PSA Card Grading Question
Old_Collector
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I am new to baseball cards but I've graded loads of coins through PCGS.
I have 25 cards to grade from the same era (all 1953-1964) and want to use value bulk after joining, but one card has a value outside the price range (a very nice Pete Rose Rookie Topps 537). Will they just grade it with the rest and add on the additional fee to put it into the correct price range, like PCGS does with coins?
I would rather not submit just a single card and the other 24. Or is it better to send it alone, separate from the rest? Advice would be appreciated, thanks.
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not an expert, but I believe you have to submit it separate, if the value exceeds the value bulk amount.
You can do a multi-order and then ship them in the same package. If you have any concerns that it could grade lower, or authentic, then you might consider submitting it with lesser value, and if it does grade higher, you might get an upcharge email. It's good to be pretty accurate for your own protection, but we're paying these professionals to grade our cards, so for them to expect us to grade them accurately is backwards.
I have submitted cards under walk-through service only to have them come back N0 Authentic, then sent them back for review under value plus and been hit with a walk-through upcharge. If I thought PSA was competent enough to intentionally do this I would be angry, but I think this company is simply Special.
Just include it with the bulk. They will upcharge you via an email once it goes through grading (you just ok the additional charge). The only issue with this is if it gets damaged by them or damaged/lost on the way back to you, you'll only get the max amount which is $500. And to be honest, while the card looks decent, if there is some surface issue we don't see or whatever the grader feels, it wouldn't be that far off from $500 where they would probably let it slide anyways.
Thanks, I'll send them all in next week when I get back from a brief trip, I'll send it all together and they can upcharge me, I like to send 2 day FedEx small box on my business account, makes me feel a lot more secure than ground advantage. PSA lists that card at 2200 in PSA5 and it is at least a 5, well centered, no marks, great bright picture, all corners perfect. Best quality card that I'm sending, so it may be a decent upcharge. All of the others are 500 or less. And I'm sending in a few Mays and Mantle cards from 61-63 of lower different grades so I have some idea what grades they get before I pick to send in autographed cards from 1953-64..
I wish you good fortune with your results, and look forward to seeing them - and especially those autographed ones... which I love so so much.
It's not worth $2200, you don't look a the "list price", you look at the last sold price, or at least the average price. The "PSA Price" is from a bygone era and doesn't count anymore.....
Thanks for the price info, since my cost is zero just about anything will cover the cost of all the other cards. I just want to generate enough cash to pay for the authentication on some Mantel baseballs and a few Braves signed GU jerseys. Then I'll move on to the big boxes of autographed cards.
My buddy who passed a couple of years ago was a lifelong collector and very OCD, keeping things well organized and protected. He sent cards to players to get them signed starting in the late 50s and he kept all the returned envelopes, notes, and other stuff they sent so it should be fun to go through. Later in his life he went to all sorts of signing events where players charged for autographs. Having been a police chief in Georgia for decades a lot of his former officers became security guys for ball clubs and set him up with gloves, bats, balls, and uniforms all the time.
His wife just got to the point where she could go through everything that he wanted me to have. I never collected any sports items before, just coins. I'll decide how much to keep and how much to sell over time. All of your responses are greatly appreciated since I'm starting at zero.