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...]
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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...]
Collectors Universe Stock Perks Up With Russell 2000 Nod
Collectors Universe, Inc., parent company of PSA and PSA/DNA, announced Thursday that the company is being added to the Russell 2000 Index. The news helped push CU stock to over $21 per share at the close of trading. CU stock has traded as low as $12.52 per share over the last 52 weeks. In July of 2009, the stock was trading at $5.60 per share. The Russell indexes are … [Read more...]
PSA Parent Company: We’ve Certified 50 Million Items
Collectors Universe, the parent company of Professional Sports Authenticator and PSA/DNA Authentication Services, certified its 50 millionth item on Wednesday. "We opened our doors for business in February 1986 starting with coins and we received 18,000 coins for grading that very first month, a number far in excess of what we expected,” said David Hall, CU’s President and … [Read more...]
