When and how do you decide to have photos PSA-certified?

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Type 4 photos can absolutely have value! As I mentioned previously, two Dominican League baseball photos that pictured Josh Gibson sold in Hakes Auctions for $8K+ and $4K+. That’s nothing to sneeze at if you ask me. What you are failing to recognize is that these were identified on the flips as 1950’s and 1960’s productions. A 2025 Type 4 would be worthless, yes. But that’s a difference of 70 years or so.

That's true, but they would have period identifying marks on the front/back, so easily identified as vintage in some way. The Ops are all blank. The vast vast majority of type 4s are 80s or newer money grabs that have no value. And are low quality grainy prints that are white on the back.

It's actually kind of funny, I would say type 4 truly vintage photos are actually far rarer than any other type. Because everybody either had a negative or purchased a type 1 for publication use or used wire photos. The process of copying a photo in the 50s was hard, and the only way I know it was actually done is simply by taking a photo of a print. Which Is why most vintage type 4 photos look so bad.