PSA Photo Authentication Fees

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by mybestbretts

That may be true with some photos but the press photos with date/stamp
on the back are a breeze.

Not necessarily - very old photos can have much more recent back-stamps, meaning that PSA/DNA still has to have a knowledge of paper and image quality (1st generation vs photos of photos vs wire, etc).

I personally don't know what their skill-level is, but the fact that they charge as much as they do indicates to me that they are spending some time looking at the photo, as opposed to the cheap fees for card-grading and autographs that can't possibly represent the amount of time they should have put into each item.