PSA Population Report to be free as of 1/1/2012

[t206hound]

Just got an email from PSA about changes in 2012. Of note:

"As an added bonus and for the first time in PSA's history, we have decided to make the Online SMR and PSA Population Report FREE! Both of these resources are essential to any collector of PSA-certified items.

The SMR Online contains over 300,000 prices for a host of different collectibles and is the most comprehensive price guide in the hobby.

The PSA Population Report is a complete listing of every item graded by PSA since our inception in 1991. The Pop Report currently contains data on nearly 20 million items. These changes will go into effect January 1, 2012."

[Ladder7]

Two highly accurate market tools, for free!

This is a smart business move. SGC, Got any countermeasures?

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Two highly accurate market tools, for free!

This is a smart business move. SGC, Got any countermeasures?

SGC's pop report has always been free.

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

SGC's pop report has always been free.

but not always useful like PSA's...

for instance, how can SGC not differentiate the 3 different E90-1 cards of willie keeler (red, pink, horizontal)???? there are about 20 players in the E90-1 set that have multiple poses/different cards, but you wouldnt know it by looking at the SGC POP reports....

makes no sense IMO....

[spacktrack]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

but not always useful like PSA's...

for instance, how can SGC not differentiate the 3 different E90-1 cards of willie keeler (red, pink, horizontal)???? there are about 20 players in the E90-1 set that have multiple poses/different cards, but you wouldnt know it by looking at the SGC POP reports....

makes no sense IMO....

The SGC pop reports for E90-1 are broken out by variation. You have to click on the + sign to the left of the player to expand the variation listings. Adding variation specific information to the pop reports has been a priority for about the past two years. Prior to that, the variations weren't always broken out specifically, so the numbers won't always be accurate, but they can give an idea as to the relative scarcity of a variation.

For your example, SGC has graded 121 Keelers of which 80 are unclassified, 25 are pink, 5 are red, and 11 are throwing.

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

The SGC pop reports for E90-1 are broken out by variation. You have to click on the + sign to the left of the player to expand the variation listings. Adding variation specific information to the pop reports has been a priority for about the past two years. Prior to that, the variations weren't always broken out specifically, so the numbers won't always be accurate, but they can give an idea as to the relative scarcity of a variation.

For your example, SGC has graded 121 Keelers of which 80 are unclassified, 25 are pink, 5 are red, and 11 are throwing.

thanks for the update and thanks for SGC to correct this but these missed the boat : your example of Keelers with 80 unclassified means that info is just about useless....they should have started the variations listings from the beginning...

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

but not always useful like PSA's...

for instance, how can SGC not differentiate the 3 different E90-1 cards of willie keeler (red, pink, horizontal)???? there are about 20 players in the E90-1 set that have multiple poses/different cards, but you wouldnt know it by looking at the SGC POP reports....

makes no sense IMO....

Hi Scott,

I agree that both pop reports have big weaknesses. PSA missed the boat by not differentiating T206 backs for many, many years. So their report is practically worthless to the growing number of T206 back collectors.

Gotta take all this info with a giant box of salt...makes me laugh when auction results show people put thousands of dollars into a card based on a grading company pop report...

Cheers,
Blair

[egbeachley]

[QUOTE=Ladder7;944790]Two highly accurate market tools, for free!QUOTE]

[YankeeCollector]

Now all they have to do is improve their customer service and their obnoxious attitudes especially at shows.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

The old adage, "You get what you pay for" never rang truer.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by t206hound

The Pop Report currently contains data on nearly 20 million items."

Am I reading this correctly? Have they graded 20 million items?

Doug

[tedzan]

I'd bet that, that "items" number includes a huge number of COINS (and other goodies).


Regards,

TED Z

[doug.goodman]

Thanx Ted.

I've been playing with the number of minutes / seconds in a work day and how that number interacts with 20 million items graded since they began operations. Pretty entertaining stuff. They must work pretty quick. Good thing they are so qualified.

Doug

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I'd bet that, that "items" number includes a huge number of COINS (and other goodies).


Regards,

TED Z

You would lose that bet too....and to add why....according to sources I have, PSA grades +/- 120k cards a month....so the 20M is probably pretty close to accurate.....and I understand all of the little caveats, but my guess is that they have indeed graded that many cards....though maybe a small bit more or less...



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[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Leon

....according to sources I have, PSA grades +/- 120k cards a month....

120,000 cards per month...

Assuming a 6 day work week, and an 10 hour day (not including breaks), that's between 7 and 8 cards graded every minute.

Insert smiley face here.

I currently have 43,052 pre-1992 Topps cards, If I took them all in to get graded today, it seems like I might be able to get them back in time for Christmas.

Doug

[Leon]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

120,000 cards per month...

Assuming a 6 day work week, and an 10 hour day (not including breaks), that's between 7 and 8 cards graded every minute.

Insert smiley face here.

I currently have 43,052 pre-1992 Topps cards, If I took them all in to get graded today, it seems like I might be able to get them back in time for Christmas.

Doug

If they had one dude doing it that would be a stretch. I would guess they have more than that though. The number I quoted is fairly accurate I believe. It was from a few reliable sources.