Pat tillman auto card - psa question

[roarfrom34]

I suspect it'd be returned with a refund

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

They may have exemplars of her, they may not. Authenticators do always make sure to retain any exemplars of players' relatives that come their way, so you just may luck out in this case.

They have no problem in slabbing a card signed by someone other than the player depicted. Case in point, there are a ton of Perez Steeles out there that are signed in this way which have been slabbed. Think Cy Young's Perez Steele as signed by Cy Young Award winners, or Rube Foster's, signed by whatever Negro Leaguer.

[swarmee]

In those cases, it's likely they won't grade the card, but may authenticate the autograph under the TRADING CARD header with Mary Tillman as the Autograph subject.

If they dual graded it, it would show up in the Pop Report as signed by Pat Tillman, which would be a lousy loophole to try to exploit.

I'd be shocked if they had enough exemplars to authenticate her auto. It has no value. No clue why you'd even send it in. Put it in a one-touch or a Cardsaver if you want it protected for some reason.

[sbfinley]

If they don’t have an exemplar they won’t authenticate. I once had a signed first bowman returned by PSA as unable to authenticate no exemplar, while the player had Bowman Chrome autos in the same set…

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by swarmee

if they dual graded it, it would show up in the pop report as signed by pat tillman, which would be a lousy loophole to try to exploit.

qft.

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

They may have exemplars of her, they may not. Authenticators do always make sure to retain any exemplars of players' relatives that come their way, so you just may luck out in this case.

They have no problem in slabbing a card signed by someone other than the player depicted. Case in point, there are a ton of Perez Steeles out there that are signed in this way which have been slabbed. Think Cy Young's Perez Steele as signed by Cy Young Award winners, or Rube Foster's, signed by whatever Negro Leaguer.

A lot of different takes on whether PSA would authenticate the card and autograph. It looks like Billy the Dodgers fan was the closest. I don't have the card back yet but got the results this morning.

The card graded a PSA 9, the autograph was authenticated and received a 7. The label reflects such. I'm very happy with the results of course. Thanks to all for the comments.