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Originally Posted by Oscar_Stanage
Thank you, Ryan
does this mean you have to consign the cards and have the auction house send the cards to PSA for slabbing with "XYX collection"? Otherwise, I do not understand how to guarantee a collection will not change-
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I don't think that will do it. Getting a name or special label on a flip is
kind of analogous to an athlete having their number retired by their team -- it is intended only for the super or highly unique/special. Not every (or any) player can just have their number retired and not every TPG customer can have their name put on the flips of their submissions.
Putting the name of the find or prior owner on the flip is intended for the super special -- a (usually deceased) pioneer collector whose collection is being redistributed to the public by sale (Burdick, Carter, etc), a crazy find where special cards are newly introduced into the hobby (Black Swamp, Lucky 7), or where the card or the prior owner is so special that designating its name/the owner's name adds prestige to the card, the TPG, and the Hobby (Charlie Sheen or naming a T206 Wagner, like the Gretzky Wagner, Connecticut Wagner, Nunn's Wagner).
While you can ask, and certainly an AH can ask on your behalf, I believe it is highly unlikely that a TPG will put the name of a garden-variety collector (like all of us on this board) on their flips. Even if we are willing to pay for it.