Are cards with older PSA cases worth less?

[puckpaul]

How can you tell from the serial number if a PSA card has been reslabbed? Is there a number that marks the line from old to new?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

How can you tell from the serial number if a PSA card has been reslabbed? Is there a number that marks the line from old to new?

Old numbers (under about 25,000,000 and some starting with 30M, 50M, 90M) with a hologram or lighthouse style front flip have been reholdered. There are some differences in the flips and slabs that you can look at over time and figure it out.

[parkplace33]

No, they are not IMO. That is a new "fad" that certain collectors talk about. To me, I don't care if the card was graded 20 years ago or 1 day ago, I look at the card and make my own decision about whether I want it.

[homerunhitter]

Any new updates?

[Yoda]

IMO, I believe the true collector will always focus on the card rather than the grade, if graded. They will probably always have a couple of card projects going at the same time. For example I have been trying to complete a T206 back run
of McGraw glove, but the final 2 are proving elusive, and a card run of George Sisler. The collector will rarely, if ever, submit a raw card he loves for grading. Instead of looking for comps from VCP, the collector will be looking at as many examples of a card he seeks to draw comparisons before he pulls the trigger.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Yoda

The collector will rarely, if ever, submit a raw card he loves for grading.

Any exception here if the collector decides it’s time to sell their collection to finance the collector’s retirement?

Or does a true collector sell at a below market price to avoid the taint of TPGs?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by raulus

Any exception here if the collector decides it’s time to sell their collection to finance the collector’s retirement?

Or does a true collector sell at a below market price to avoid the taint of TPGs?

A true collector spends his waning years designing the mausoleum that will house his coffin, corpse, and collection of cards.