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…
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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…
PSA is Expanding to Better Serve the Hobby
The sports card industry grew at an unprecedented rate in 2020, and Collectors Universe, parent company of PSA, is expanding to better serve the growing hobby. In addition to hiring more than 85 new employees since April, to help…
PSA Set Registry Awards are a Celebration of Hobby Excellence
Trading cards and memorabilia are things that we all appreciate, and collectors celebrate individual hobby accomplishments throughout the year. But there comes a time every summer when PSA rolls out the proverbial red carpet and acknowledges what we consider…
Understanding PSA’s ‘Minimum Grade’
This entry was updated on April 25, 2023. 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….
How to Mail Your Cards in to PSA
Even a quick look into the trading card hobby reveals the popularity of cards that have been graded by PSA. There are many reasons to submit your cards for grading: protecting the cards; maximizing their value; and sharing your…
Journey of a PSA Card
This entry was updated on Sept. 11, 2020 and again on Oct. 21, 2020. The journey of a card sent to PSA to be authenticated and graded shouldn’t be a mysterious one. And when the card in question is…
Dick Butkus Card Values | PSA Collector Guide
Even when he entered this world 77 years ago, Dick Butkus made his presence felt. The youngest of eight children born in Chicago to Lithuanian parents John and Emma Butkus, he weighed 13 pounds, six ounces upon entrance. Growing…