For the third time in as many years, Collectors Holdings, the parent company of Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), is expanding the operational footprint at its headquarters in Santa Ana, CA. Collectors has signed a new, 15-year lease at its current location and is taking hold of another 102,000 square feet of office space. The Collectors organization, including … [Read more...] about PSA Parent Company Expanding Office Space Again
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Got Patience? PSA Opens $22 Bulk Service Level for Club Members
For the first time in 18 months, PSA is once again offering its Bulk service...but it may not quite be the Bulk service you remember from the pre-pandemic period. The company announced Thursday that it would be offering a $22 rate to Collectors Club members who submit 25 cards or more with a declared value limit of $199 each. Cards must be submitted via two options: 1996 and … [Read more...] about Got Patience? PSA Opens $22 Bulk Service Level for Club Members
Notes: Garage Sale Score; Grading Numbers; Tier One 1/1 Pulled; NetPro Returns; Huge New Shop
Collector Sam Dodero went to a garage sale last month. A conversation with the home owner led to a find he never expected. While there were no baseball cards among the items at the Midwestern house, he asked about cards and the homeowner went inside and came back out with something that had been in the family for about 40 years. It's a 1914 Cracker … [Read more...] about Notes: Garage Sale Score; Grading Numbers; Tier One 1/1 Pulled; NetPro Returns; Huge New Shop
Goldin, PSA Launch Quick Turnaround Service for Selling Cards
Goldin and PSA launched two new platforms Tuesday, both designed to get valuable cards to market in a short time frame. Customers who participate in the new programs — called “Grading with Goldin” and “Rip & Flip” — are designed for cards valued at $499 and above. Collectors will be able to send their raw cards to Goldin, which will forward them to PSA where they’re … [Read more...] about Goldin, PSA Launch Quick Turnaround Service for Selling Cards
Notes: ’96 Tiger Putter to Auction; Logoman LeBron Winners; COVID vs Cardboard; Grading Numbers, More
The first victory putter ever given to Tiger Woods, following his third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship win in 1996, will be on the auction market next week. The putter was created for Woods by well known club maker Scotty Cameron after Woods’ final amateur victory before he turned pro. It’s specially engraved with “1996 U.S. Amateur Championship” along the bottom and … [Read more...] about Notes: ’96 Tiger Putter to Auction; Logoman LeBron Winners; COVID vs Cardboard; Grading Numbers, More
eBay Expands Authenticity Guarantee Service, Partners With PSA On High-End Graded Cards
Another layer of protection has been added for collectors who buy high-end, graded sports cards. Officials at eBay announced Monday that the third-party selling giant is expanding its Authenticity Guarantee for trading cards to include graded cards sold for $2,000 or more. This time, the company is partnering with PSA. When a graded card is sold for more than $2,000 in … [Read more...] about eBay Expands Authenticity Guarantee Service, Partners With PSA On High-End Graded Cards
Notes: PSA Backlog Update; Stolen Cards Returned 25 Years Later; Fanatics Auction
PSA has reduced the backlog of cards submitted for grading to under four million. A year ago, that number stood at over 12 million. Most of the cards still in its possession arrived a little more than a year ago, just after the company announced it would no longer accept submissions except for its highest tier services. At its current rate, PSA should be done with … [Read more...] about Notes: PSA Backlog Update; Stolen Cards Returned 25 Years Later; Fanatics Auction
Jordan, Tiger, Robert Among Top Subjects as PSA Grades 1 Million Cards in Single Month
PSA kept the postal service busy in March. For the first time in history, the company says it graded and shipped over one million trading cards in a single month as it continues to work through a submission backlog that measured around 13 million cards around this time last year. The total was up 25% from February when PSA reported grading and shipping 802,694 … [Read more...] about Jordan, Tiger, Robert Among Top Subjects as PSA Grades 1 Million Cards in Single Month
PSA Parent Company Opens Seattle Office Geared Toward Tech
A high tech push and expanding geographic presence of PSA’s parent company are continuing with word of a new company office opening in the Pacific Northwest. Collectors, the new name for what used to be known as Collectors Universe, now has a ten-person team on location at the facility in downtown Seattle, with plans to hire 20 additional software engineers, designers and … [Read more...] about PSA Parent Company Opens Seattle Office Geared Toward Tech
2018-2020 Issues Dominate List of Cards with Most PSA 10 Grades
If you’re looking for a 2018 Topps Update Ronald Acuna Jr. rookie card in a PSA 10 grade, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding one. There have now been 20,019 graded at that level, according to Gem Rate. The “At Bat/Blue Jersey” #US250 card is now the second modern trading card with a population of more than 20,000 copies. It won’t be the last to reach that … [Read more...] about 2018-2020 Issues Dominate List of Cards with Most PSA 10 Grades