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Tag: PSA Grading Scale

Learning the PSA Grading Scale

May 29, 2020October 23, 2020Terry Melia

  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….

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PSA Now Uses Red Labels for All Encapsulated Items

January 15, 2019October 23, 2020Terry Melia

  Since the start of the New Year, PSA is now employing a new labeling process for any authenticated, encapsulated submissions. Here’s the official scoop. After 20 years of using blue labels for any items encapsulated through PSA/DNA, PSA’s autograph…

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Submissions 101: Submission Types

May 18, 2018October 24, 2020Terry Melia

When Getting Cards Graded, Choosing the Right ‘Submission Type’ is Important To show more collectors how easy it is to submit their cards to get graded, PSA is now launching several new company-produced videos within its “Submissions 101” lineup. The…

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Making the (PSA) Grade – Part 2

April 6, 2018October 23, 2020Terry Melia

Defining PSA card grading differences between VG-EX 4 to PR 1 Last month, we defined PSA card grading from EX 5 (Excellent) all the way up to GEM-MT 10 (Gem Mint). The higher the grade, the better condition the card,…

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Making the (PSA) Grade – Part 1

March 13, 2018October 23, 2020Terry Melia

How do you tell the difference between Gem Mint, Near Mint-Mint and Excellent-Mint? When it comes to defining the do’s and don’ts of managing your collection, one of the first rules of thumb is to preserve your cards. Because if…

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