View Full Version : New to Vintage cards...submitting just one card to PSA..any tips?
Royalsfan8515
08-24-2018, 08:56 PM
Guys I'm new to Vintage card collecting. Have a really really nice looking 1954 Ted Williams I'd like to have graded. I know most people send in more than one card at a time. Will it hurt the grade to just send in this one card by itself. What should I do in your guys opinion. Help out a newbie.
Peter_Spaeth
08-24-2018, 09:07 PM
Just send it in, don't try to game the system. IMO it won't make any difference to the grader(s).
Throttlesteer
08-24-2018, 09:28 PM
If you're planning on sending more in ar some point, I would wait. The shipping charges are stout for a single card.
Royalsfan8515
08-24-2018, 09:38 PM
Just send it in, don't try to game the system. IMO it won't make any difference to the grader(s).
i wasnt...just didnt want the system gaming me...just want a fair grade. didnt know if u guys had some tips or dos or dont dos you saw over the years. Figured it wouldnt hurt to ask.
bensie
08-24-2018, 09:44 PM
If you're planning on sending more in ar some point, I would wait. The shipping charges are stout for a single card.
Or just get in on a group submission. There always seems to be one going on.
Royalsfan8515
08-24-2018, 10:35 PM
how does that work. what is the turnaround time usually on getting a card graded?
toledo_mudhen
08-25-2018, 01:18 AM
how does that work. what is the turnaround time usually on getting a card graded?
I think my last PSA "Bulk Submission" wait time was right at 5 months...
Have you looked at SGC?
ullmandds
08-25-2018, 06:08 AM
i wasnt...just didnt want the system gaming me...just want a fair grade. didnt know if u guys had some tips or dos or dont dos you saw over the years. Figured it wouldnt hurt to ask.
sadly, you will likely be "gamed" by PSA's system no matter what.
rats60
08-25-2018, 06:14 AM
I think my last PSA "Bulk Submission" wait time was right at 5 months...
Have you looked at SGC?
You can't do a bulk submission for 1 card. He will have to send it at the regular level and it takes 2-3 weeks.
swarmee
08-25-2018, 07:26 AM
Ah good, more conspiracy theories. If that's the only card you have, send just that one in. Will cost about $20 for grading and $18 for return shipping. Declared value should be what you would pay to get a raw one in the same condition. Send it in inside a Cardsaver semirigid holder.
Aquarian Sports Cards
08-25-2018, 07:48 AM
just curious is it a '54 bowman or topps?
Gradedcardman
08-25-2018, 09:05 AM
Send it in, no worries with one card versus fifty.
Santo10Fan
08-25-2018, 11:53 AM
Guys I'm new to Vintage card collecting. Have a really really nice looking 1954 Ted Williams I'd like to have graded. I know most people send in more than one card at a time. Will it hurt the grade to just send in this one card by itself. What should I do in your guys opinion. Help out a newbie.
Lets see it, red or yellow?
Just send it in, don't try to game the system. IMO it won't make any difference to the grader(s).
+1
Royalsfan8515
08-28-2018, 07:58 AM
its the yellow version of the topps card. I actually have 3 cards now to send in. 54 bowman Mantle and 55 topps Jackie Robinson also
silvor
08-28-2018, 09:15 AM
Just send it in, don't try to game the system. IMO it won't make any difference to the grader(s).
How would one "game the system"?