What would happen if PSA went out of business?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

And what if baseball stopped being played...

What a silly response.

I'm not saying it's going to happen (it's very unlikely), but to think it couldn't happen it quite ridiculous.

The folks at Montgomery Wards probably thought the same thing at one point. It had only been in business for 125+ years

[AGuinness]

My initial hunch is that when it comes to the registry, there'd be enough of a market that some third party could start a new registry for PSA cards (or perhaps purchase the current one and operate it).

[111gecko]

There are many attorneys here so hopefully one of them will comment. I would assume in the case of a bk, the registry could be an asset to be sold if it was a liquidation bk. Certainly there is value in continuing the registry and advertisers would sill invest in space once a third party was able to operate the new site.

Building off the OP question: what if PSA was the only TPG in the market. Would this affect the value of PSA cards and would grading still be as popular?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

What a silly response.

I'm not saying it's going to happen (it's very unlikely), but to think it couldn't happen it quite ridiculous.

The folks at Montgomery Wards probably thought the same thing at one point. It had only been in business for 125+ years

right, 125 years is long enough for PSA to not worry about if PSA is going out of business.... you starting a thread on things that are by your own admission, '..very unlikely' to happen, may garner some responses you don't like..

baseball can stop as well, that's unlikely and saying it couldn't happen is quite ridiculous as well...in 125 years there may not be baseball.............people still pay for GAI holders by the way in the 1000s....and they are out of business....there are other companies that took over the slack...which would happen if PSA was done

once all sportscards stop being produced 'its unlikely to happen' then PSA would be in trouble..if baseball stopped, baseball cards would stop being prodcued as well you would think..

your response saying my response is silly is just...silly......... the question deserves the response.


So lets everyone start threads on things thats unlikely to happen or on what would happen 125 years from now..

[mattsey9]

Montgomery Ward or Wards. Either are correct. Saying Montgomery Wards around corporate could have resulted in a $1.00 fine once upon a time.



Mike - who worked for Wards as an electronics buyer up until the plug got pulled by GE and still misses it dearly.

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

What a silly response.

I'm not saying it's going to happen (it's very unlikely), but to think it couldn't happen it quite ridiculous.

The folks at Montgomery Wards probably thought the same thing at one point. It had only been in business for 125+ years