are required to receive submissions…
Learning the PSA Grading Scale
Say you wake up one day and discover that your great grandfather left you a footlocker full of T206 cards. Or your late father willed you his entire 1952 Topps Baseball card collection once you secured your bachelor’s degree….