Notes: PSA-eBay Sales Tally: 52,000+; Ruth Photo Sells; Ballpark Show; Upper Deck Updates

PSA customers have sold over 52,000 cards in less than two months through the company’s new eBay partnership.

PSA acquired eBay’s vault in April and two months later rolled out the option for clients to list their graded sports and non-sports cards for sale through PSA’s new eBay store.

Cards can be listed for seven-day auction only but users can pick the day they want their auction to begin. PSA handles payments and shipping. The cost for using PSA’s vault to sell on eBay ranges from 7% to 16% of the selling price. Cards that sell for $1,000 and up get the best rates.

On Saturday, a 2002-03 Upper Deck SPx Kobe Bryant autographed Flashback Fabrics 1/1 card graded by Beckett sold for $24,584–the highest price for a card sold on the consignment platform to date.

Customers currently have over 13,000 cards listed for auction through PSA’s eBay listing pages.

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A PSA 3 copy of the rare 1948-49 Leaf Satchel Paige sold on eBay Sunday for nearly $47,000. 

PSA has still graded fewer than 200 copies of the pitching legend’s Leaf rookie card.

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A rare 1927 portrait photo of Babe Ruth sold for over $10,000 at RMY Auctions Saturday night.

The original Underwood & Underwood image has two embossed stamps from the company’s archive. Measuring 6x 7 3/4″, it’s been encapsulated as a PSA Type 1.

A photo of team members from genesis of the Ruth-Lou Gehrig barnstorming tour that same year sold for over $2,700.

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The Lansing (MI) Lugnuts are the latest minor league baseball team to host a card show. It took place on the concourse of the Class A club’s home ballpark, Jackson Field while the team was on the road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some updated Upper Deck product release dates:

2023-24 CHL Hockey – 8/14
2023-24 Credentials NHL – 8/21
2024-25 MVP NHL – 8/28
2024-25 MVP NHL Retail – 9/5
2023-24 NHL Ice – 9/5
UD Portfolio Golf – 9/5
2024 Upper Deck AEW – 9/11

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