Question about PSA/DNA Pre-Certification

[Duluth Eskimo]

Agree. They are authentic and paying $150 for a formal piece of paper that also says this doesn’t change anything, but how much you paid for them. Just sit back and enjoy them.

[MikeKam]

From my experience, the cost of authenticating pieces like these is unlikely to add more value than the cost of the authentication, and is actually likely to lose you money. There's many knowledgable collectors on this board and elsewhere that I'm sure would offer you a fair price without authentication.

[mr2686]

Put them on our B/S/T board and see what happens. Heck, you can even ask a discounted price, and you'd still come out better than if your sold them elsewhere and paid authentication fees. Just my .02

[tha-rock]

I, too was a winner of a PSA pre-certified item in the October Heritage auction, and yes I agree that the PSA pre-cert is basically the auction house' way of saying "our TPA thinks it's good, but if you want the paperwork, you'll have to spend the money for it". I called Heritage and asked if for some reason I submitted it and PSA wouldn't certify it, they said they would refund my purchase price. And I don't know if that would include my buyers premium and sales taxes, but if I have to send it back, I will insist that they refund my buyers premium and sales taxes just like they would if the transaction had been from a local merchant. I hope it doesn't come to that, but in my case I'm going to submit it because without the PSA LOA or slab, the pre certification is like an auction house letter and utterly worthless when it comes to future resale.

[whiteymet]

Hi Guys:

I am reviving this thread because another autographed DiMaggio like the one I have and sent a link to above just sold on ebay.

See:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-1946-S...p2047675.l2557

Since all the autograph experts here agreed mine was legit I wanted to offer this to one of you at a discounted price of $500 delivered payment via PP F&F

I know this belongs in BST, but since all the photos and discussion was here, I thought it would "fit" better here.

Please PM me if interested. I can send better scans if requested

Fred

[drcy]

The auction listing and/or catalog page are documentation enough that the autographs were sold by a major auction house and Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.

If the guys here say the autographs are good, that's all you need. You can also list this thread as a reference.

I personally don't see the need to get them formally authenticated, unless you want them slabbed.