PSA has moved to new offices and brought in newly hired help but the grading and authentication arm of Collectors Universe is still trying to decrease the backlog of submissions for autographs and trading cards. The news goes hand-in-hand with another record-setting financial quarter for the Southern California-based company. Collectors Universe released its financial … [Read more...]
Collectors Universe Move Coming This Month
Collectors Universe expects to move its offices to a new Southern California location this month. As we reported earlier this fall, the company received a $3.5 million, five-year loan to help finance the project. The company says the move is “due to continued success and growing demand” for its services, which include grading trading cards through its PSA division, … [Read more...]
PSA Upgrades Set Registry for Mobile Responsiveness
PSA’s Set Registry has a new design that should make it easier for collectors who want to interact with it via their mobile devices. Home to over 115,000 sets, PSA says the Set Registry is “the hobby’s most used online set organization tool.” It serves as a platform for collectors who collect PSA-graded player, team and company sets for sports and non-sports … [Read more...]
PSA Card, Autograph Business Continues Upward Push
PSA’s revenue for card and autograph authentication increased 15% in the last quarter of fiscal 2016. In its quarterly SEC filing, Collectors Universe—the parent company of PSA and PSA/DNA—said that amount represented record quarterly revenues of $4.3 million. “We generated record second half service revenues in fiscal 2016, which increased by $2.4 million, or 8%, as … [Read more...]
Crush of Ali Autographs Sparks Debate
Predictably, the online market was flooded with Muhammad Ali memorabilia in the days immediately following his death. Many of the items offered for sale were listed as autographed. For who have followed Ali’s autograph signing deals and the market for genuine signatures, some of the prices were too good to be true. Ali, whose signature changed over the years as he battled … [Read more...]
PSA Begins Dual Grading For Autographed Cards
PSA is now providing dual grading for autographed trading cards submitted for certification. The insert label within the PSA holder will indicate the individual grades for both the card and the autograph. For example, a card might be graded PSA Mint 9 while the autograph could be given a different grade. The move is similar to what Beckett Grading offers for autographed … [Read more...]
PSA-DNA Launches Autograph Sweepstakes
As the company approaches its 25th anniversary, PSA has plans to pass out presents. Bats, baseballs and jerseys autographed by a dozen superstar baseball and football players will be given away free over the next year as part of an ongoing sweepstakes. Historic Autographs will supply the items, which will be given away beginning this month at www.PSAcard.com/sweepstakes, … [Read more...]
PSA Adding Security Feature to Holders
PSA is adding a new security hologram to its ‘flips’, the red and white insert labels used in its card, ticket and pack holders. The hologram will be embedded in the face of every encapsulated label, according to PSA President Joe Orlando. The hologram will be actually part of the paper, similar to the feature already used on PSA/DNA autograph certificates and letters. The … [Read more...]
Notes: Card Show Marks 39 Years; Super Bowl Balls & PSA, Topps News
It’s going to be a nasty week for travel in New England, but promoters of the Cranston Sports Collectors Show are no doubt hoping things clear up by the weekend. The annual show, held on the Saturday before the Super Bowl for the last 38 years, is a fundraiser for the men’s guild of a local church. Founded in 1976, it’s the longest running show in New England with dealers … [Read more...]
Trout Joins ‘Most Dangerous Autographs’ List
Fake Mike Trout autographs are reeling in a lot of unsuspecting collectors. PSA/DNA Authentication services has added the American League’s young MVP to its latest list of most forged autographs. Trout joins Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and other sports stars whose names have appeared over the years on PSA/DNA's "Most Dangerous Autographs" list. "Trout has … [Read more...]