“The demand is just absolutely through the roof. “It’s really put people like me in a tough spot,” said Rob Eisenstein of. Until then, a booming sports card market must sit and wait. "I would say it’s more likely than not that everything isn’t released on that date.” "It’s going to be a staggered release," PSA's vice president of customer experience Dave Steinberger told Yahoo Sports. The company says it expects to resume at least some of its grading services on July 1. Will that change with PSA temporarily halting all of its lower-priced services? That remains to be seen. “People seem to be willing to pay a little bit more for their service and even wait a little longer for the value-added aspect.” “PSA-graded cards just bring in more money, period,” sports card analyst Chris Steuber told Yahoo Sports. And PSA matters so much because the company became the industry’s leader in the late 1990s and kept its significant foothold until now. A PSA 9 Mantle - there are fewer than 10 known in existence - fetched a whopping $5.2 million at auction in January.Ĭondition matters. A PSA 1 Mantle is expensive, running around $25,000 to $35,000. But there are other areas where we’ve made some incredible progress.” (Photo courtesy of PSA)įor example, take the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, perhaps the most famous baseball card of the past century. There likely will continue to be a backlog in grading post-July 1. Getting them up to speed on our standards and protocols. “It’s hard to find graders,” said Dave Steinberger, PSA's vice president of customer experience.
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