Being a devoted PSA reviewed card gatherer for a few years now, and have made many submissions to PSA for evaluating. I made a short list of tips and tricks on the best way to expand your odds of getting higher evaluations when sending your cards to PSA. Despite the fact that, I have no assurance of these tips working, I have gotten numerous PSA 10 gem mint returns that I have submitted myself.
Remember that I cannot prove that these tips work. They are just guidance and a theme for conversation. Don't hesitate to comment below on any tips you may have!
Inspect Your Cards Under Magnifying Light
PSA utilizes the furthest down the line innovation to get defects like re-shading, surface scratches, reprints, fake signatures, cutting, etc. To investigate your cards fair and square that PSA does you need things like a gem specialists loupe, a black light and an magnifying light. Particularly in the event that you plan on putting a ton of cash into the hobby and having a lot of submissions each year like I do.
PSA High Graded cards usually have the following:
- Four Perfectly Sharp Corners
- Sharp focus (non-blurry images)
- Free of staining of any kind (fingerprints, water stains, sun spots)
- Centered front - not to exceed 55/45 to 60/40 percent
- Centered back - not to exceed 75/25 percent
- Minor print imperfections
Use Brand New Penny Sleeves and Card Savers
By utilizing shiny new penny sleeves and card savers you are compelled to eliminate the cards from the old potentially stained and tacky penny sleeves. Utilizing old sleeves could keep you from getting a finger impression smear, printing stain moreover.
This equivalent impact can be applied when the graders haul your cards out to assess and grade them. The sleeves are named penny sleeves since they generally cost a penny. The expense of trading out the old sleeves for fresh out of the plastic new ones is essentially non-existent. The prize will take care of 10 overlap if this prompts higher evaluations. I propose trading out any old or larger than average sleeves on the cards you purchase on the web or in stores in any case if your going to have them evaluated or not.
Clean Your Trading Cards Before Submitting
What might seem common sense to most, could be something as overlooking your cards cleanliness. It is essential to inspect the cards condition and cleanliness before sending it in for grading. Graders don't clean your cards, so if they arrive dirty they will be graded on this under 'surface' and usually your card will cop a loss in grades.
Something simple and something that can be done at home in just a few minutes usually could be the difference in receiving a higher graded trading card.
You can watch the guide on cleaning your trading card here
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