I resisted grading cards for the longest time. Around 8-10 years ago I joined PSA with the primary purpose of estate planning. My now adult son enjoys occasionally looking at my cards, but has shown no interest in collecting.
I decided to have some of my more valuable cards graded to help guide him if/when the time comes for him to dispose of my collection. I haven't had a membership since 2018, although I did submit a handful of cards through my local card shop after my membership expired.
The only set I have completely graded is 1964-65 Kahn's basketball. I had the Lucas and Robertson graded awhile back and had purchased one or two cards graded to finish my set. I sent in the rest of my cards to get graded to have the graded set. I'm #2 on the list - the #1 set has been there for over 15 years. I'm not trying to upgrade my cards to get to #1.
I was getting ready to do another submission of cards through my LCS when PSA stopped accepting orders. I need to review again what I was going to take and what recent sales are - to determine if it is worthwhile. Will probably only take in cards I'm willing to turn around and sell right away.
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