Does PSA give favoritism to certain dealers/customers?

[mannequin1]

Does PSA give favoritism to certain dealers/customers or on very rare high grade cards?

[Wanaselja]

Yes.

Vintage Card Curator on YouTube has done some great videos on this. The Rickey Henderson and Eddie Murray RC’s come to mind.

[ClementeFanOh]

Yep. The notion began with their first graded card.

Trent King

[Peter_Spaeth]

All submitters are equal.


Some are more equal than others.

aka. my rule of Animal Farm grading

[raulus]

How do I get on the list to be more equal?

[bcbgcbrcb]

In a word, YES. How about the other TPG’s?

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

In a word, YES. How about the other TPG’s?

Some members here like to pretend their grader of choice does not participate in favoritism but it is clear it happens at Beckett and SGC too. PSA is far and away the most obvious offender and been doing it longer than anyone despite multiple changes at the management level. So far, and to their credit, CGC appears to have not tossed their hat in that ring.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Some members here like to pretend their grader of choice does not participate in favoritism but it is clear it happens at Beckett and SGC too. PSA is far and away the most obvious offender and been doing it longer than anyone despite multiple changes at the management level. So far, and to their credit, CGC appears to have not tossed their hat in that ring.

Regarding Beckett, see the immortal "Eagle Eye" Joe thread on Blowout. That forum at its finest.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297069

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by raulus

How do I get on the list to be more equal?

Talk is cheap, but money talks.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Regarding Beckett, see the immortal "Eagle Eye" Joe thread on Blowout. That forum at its finest.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297069

An all-timer.

[Johnny630]

How is one to know I would say it’s very anecdotal… I think it’s more of the roll of the dice. I often wondered if auction houses received lower rates for grading. I believe they probably do…

[parkplace33]

100 percent. I know of guys who submitted through major auction houses. I have seen some gift grades in this process.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

How is one to know I would say it’s very anecdotal… I think it’s more of the roll of the dice. I often wondered if auction houses received lower rates for grading. I believe they probably do…

In a world where the only thing that matters is the number on the slab........ there are going to be lots of opportunities for certain individuals/entities to "coerce" a better number out of a grading company than the average schmoe could walk away with..............

This one has been hashed and rehashed only about a gazillion times over many years and yea there are just way to many examples of it happening for it to NOT be happening.