The Giant Professional Grading Thread

wisewailmer · 2021-03-16T12:59:14.000Z

BGS has removed the discounts coming from multi card subs. Their prices arent horrible at low tiers but what do yal think should I wait for the 50+ discount to return? Its all personal collection stuff so time isnt really a huge deal.

PSA and BGS have never lowered a price ever except for promos so I dont expect much drastic

lamplamp · 2021-03-16T14:15:44.000Z

kpod:

Am I missing something? On the PSA website it says the quarterly special complete through date is 12-July-2020 and my order was registered on 6-July-2020. Wouldn’t that indicate that the order should be complete then? Or are we using the complete-through date as a ball park figure?

redsticktcg · 2021-03-16T14:24:18.000Z

For those that have graded with CGC personally (not through a middleman), when inputting the value of a card, do you do its current raw value or possible graded value? I assume it’s raw value since I have no way of knowing the exact grade the card will get

dcs · 2021-03-16T14:36:40.000Z

redsticktcg:

For those that have graded with CGC personally (not through a middleman), when inputting the value of a card, do you do its current raw value or possible graded value? I assume it’s raw value since I have no way of knowing the exact grade the card will get

I do raw

connorc · 2021-03-16T15:26:18.000Z

lamplamp:

kpod:

Am I missing something? On the PSA website it says the quarterly special complete through date is 12-July-2020 and my order was registered on 6-July-2020. Wouldn’t that indicate that the order should be complete then? Or are we using the complete-through date as a ball park figure?

Did you send through Ludkins? my understanding is the the dealers’ submissions don’t align with complete-through dates (for whatever reason). But I still have not heard confirmation either way from Ludkins about this, so I don’t know for sure

lamplamp · 2021-03-16T15:47:57.000Z

connorc:

lamplamp:

Am I missing something? On the PSA website it says the quarterly special complete through date is 12-July-2020 and my order was registered on 6-July-2020. Wouldn’t that indicate that the order should be complete then? Or are we using the complete-through date as a ball park figure?

Did you send through Ludkins? my understanding is the the dealers’ submissions don’t align with complete-through dates (for whatever reason). But I still have not heard confirmation either way from Ludkins about this, so I don’t know for sure

I did, so I’m guess that might be the reason. I admit I don’t understand how it being a dealer submission would affect things that much. From my perspective, PSA shouldn’t be taking any time or effort to notate which packages from from dealers and which ones don’t. If the dealer submissions are somehow not getting completed and are exempt from the complete-through date then that’s just a whole other level of bullshit from PSA

subf · 2021-03-16T15:48:52.000Z

PSA is now grading foreign modern pokemon and smaller games such as Weiss if anyone is curious.

pokestop702 · 2021-03-16T15:56:40.000Z

kpod:

pokestop702:

Lol then their complete thru dates are lame.

Complete through dates are when the ordered is registered, not when your package arrived at their warehouse. As in your cards could have arrived to PSA on July 1st, but not been registered till August 15th which is why they aren’t back yet. Your order on PSA will indicate this.

Do some digging around on the complete through dates before making blanket statements.

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Fair enough.

nelson · 2021-03-16T16:42:58.000Z

Hi everyone. I recently got this card, it has some sort of bends? Creases? Something of that nature in the bottom. I was wondering if this was enough for it to be an auto 6 at PSA, as it’s structurally compromised but no indents or creases (like, the actual line that forms when something is bent) are present. Thanks a lot!

Quuador · 2021-03-16T17:02:28.000Z

Hello all,

I am a Traditional chinese collector and I know that PSA only grade wotc Chinese cards before. However, recently, two chinese modern cards went through the sub and got graded. Does anyone has info about this? If its real, Im gonna my cards to PSA instead of BGS.

Thanks for the help in advance

Chun Chang

@chun Yes, PSA does grade foreign cards after the DP era now. I recently spoke to a PSA employee who confirmed that. Here I quote the conversation I had with that employee.

But I would advice to contact PSA themselves through their new contact form on their website first to verify they indeed grade the Chinese cards you want to send in. Especially since it would be a waste of money and time if it turned out to be false for the specific cards you want to send in, considering grading with PSA takes roughly 6-8 months right now for standard bulk submissions.

Greetz,
Quuador

nostalgiaoldbird · 2021-03-16T19:04:23.000Z

subf:

PSA is now grading foreign modern pokemon and smaller games such as Weiss if anyone is curious.

That’s great news! sub, do you know if they’ll start grading 2006 Chinese legend maker anytime soon?

brendantheclayboy · 2021-03-16T19:58:35.000Z

@nelson, those look like micro creases. Expect a 5 or 6 from PSA on that, since there is more than one the 5 is possible, even though the rest of the card looks clean.

Also, I hope that isn’t the Umbreon you just picked up

nostalgiaoldbird · 2021-03-16T21:24:30.000Z

Does anyone know the turnaround time for PSA reholder service? And does the service tier matter ($10 vs. $50 vs. more expensive reholder service)?

casual · 2021-03-16T21:39:03.000Z

brendantheclayboy:

@nelson , those look like micro creases. Expect a 5 or 6 from PSA on that, since there is more than one the 5 is possible, even though the rest of the card looks clean.

Also, I hope that isn’t the Umbreon you just picked up

I agree, looks like water/stress to the card

pegasus2010 · 2021-03-16T21:59:48.000Z

I got a shining mew that doesn’t have any noticeable flaws at a first glance. Would that dent on the right seen from the back side gives it an automated 6? Thank you. link

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nelson · 2021-03-16T22:04:29.000Z

brendantheclayboy:

@nelson, those look like micro creases. Expect a 5 or 6 from PSA on that, since there is more than one the 5 is possible, even though the rest of the card looks clean.

Also, I hope that isn’t the Umbreon you just picked up

Thanks for the input! Thankfully it’s not umbreon or chikorita, but the holo energy that came in the lot with them. Not ideal but still a good binder copy.

sadpokeboi · 2021-03-17T02:39:25.000Z

PSA grades sports postcards, any chance they’ll ever grade vintage Pokemon postcards?

johndavidd · 2021-03-17T04:16:55.000Z

Hi all,

I am a new member to this site.
I’m hoping i can get some help with questions I have concerning the 1000 or so Pokemon 1999 1st edition cards i just found in a box.
The cards are in very good to excellent condition.
I pulled out about 50 cards that i researched are the most valuable. ( i looked on ebay and on the PSA grading list).
My questions are basic:

Is it worth the time and money to send the most valuable cards to PSA ( or another company? ) to get graded?
What is the best way to sell the cards?

I’m lost and need direction on what I should do with the Higher valued cards and the rest of the 1000 cards.
I have multiple copies of most cards. For example - I have a Pikachu/yellow checks/58/102 ( 4 copies ). I have a Machamp / 8/102 still in original plastic wrap…

Can anyone give me advise on what they would do or what is the best way to sell the cards and get top dollar.

Thank you for your help and time.

Example of cards:

imgur.com/a/QzmZUD2

nostalgiaoldbird · 2021-03-17T04:30:32.000Z

johndavidd:

Hi all,

I am a new member to this site.
I’m hoping i can get some help with questions I have concerning the 1000 or so Pokemon 1999 1st edition cards i just found in a box.
The cards are in very good to excellent condition.
I pulled out about 50 cards that i researched are the most valuable. ( i looked on ebay and on the PSA grading list).
My questions are basic:

Is it worth the time and money to send the most valuable cards to PSA ( or another company? ) to get graded?

What is the best way to sell the cards?

I’m lost and need direction on what I should do with the Higher valued cards and the rest of the 1000 cards.
I have multiple copies of most cards. For example - I have a Pikachu/yellow checks/58/102 ( 4 copies ). I have a Machamp / 8/102 still in original plastic wrap…

Can anyone give me advise on what they would do or what is the best way to sell the cards and get top dollar.

Thank you for your help and time.

Example of cards:

imgur.com/a/QzmZUD2

That pikachu is not 1st edition, so not worth much. That 1st ed machamp (with shadow) is worth probably $1.5k if it grades a 10. Sealed copies go for about $200 on eBay these days. Hope that helps!

marchander · 2021-03-17T04:35:15.000Z

answered own question