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…
Tag: Card Grading
PSA’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2022
It’s that time again, the last week of the year when many people are a bit sluggish after overindulgent holiday festivities. This is the time for reviewing the past year and setting goals for future improvement. These New Year’s resolutions…
Giving Thanks in the Hobby And Beyond
As the weather cools and the leaves fall from the trees, life begins to slow down and offer time for reflection. Daily life provides plenty of challenges, and yet we still have much for which to be thankful. At Collectors…
Which Rookie QB Will Emerge as the New Hobby Favorite?
The 2021 NFL season is upon us and for the second consecutive year rookie quarterbacks are primed to set off fireworks around the league. The 2020 campaign brought us Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, and Justin Herbert. Burrow, the No. 1…
PSA Uncovers New Information on Suspicious Soccer Stickers
It is well known within the hobby that PSA has hired a significant number of new employees over the past 15 months. Many of these new hires have joined long-standing teams within the organization such as grading, shipping and research….
PSA Delivers at the 41st National Sports Collectors Convention
Last week was one for the hobby record books. After watching the 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention (NSCC) get cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, PSA assembled a small but stellar team of graders, operations personnel, and customer service reps…
PSA Unveils Booth Plans for 41st National
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the hobby’s biggest sports collectibles show of the year is nearly upon us! PSA is happy to announce that the industry’s leading card grading company will be providing on-site authentication and grading services…
Father’s Day: MLB Families Star on PSA Set Registry!
This weekend, our nation celebrates “Father’s Day” on Sunday, June 20. Visions of America’s favorite pastimes like baseball, backyard barbecues and apple pie quickly come to mind. By connecting the dots a bit further from fathers to baseball to sons,…
PSA Acquires Genamint to Introduce Next-Gen Technology to Grading
PSA is proud to announce that it has acquired Genamint, Inc., a software company that will help improve and scale the process by which PSA handles trading card submissions. Genamint technology analyzes each trading card in real-time and is able…
More Submissions Require More Employees, More Space
The year 2020 will largely be remembered for the COVID-19 global pandemic. It’s been one for the record books, although these are the statistics no one ever wants to record. However, as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World…