Just had Miki Tanaka, Shibuzoh and Gemi cards successfully (and correctly) authenticated by PSA. Fingers crossed on my other order.
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Turnaround time on some MTG autos. They really stuck to that May 13, 2024 estimated completion date. 
Has this shit ever been sorted or does PSA still have their heads firmly embedded up their asses? Been sitting on a stack of signed cards I was hoping to get slabbed for nearly 6 months now.
I’m not sure about Pokemon autos, as I’ve recently been submitting MTG.
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I’ve talked to some people that have submitted and have received there cards back graded successfully. Also the autos they were submitting were not common like Arita or Harada, so that’s a good sign imo
Also in the video that was shared, Nat Turner did say two new experts were hired.
I sent a submission in a couple days ago, so hopefully that get authenticated successfully as well.
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Very disappointed with PSA.
They have decided my Nishida Yuu signed card has questionable authenticity. This is a card I got signed in person. I have various supporting evidence, I have emailed psa about it but I hope there’s some appeal process because they still charged me for it.
It seems for the popular artist submissions they’ll authenticate, but for the rest they are still pulling the same crap.
Also, how is this an Auto 9 signature? It’s the most vibrant, 100% pressure throughout signature I’ve ever got.
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Well you got independent verification on that one lol
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Fair enough. Didn’t look into it that closely as it presents very well in person. Thanks.
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This is the card they said has questionable authenticity. The artist took a picture of the signed card so she has a copy as well but don’t really want to bother her for confirmation unless necessary.
To be fair, they did just recently hire a “Pokemon Autograph Expert”. So for all the newer/niche artist that are signing cards left and right, with PSA having no archive as a reference for them, it would make sense they’re playing it on the safe side.
I’m aware they have slabbed this artist and other artist already, but I’m in favor of them not slabbing it to be honest. Whether or not you have the proof of it being signed by the artist yourserlf. PSA really needs to be reaching out to artist themselves, attending events and build out a system for them to compare submissions to.
Because as far as I know, they use the “autograph experts knowledge”, Google searches, and previously slabbed autographs to help authenticate… which doesn’t sit well with me.
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Many have stopped signing completely since the scalpers riled them up in 2023, including this one. So I’m a bit concerned that there will not be enough references out there in general (especially for the ones that haven’t been signing left and right). Like you say, I think they ought to be reaching out to the artists themselves.
My only counterpoint for PSA reaching out to artists are that some of the artists could consider it disrespectful or an odd request.
I remember when there was the cut card Saitou controversy and other artists came to his support and a few were confused on what PSA even was or did.
When it comes to grading, I’m sure most of the artists wouldn’t want to be contacted about this as it could lead them to think negatively in general and possibly be an annoyance for them.
Overall I’m happy to see they are grading signed cards again rather than them automatically rejecting cards. Hopefully in the future, they’ll be able to authenticate newer artists as well.
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Contacting the artist in the sense of being provided references as to what examples of their autograph looks like. This would be a one and done.
Not contacting the artist anytime a submission comes in to confirm it’s their autograph and they signed it. This would defeat the purpose of having in house experts for PSA lol.
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That makes more sense to ask to provide a possible reference and have it one and done.
My bad for not fully understanding it 
10 autos from the Arita Germany signing from January were all successfully graded. Took 4 months from submission to return, but happy it all went smoothly.
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Had a submission of 14 autos and 5 artists all pass authentication. Everything seems good. They even finished the whole process within 3 weeks at $50 tier, which was quicker than previously.
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