How to find the owners of cards from slab companies
 

I have the cert number and ebay listing number. I never seen it listed on Ebay and I look every day multiple times and never seen the card listed. It's the highest grade card and was just trying to find the owner. The PSA cert number 72377104. It's a E120 Vern Clemons PSA 6. I only collect 1 player and its a huge challenge especially since he wasn't a HOFer other then to me. Since I only collect 1 player I just want the best card I can get.

I would be pissed if grading companies gave out my info to people inquiring about my cards.

But I know the feeling seeing some ultra-rare cards that sell once a decade or so that I want and wondering who owns them.

Some include contact information. This card just has pictures, cert number, and sold on date, but not the member name or shows up on registry.

I've contacted people before and it was just a simple convo saying not for sale or here's my asking price.

Can’t speak for the other TPGs, but with PSA historically there was a way to contact an owner, but only if a lot of things were opted into by the owner.

You will obviously need to know the cert number. Without that, you would need to go questing to find it. But since you suggested that you already have the cert, let’s check that off our list.

First, the owner will need to be on the set registry with that specific card in a set.

Next, the owner will need to have checked the box to make their set details public.

Finally, the owner will need to check the box to allow people to contact them.

Let’s say you wanted my 53-54 Briggs Meats Erskine in PSA 7, which is cert 51135954. So you look up that PSA cert. At the bottom of the page, it shows that cert is in a public set. So you click the link.

Then over at the set, the top of the page shows the owner’s handle (in this case, my handle), and there is a “contact” button. You click that button, and it will let you send me an email using the PSA system. You don’t get my email address. You just type everything in online, and PSA sends me the email without you ever knowing my email.

When I get the email, I can ignore it, or respond over regular email. Naturally, once I respond, then you will have my direct email address, so I don’t respond very often. And if someone keeps bugging me using the PSA system, then I can always turn off the message function.

So in theory it’s sometimes possible with PSA slabs. But in practice it’s not all that common to actually find one that works.

Almost all of the emails that I get are for people trying to sell me stuff to upgrade my sets. There’s one eBay seller in particular “putgreeninmyjeans” who sends out emails whenever he’s selling something nice that fills a difficult slot on the registry, as he’s obviously trying to drum up more interest in his stuff.

Thanks this was very helpful. It's recorded in population, but no registry. So I'm SOL until it comes up on the open market. So I doubt I ever see it again. My luck to a T.

It sold in 2023 it looks like, sorry you missed it. Anyhow unless the winner has a registered set not sure why PSA would know who owns it. The seller would know who won it but doubt he is going to tell you. Maybe he would relay an offer though if you had one he couldn't refuse?

Some user names make me not want to deal with the person.

Why not ask the ebay seller if he would relay an offer for you, assuming you have a generous one to make?

We all have the same luck, frequently.

It's the nature of collecting the weird stuff that most of us collect.

It's not on ebay any longer. It just has the listing number on PSA. I tried looking it up, but got no leads. It was an older auction well passed the 90 days. It either sold very quickly or was set up between the two parties for whatever reason. But I always look for his items.

I've tried that two other times and got no response.

It's in VCP. Davidbvintage is the seller. He's a member here. I have no idea if he would be willing but if the card is that important to you, worth a try. BTW assuming this is the right auction -- a PSA 6 E120 right? -- it was a regular auction with 2 bids.

Thanks for that. Yes, that's it, and I have no idea how I missed it. Makes me sick to my stomach. I don't have VCP so I have no idea what comes up. This is my problem only collecting 1 player. It's hard to find things without connection and knowing the game. Not to mention a common player.

https://www.net54baseball.com/member.php?u=74

Screenshot of VCP attached.

Thanks. I'll try.

Nicole:

Have you tried contacting anyone on the registry lately via the way you describe above? I posted a thread here awhile back saying everytime I tried that it took me to a PSA HELP page. I tried again a day or so ago and the contact form popped up so I was excited that the glitch had been fixed. I wrote out a lengthy message clicked send and it took me to that same Help page without the note saying your message was sent. Don't know if it is me or it is this way for others. I think someone replied to my post and said it was the same for them. PLMK what you find out when you try it. Thanks

That's what happened to me yesterday to a person that I tried to respond to. They had contact information and that's what happened to me as well.

I imagine that TPG's could have a check box on a sub that says "make my contact info public" or something like that. Could help with sales for people who want to make their slabs available.

I believe Heritage Auctions enables buyers of lots to agree to entertain bids from potential future buyers of these lots - for a piece of the action of course.

;)