Why does PSA label some cards as “Trading Card”
Browns1981
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At the top of the flap? Even when it is clearly a specific issue of card?
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Browns1981
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When the submitter only requests the auto to be graded and not the card, they label it trading card since they are not authenticating the card as original.
Makes sense, thanks!
Sort of... The submitter send the "trading card" into PSA for what they call autograph encapsulation. This means that they authenticate the auto(s) and then encapsulate (slab) the item (trading card, photo, postcard, any other thin/flat item). In the instances where a trading card is sent in for this service, they label it trading card to identify what the signed item is, as well to state that the item itself was not authenticated, just the auto on it. You can get an auto grade using this service, and the flip will show the grade and say auto grade only.
One could submit the card to the grading side of PSA to only have auto "graded", but by using the dual service and selecting the proper options, You can get the card authenticated and only have the auto graded. In this case the the flip would show the proper card identification and the grade would be authentic and then the numeric grade would be for the auto only.