The Giant Professional Grading Thread

[pokestop702]

@treasuretown

@knotchi

bulk turnaround times up to 144 days from 111 days last week.

Do you know if this means that turnaround is 144 days for submissions that are received today, or the ones currently leaving? I sent in 100 cards bulk that arrived about February 2 when turnaround times were about 50-60 days and wondering if I’ll get them back in 2021.

Can’t speak specifically to this. I do Believe that it’s 144 business days from the time it’s received. So almost 7 month turn around at this point. I’m sure it’s going to go up to a year with PSA closed for a few months.

[peanuts]

Hey all. Wanted to get an opinion on two cards that I’m considering grading.
To set this up: these cards are being graded for the intent of selling. A friend reached out and asked me to liquidate her collection. The base Zard was pulled from a pack in 2000 and the CD Promo was purchased for $5 back in 2005 – so entry cost is minimal.
If graded, these would get sent to CGC – express level, with subgrades.
I’m unsure about back centering, the edge wear on the Base Zard, and the surfaces of both.

Any feedback is welcome! Thank you in advance.

Album with everything, plus video of surfaces: imgur.com/a/Y6QtL3q

Base Set Zard:

CD Promo Zard:

[magicrap]

@peanuts

Hey all. Wanted to get an opinion on two cards that I’m considering grading.
To set this up: these cards are being graded for the intent of selling. A friend reached out and asked me to liquidate her collection. The base Zard was pulled from a pack in 2000 and the CD Promo was purchased for $5 back in 2005 – so entry cost is minimal.
If graded, these would get sent to CGC – express level, with subgrades.
I’m unsure about back centering, the edge wear on the Base Zard, and the surfaces of both.

Any feedback is welcome! Thank you in advance.

Album with everything, plus video of surfaces: imgur.com/a/Y6QtL3q

Base Set Zard:

CD Promo Zard:

That’s a no brainer. Except if you want it in a binder collection, any vintage zard in good condition is worth grading.

[fixindan]

@kingboo64

@fixindan

I am noticing now that the back seems a bit glossier than my other cards, not too much, but just a little. I don’t know if that’s normal or if that’s what PSA meant by it being recolored.

You paid psa 9 prices for that? That’s a huuuuuuge dent, that won’t ever get more than a 6

There are no dents. It’s just lighting.

[fixindan]

@candle

@fixindan,even without the indent on the back, that card would earn a 9. I always recommend just buying the slab and let the pros take the risks on raw cards

There are no dents on the card.

[fixindan]

@knotchi

@fixindan , I’m assuming that “dent” is the lighting? This is one of the Charizard’s sold by floridapro right? He seems to have an abundance of Charizards that are perfect, I wonder if there’s something fishy going on. Regardless, I never would pay PSA 10 and rarely PSA 9 price on a raw card. I can’t believe those sold for that much.

Yes, it’s one of his. I just compared it with my first edition non-holo Dark Charizard, first edition holo Dark Raichu, and a first edition holo Fossil Moltres. This card in question looks shinier than all these other holo and non-holo cards from the same era. It’s almost like it’s got a layer of varnish on it. Is this normal?

[cardstockpile]

Between yesterday and today another 4 of my orders have been entered. They are really pumping them into the system now. Maybe once this backlog is all entered they will reassign some of those folks to grading and crank that step out

[pokestop702]

@cardstockpile

Between yesterday and today another 4 of my orders have been entered. They are really pumping them into the system now. Maybe once this backlog is all entered they will reassign some of those folks to grading and crank that step out

It seems like the complete thru dates have been moving along a little faster lately!

[hugs]

I am curious what year a certain card was graded. Does anyone have any reference points I can use?

If the psa ID starts with 047, that must be quite old but idk how old

[chrisundrum]

Hey not sure weather to ask in here or in the Ludkins board but do y’all know if the tracker is updated appropriately? I was pretty happy to see my express get put into research and ID, but it’s been about two weeks. I noticed others in this thread posting their dates and usually it’s only a few days between research and grading. But not sure if that’s through psa website or Ludkins tracker. Does the card or cards have any influence on this? Thanks

[mertz]

@pokestop702

@cardstockpile

Between yesterday and today another 4 of my orders have been entered. They are really pumping them into the system now. Maybe once this backlog is all entered they will reassign some of those folks to grading and crank that step out

It seems like the complete thru dates have been moving along a little faster lately!

Nice, this makes me happy. They can finally stop spending so much time on customer service and can just crank out the grades.

[teraz]

@chrisundrum

Hey not sure weather to ask in here or in the Ludkins board but do y’all know if the tracker is updated appropriately? I was pretty happy to see my express get put into research and ID, but it’s been about two weeks. I noticed others in this thread posting their dates and usually it’s only a few days between research and grading. But not sure if that’s through psa website or Ludkins tracker. Does the card or cards have any influence on this? Thanks

Ludkins tracker doesn’t seem to be real time and may be off by a few days… Some people have reported getting cards back in-hand while tracker still shows it’s in a processing step. I have one submission still in grading that’s on it’s way back from PSA per Ludkins email. The tracker definitely shows you at least the earliest stage your cards could be in, but it’s possible your cards could be further along that what is currently shown.

[auswulf]

@awsmofo

Does anybody have any non express subs from Beckett they have submitted / received in past 6 or so months?

I have a 20 day, first time submitting with Beckett, back from October and have no idea if I have another 6 months to go or what to expect lol

Last month a 2020 May 30 day submission returned to the middleman I use.

[xtgrant]

@fixindan

@kingboo64

You paid psa 9 prices for that? That’s a huuuuuuge dent, that won’t ever get more than a 6

There are no dents. It’s just lighting.

I would definitely grade this card. I always tell people, if you can make at least $50 after grading, it’s worth it.
Just from the pictures, the card is slightly slanted, and heavy to the left. Edges and corners are beautiful, especially for a WOTC card.
I would buy a grading magnifier tool, with a black light to check for surface wrinkles and hidden surface scratches.
PSA is more forgiving on PSA 10’s and BGS is more strict for black labels.

[pokematt]

@xtgrant

@fixindan

There are no dents. It’s just lighting.

I would definitely grade this card. I always tell people, if you can make at least $50 after grading, it’s worth it.
Just from the pictures, the card is slightly slanted, and heavy to the left. Edges and corners are beautiful, especially for a WOTC card.
I would buy a grading magnifier tool, with a black light to check for surface wrinkles and hidden surface scratches.
PSA is more forgiving on PSA 10’s and BGS is more strict for black labels.

He did grade the card and it came back as “altered”. That was the problem lol

[knotchi]

I hope i can still get a 9 with these print lines. There’s one horizontal and one vertical. Everything else is clean. It’s currently at psa via super express so I’ll know soon. Thoughts?

[rgw151]

@knotchi

I hope i can still get a 9 with these print lines. There’s one horizontal and one vertical. Everything else is clean. It’s currently at psa via super express so I’ll know soon. Thoughts?

whether it gets graded a 9, 8, or 7 depends on the grader. I’ve had annoying experiences sending neo gen. Lugias to PSA lol.

[pokematt]

@knotchi quite a few scratches aside from the print lines. I’d say a good 8 if the rest of the card is clean too

[knotchi]

@pokematt, I just don’t want an 8.5 lol

[cosrob]

Do cards sent to PSA using the super express ($300 level) or walkthrough ($600 level) get entered into the system quicker?