PSA Population Report- How Accurate?

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Posted By: scott brockelman

I think more of the higher end cards get resubmitted than mid & low grades, reason being most 7,8,9 cards cannot easily be distinguished from the next grade, which is why so many people will roll the dice and try it, this is the essential mentality of slab crackers, whether it be cards or coins. They try to get the "tweener" into the next highest holder. There is no reason to resubmit a 4 or 5 or even a 6 as usually they pretty much look the assigned grade.

To use your low pop example of 4 eights, obviously a very tough card, whatever the issuse, however it may actually be even tougher as the same card may have been submitted 1-2 times in hopes of getting a 9. THUS the low pop cards are possibly even rarer than the report reflects.

Scott