i break junk wax all the time and get dinged up cards from the pack consistently. Just because they were newly opened does not guarantee a high grade man
I've also had cards that came back that puzzled me, and under a jewelers loupe you could see a tiny surface break that I can only describe as someone taking a needle and lightly puncturing the card stock...not visible on normal viewing...they use magnification to view cards so recommended you do also
Johnbfree has good advice. Invest in a jewlers loupe and a good lamp. Could be surface scratches. Cards under a loupe look so different than what you can see from the naked eye.
Jay McGillicuddy I never understood why it matters what a card looks like under magnification, to me only naked eye should be relevant since that's the only way people will ever look at the card in the real world. That's like a music reviewer listening to a song with special headphones that allow them to hear like a dog, then giving the song a bad review because "it was too high pitched".
also can see the printing process used and can identify reprints.(old Goudey cards) and I found a fake 1960 Mantle being passed off as original. No laser printing in 1960.
Just a small thing to most people but don't put your finger over the grade when you turn it around. Just show the entire card when you turn it over. I know you do it for effect and all but it's annoying.
@@poooky321 what a bunch of crybabies in here. If you've got something more than watching the video, important you need to do then go do it....have a little respect for the fact that the guy took the time to even make the video in the first place!
PSA applies its standards no matter how old a card is. Has there been a "10" Topps '52 Mantle? What did that auction for? Or a Ryan '68? Gotta be through the roof.
We tested PSA this year with an 89 Topps Ken Griffey Jr. 4 submissions, 4 different grades, all the same card. 1st an 8, 2nd a 10, 3rd an 8, 4th a 9. The company doesn't give a shit about my or your cards whatsoever. Apologize about the negative comment, but they're lower than dogshit. We would've done a 5th, but at the end of November there is no chance getting it back in a timely fashion. Over 2 month turnaround time.
Love seeing these types of cards vs everyone chasing the autos now...you should invest in a jewelers loop and black light. With PSA you take the good with the bad. Congrats on the 10s,I'm pleased with 9s and above in my subs. I just subbed,great vid bud
Look at your cards under a 7X magnification with a 75 watt halogen bulb. The way these old school cards were cut, the blades wear down during the process and start to feather the edges and produce cupping on some.
The most of any one card that should be graded at a time is 5. The Grader will Grade the card against the best card. All the PSA 10s are hard to measure the other cards against. Certain key cards are held to a higher standard. 1989 Upper Deck Graded better from Factory Sets. That is a nice 1985 Donruss Kirby Puckett. I have gotten a PSA 6 on a card that I thought was nice -- got 2 PSA 9 Mint and 2 PSA 10 Gem Mint with it. These were 2012/13 Prizm Basketball RCs of Kyrie Irving. Paper cards are harder Grades because of chipping on the edges. Chromium cards generally Grade higher.
Surely people at PSA have a quota and have to grade a certain number of cards per hour similar to most of us working stiffs. If they're like most people I've ever worked with they just randomly slap a grade on a card so they don't have to think about it. Convenient of course (for PSA) that they don't provide explanations for the grades.
just curioius about where you could find out the population of the number of gem mint cards. thanks in advance....also how much does pas charge per card?
A hairline scratch invisible to the naked eye can drop an 89 Upper Deck card immediately to a 6 or lower. This is true for all junk wax era cards. Use magnification before sending a card to be graded.
Hi, when submitting cards it's always important to check the surface. Some cards may look nice at first, but the surface is what can dock a nice looking card a lot. Check for scratches, creases, and print defects. Thanks for posting the video
Jordan wearing a different Jersey#....he got his jersey stolen by some staffer and Jordan had to wear a secondary Jersey and he was pissed. It's an interesting story
mightywhitey718 No joke what a bunch of scammers just grade the fin card fairly so people can make some damn money its all a joke Ive seen some dogshit looking cards with 10s attached to them while but if u try to get even an 8-10 on a RC Jerry Rice or Young it better be immacualte
can almost guarantee there are small surface creases or wrinkles not visible to the naked eye. Jay is right the loupe changes everything with grading cards.
@@Eliteco3 magnification on 30 and 40 year old cards is just a damn joke. If you cant see the issue with the naked eye after that much time, it should get a better grade than what PSA is giving them....,
Get different light sources to view...a 5000+ Kelvin daylight bulb will show any surface imperfections...I thought I had a perfect 1984 Donruss Gywnn, came back a 6, after reviewing again you could faintly see an indentation where someone had written something on a piece of paper over the card and the pressure passed through...I would bet your lower graded cards here are due to some surface discrepancies
I think people should stop sending their 1989 Upper Deck cards to PSA because they are basically just going "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe". I see no difference between the PSA 5 and the PSA 10.
Too much focus on centering. There is so much more to grading. The sharp edges, the entire cut of the card needs to be clean, the gloss needs to be consistently vibrant throughout the card, there cannot be any errors in writing and every letter needs to be written perfectly.
In the future....just flip the card over. The thumb covering the grade in addition to starting with the card showing the back is too much. Just my opinion though...I enjoyed the video. I would have invested in the tools to properly prequalify cards and watched training videos instead of learning on my own dime. It was an expensive education for you to do a massive submission.
I used to collect sports cards in the 80s and 90s and got out because of this. how is this fun, or are you one of the in it for the money guys? how is being disappointed in a sports card grade fun? does anybody enjoy anything anymore?
Agreed,I collect strictly raw grade and i'm in it for the fun not the resale value.(suppose I'm trying to recapture my youth) To each their own I suppose. The reprints passed off as originals really piss me off. I stick to 1950-60 era cards for the most part.
I think each card should come with a graded card explaining why the grade they chose is why they picked that grade.
10 minutes in and 1 card... Gotta pick up the pace brother.
They should regrade them for free lot of straight bullshit in the grading system for sure
i break junk wax all the time and get dinged up cards from the pack consistently. Just because they were newly opened does not guarantee a high grade man
Eliteco3 Hello Mr Obvious
this video def makes me appreciate a psa 10 a lot more now loll
The Min Size is a Manufaturer flaw. Usually it means it is either cut too big or too small. Not altered or trimmed.
That Kirby is smooth! Great video brother!
I've also had cards that came back that puzzled me, and under a jewelers loupe you could see a tiny surface break that I can only describe as someone taking a needle and lightly puncturing the card stock...not visible on normal viewing...they use magnification to view cards so recommended you do also
Makes the bgs subgrades look alot more appealing
Johnbfree has good advice. Invest in a jewlers loupe and a good lamp. Could be surface scratches. Cards under a loupe look so different than what you can see from the naked eye.
Jay McGillicuddy I never understood why it matters what a card looks like under magnification, to me only naked eye should be relevant since that's the only way people will ever look at the card in the real world. That's like a music reviewer listening to a song with special headphones that allow them to hear like a dog, then giving the song a bad review because "it was too high pitched".
also can see the printing process used and can identify reprints.(old Goudey cards) and I found a fake 1960 Mantle being passed off as original. No laser printing in 1960.
Enjoyed your video. Out of curiosity how did you get all those cards prior to you submitting to PSA? eBay? Car shops? Etc.
Love the Stanton right at the start. I pulled that card out of a pack last year. Haven’t had it graded yet, but was really stoked to get it.
Your constant snorting and the fact you show 1 card every 5 minutes and put your thumb over the grades makes this video almost unwatchable.
Cry a little more...,I liked the thumb over the grade. ..it creates anticipation and makes getting the 9s and 10s that much more exciting!
Just a small thing to most people but don't put your finger over the grade when you turn it around. Just show the entire card when you turn it over. I know you do it for effect and all but it's annoying.
GeorgeLennon100 I agree...
Agreed
Completely agree and it makes the video twice as long as it needs to be.
@@poooky321 what a bunch of crybabies in here. If you've got something more than watching the video, important you need to do then go do it....have a little respect for the fact that the guy took the time to even make the video in the first place!
will you take a 9?? energy and pace please. I want to stay with you here.
PSA applies its standards no matter how old a card is. Has there been a "10" Topps '52 Mantle? What did that auction for? Or a Ryan '68? Gotta be through the roof.
We tested PSA this year with an 89 Topps Ken Griffey Jr. 4 submissions, 4 different grades, all the same card. 1st an 8, 2nd a 10, 3rd an 8, 4th a 9. The company doesn't give a shit about my or your cards whatsoever. Apologize about the negative comment, but they're lower than dogshit. We would've done a 5th, but at the end of November there is no chance getting it back in a timely fashion. Over 2 month turnaround time.
Love seeing these types of cards vs everyone chasing the autos now...you should invest in a jewelers loop and black light.
With PSA you take the good with the bad.
Congrats on the 10s,I'm pleased with 9s and above in my subs.
I just subbed,great vid bud
Look at your cards under a 7X magnification with a 75 watt halogen bulb. The way these old school cards were cut, the blades wear down during the process and start to feather the edges and produce cupping on some.
The most of any one card that should be graded at a time is 5. The Grader will Grade the card against the best card. All the PSA 10s are hard to measure the other cards against. Certain key cards are held to a higher standard. 1989 Upper Deck Graded better from Factory Sets. That is a nice 1985 Donruss Kirby Puckett. I have gotten a PSA 6 on a card that I thought was nice -- got 2 PSA 9 Mint and 2 PSA 10 Gem Mint with it. These were 2012/13 Prizm Basketball RCs of Kyrie Irving. Paper cards are harder Grades because of chipping on the edges. Chromium cards generally Grade higher.
How do you prepare your cards to submit?
This video is way way way way way too too too longggggggg. PSA gave this video a 3
Raymond Estrada that joke comes back ungraded
Surely people at PSA have a quota and have to grade a certain number of cards per hour similar to most of us working stiffs. If they're like most people I've ever worked with they just randomly slap a grade on a card so they don't have to think about it. Convenient of course (for PSA) that they don't provide explanations for the grades.
I have sent a few cards back to psa and received a different score? Re grade that is my opinion
that Puckett 10 is awesome
just curioius about where you could find out the population of the number of gem mint cards. thanks in advance....also how much does pas charge per card?
If I work for PS I would be kind of ticked off to see a dozen Randy Johnson cards or 51 Griffeys. Lol.
It's a good thing I don't work for PSA I would just grade everything a 10 and take the day off the cards look all like 10's to me.
What does each grading cost?
Crushed the jordans!
A hairline scratch invisible to the naked eye can drop an 89 Upper Deck card immediately to a 6 or lower. This is true for all junk wax era cards. Use magnification before sending a card to be graded.
Hi, when submitting cards it's always important to check the surface. Some cards may look nice at first, but the surface is what can dock a nice looking card a lot. Check for scratches, creases, and print defects. Thanks for posting the video
Fantastic video
how much does it cost to send 100 bulk?
How much dose it cost to grade a card
Randy Johnson was suppose to be a 9. The grader had the keyboard turned upside down.
How do I get cards graded
is it easy to send cards to psa
I used Beckett they have sub-grade
Jordan wearing a different Jersey#....he got his jersey stolen by some staffer and Jordan had to wear a secondary Jersey and he was pissed. It's an interesting story
Well you got a $30 revera rookie.
If PWCC was the return address, they'd all be 10's, or some other affiliate. There's nothin wrong with your cards other than the return address
I think psa has to put a cap on how many 10s they distribute, especially the expensive cards.
mightywhitey718 No joke what a bunch of scammers just grade the fin card fairly so people can make some damn money its all a joke Ive seen some dogshit looking cards with 10s attached to them while but if u try to get even an 8-10 on a RC Jerry Rice or Young it better be immacualte
that's the beef I have with psa they should tell you why the card is graded the way it is
d steck1 they will it’s your choice if you want that disclosed.
How much does it cost to get 1 card graded?
$45,397.
American Patriot is correct but do what I did an apply for a PSA 48% interest rate credit card if you don’t have the cash
They give ya fair grades on Randy Johnson's rc but they screw ya of all the Griffey cards that came from same boxes
What is it a six
You have a stain on the back of the card for Randy Johnson !
ONLY repeat your self once because it took to long. You need to buy yourself a loop to look at card's to get better grades. Best of luck next time.
Paid more for some of the grading in the cards are worth
so many know it all collectors up in here
Man it's hard to tell by a computer screen, but from what I can tell you shouldn't be get 4 & 5 on those Upper Deck Griffey's
can almost guarantee there are small surface creases or wrinkles not visible to the naked eye. Jay is right the loupe changes everything with grading cards.
I have jewelers loupe. I use it for manification of corners and edges. What am I missing? How do I do it?
@@Eliteco3 magnification on 30 and 40 year old cards is just a damn joke. If you cant see the issue with the naked eye after that much time, it should get a better grade than what PSA is giving them....,
Sam Vincent there is a billion of those with Michael Jordan in the#12 cards shouldn’t be that important of a card.
Get different light sources to view...a 5000+ Kelvin daylight bulb will show any surface imperfections...I thought I had a perfect 1984 Donruss Gywnn, came back a 6, after reviewing again you could faintly see an indentation where someone had written something on a piece of paper over the card and the pressure passed through...I would bet your lower graded cards here are due to some surface discrepancies
I think people should stop sending their 1989 Upper Deck cards to PSA because they are basically just going "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe". I see no difference between the PSA 5 and the PSA 10.
Why the thumb on certain cards?
Probably the surface of the card.
PSA is a disgrace! You should forward this video to your state's Attorney General to build a case against PSA for fraudulent business practices.
I think they judge cards by era not by condition. Total racket.
PSA gives grades less than 10 with no reason why. At least with BGS you know why.
Too much focus on centering. There is so much more to grading. The sharp edges, the entire cut of the card needs to be clean, the gloss needs to be consistently vibrant throughout the card, there cannot be any errors in writing and every letter needs to be written perfectly.
I seen you part2 5oGriffey rcs....bro they ripped ya. Seem a PSA employee was pissed it have all Griffey rc to grade. Kinda shady of PSA
om late to the party but if you send in 10 cards they will never send you back all 10s. maybe 2 of the same cards at a time
Zzzzzzz. Dude speed it up and show the cards
PSA is a cartel. What is there guideline for grading. Resend the 6, you might get a 10 next time.
bet hard to get that rivera vacation photo..a 10..wish i had 1
In the future....just flip the card over. The thumb covering the grade in addition to starting with the card showing the back is too much. Just my opinion though...I enjoyed the video. I would have invested in the tools to properly prequalify cards and watched training videos instead of learning on my own dime. It was an expensive education for you to do a massive submission.
I used to collect sports cards in the 80s and 90s and got out because of this. how is this fun, or are you one of the in it for the money guys? how is being disappointed in a sports card grade fun? does anybody enjoy anything anymore?
Agreed,I collect strictly raw grade and i'm in it for the fun not the resale value.(suppose I'm trying to recapture my youth) To each their own I suppose. The reprints passed off as originals really piss me off. I stick to 1950-60 era cards for the most part.
Maybe next time don't send so many of the same dude...
speed it up brother
Pop manipulation....
They don't want you to make profit they don't like you lol jk
if this was a 10 minute video i would subscribe... edit
Now I know why you don’t make too many videos. You get light-headed talking too much and forget to show the cards. More showing, less telling.
Would never grade those type Jordan cards there not worth getting graded waste of money sorry it’s the truth.
why the fuk would you waste your money grading cards from 1989?
All the cards look the same to me I guess I must be a racist.
Very annoying slow paced video.................................
too slow