New office for PSA to open in Tokyo.......

MLBdays

PSA is tapping into another hundred million plus possible sports and coin collectors etc. sparking yet more interest and higher collectibles prices in the future........ The demand side of the collecting market might be getting a timely injection ~ MLB collectibles going global ! ....What say you?

GoDodgersFan

Interesting point on grading and encapsulation of cards...

To be clear, all authenticating, grading and encapsulation of cards will continue to be performed stateside as bulk mail shipments will be made once a month from PSA’s Japan office to the company’s headquarters in California. The newly opened office’s website can be found at www.PSAcard.co.jp and is hosted entirely in Japanese.

We are talking huge monthly shipments from Japan to Newport Beach, CA.

Kep13

talk about times getting even slower...unless they are going to double their grading staff, the times are going to expand to 90 business days I fear

ElvisP

It won't be long until it may be a year before we get our cards back.

PatsGuy5000

Hopefully the additional interest will include higher staffing numbers at PSA. This move should increase popularity of collectibles to the global level.

GoDodgersFan

Back in late October, PSA was at the Shanghai Comic-Con. PSA's global reach is in full motion and that can only mean more interest and submissions. Wait time for the bulk orders will probably be longer now.

mexpo75

Do more experienced collectors expect this to give a spike in card values?

wrestlingcardking

I hope with more expertise in the Japanese market that PSA will be able to grade some wrestling menko and Bandai that they have not done in the past.

lawyer05

yay!!!! million cards from Japan mean faster TIMES !!!

skrezyna23

BGS has had a representative here in Korea for some time. Unsure if they are in Japan, but would imagine so. Not sure if sending my cards to Japan (if I'm able) instead of Newport Beach would make much of a difference.

lawyer05

@skrezyna23 said:
BGS has had a representative here in Korea for some time. Unsure if they are in Japan, but would imagine so. Not sure if sending my cards to Japan (if I'm able) instead of Newport Beach would make much of a difference.

they just said that the cards will be still be graded in the USA not Japan

skrezyna23

@lawyer05 said:

@skrezyna23 said:
BGS has had a representative here in Korea for some time. Unsure if they are in Japan, but would imagine so. Not sure if sending my cards to Japan (if I'm able) instead of Newport Beach would make much of a difference.

they just said that the cards will be still be graded in the USA not Japan

I know that. Im talking about shipping my cards to Japan instead of US to save on shipping. But it probably wouldnt be much of a difference.