Need some quick help for PSA submission, stupid questions I know - I'm new to this

[npa589]

Hey ya'll.

Some stupid questions for you:

Top right of submission form. "Total number of submissions (orders) in this package".

What is this referring to? The amount of cards I am sending in? or how many submission forms?

Also, #2 - "This submission (order) is ___ of ___?????


I assume certain things about what they are talking about, but really want to get it exactly right for my first ever submission so that I never have to learn how to do it again.


1. In the main part - do I write T206 under card company - or ATC?
2. Do I have to put a card number?
3. Year - do I just write 1909 for all of them?
4. Card name - is this where I write, for example, Christy Mathewson - White Cap?
5. I think thats all...heh heh. TY!

[spacktrack]

Since PSA requires that different service levels be submitted on their own invoice, it's not uncommon for people to send in multiple invoices in the same package. If you're submitting two different invoices for example, you'd put '2' on the first line. You would then number the submissions on the second line--submission 1 of 2 and submission 2 of 2. The third line would be for the total number of cards -- 5 on one invoice and 8 on another would be 13 for your entry on the third line.

For T206s, PSA doesn't put a year on the label, so 1909 would be a fine default just to enter something in that spot.

I would enter the back (Piedmont) in the Manufacturer, 1909 in the Year, T206 in Card Number, Christy Mathewson in Card Name, and White Cap in Variety.

T206s are seen frequently enough that I'm sure PSA would label everything just fine if you filled out your form in the above fashion or in some variation of it.

Brian

[npa589]

Thank you so much.

I always wondered why some PSA labels would say T206 Piedmont, when others would not (yet were also Piedmont backed) - is this because of how people submitted them?

Thank you for your info!

[shaunsteig]

Thank you so much.

I always wondered why some PSA labels would say T206 Piedmont, when others would not (yet were also Piedmont backed) - is this because of how people submitted them?

Thank you for your info!

PSA didn't start labeling the specific backs (and thus tracking the back designation in their population reports) until 2006.
http://www.psacard.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=4813&universeid=314
Thus the absence of the label simply reflects cards graded pre-2006.

--S

[npa589]

Ahhh, ok. I used to collect cards as a kid, but we're talking like Tom Henke cards in toploaders, or a 1990 score Sammy Sosa in a screw down case. Better yet, my crowned jewel as a kid: a Michael Jordan hologram card. SO SHINY! So ya, I've been back into it, now as an adult, for 3 1/2 months. I'm still a baby and am looking to learn as much as I can. I'm one of the young guns who will be in this world for a long time to come. I'm 25, but I'm sure there are plenty on here my age or younger.

Hey Shaun - I still don't understand if PSA grades trimmed cards or not. Some I see on eBay being sold with the PSA sticker: "EVID TRIM", yet others are obviously trimmed and get graded A. Why?

[cozmokramer]

They do grade trimmed cards, you just have to note on your submission form that you'd like anything that can't be numerical graded given an AUTH holder and flip

[npa589]

Ah...ok. Where do you note that?

This is what made me ask the question.

http://cgi.ebay.com/T206-SWEET-CAPORAL-JOHNNY-EVERS-PORTRAIT-PSA-EVID-TRIM-/110686237148?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item19c569f1dc

[Rickyy]

I haven't submitted in awhile to PSA, but as Cozmo said...I've just written it on the submission form (Please slab as authentic if numeric grade is not given) and hi lighted it....

If you submit to SGC...they actually have a box you can check for "authentic" grade on the slab if you want one...otherwise they will also return them to you ungraded with a sticker only.

Ricky Y

[npa589]

Nagging questions, I know. I thank you for the assistance.

Do you just write it in some empty spots where you are listing the cards to be graded? or is anywhere on the submission form fine?

[spacktrack]

Any blank area around the card listing is fine...a Post It note on the top card or stuck to the invoice might not be a bad reminder.

[shaunsteig]

Hey Nate - just saw your directed question to me from the other day. Sorry for delay, but I don't check the board every day. Looks like several others have fortunately answered that question already.

I'm like you -- collected as a kid in the 80-90s, went away from it for a while, and now back in the game for the past year. So the third-party-grading concept was entirely new to me when I returned. I had a lot of trepidation when I put together my first submission to PSA, so I know where you're coming from. Amn't necessarily an expert myself, but ask away!

--S