Need advice, PSA grading at National??

[JollyElm]

I know everyone in the thread has pretty much said it before, but let me be specific. Even though you want to keep them in your own collection, you still should approach the situation as a seller. If you get something graded as "authentic," people are going to immediately think there is something nefariously wrong with the card (recolored, restored, trimmed, etc., etc.). But if you put a number on it, all of those thoughts sort of disappear, especially since you can plainly see the obvious problems with the cards (missing paper, etc.). So, even a card graded as a '1' will be more attractive to someone than "authentic."

[basesareempty]

Last year at the National in Atlantic City, I stood in line for almost 3 hours to have a set of 1933 Sport Kings submitted for grading. I was in line on Saturday AM when the doors opened and there were 75 people ahead of me. My suggestion would be to try to go to the show one of the days during the week and to get in line as the show opens. The lines may not be as long during the week. On the other hand SGC and Beckett employees were twiddling their thumbs most of the time when I was waiting at PSA.

Bob