Will PSA Get Into Magazine Grading?
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
- Will PSA ever challenge CGC and begin grading magazines such as Sports Illustrated?
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great info as usual brad i think this was one of your predictions about psa grading magazines in the future
Good point shared - They are making their magazines collectible. I hope they end up grading magazines, it will certainly increase demand with collectors.
Thanks Rick. I hope so too.
I've got lot of beckett mags from the 90s I saved from childhood. I've always wanted to Slab them. So let's go psa!
So many of those Beckett covers are awesome.
Great comparison holding up Montana's SI next to his card. I have a fair amount of cards but the mag displays SOOOOO much nicer. With Walter Ioos as the most prolific SI cover photographer, many SI covers are pure artwork. He took the cover of Dwight Clark's "The Catch". Still the worst play of my life but a BEAUTIFUL cover, even though I cringe everytime I see it. That PSA Tiger cover is the same picture SI used for their 4/16/01 cover. If Beckett ever starts buying back their covers I'm set. I've got all the 1st's and then some. As an old collector just getting back into it, I keep wondering what happened to Beckett? They put out a beautiful mag back in the day on quality stock. I think their card labels are the nicest too. If they had gotten into sports mag grading first, I gotta believe they'd be dominating that sphere. I've got a ton of mags to be graded but WOW is the industry in flux. I might hold off sending my good stuff in until it all shakes out. I see CBCS upgraded their labels and supposedly has a clearer, nicer slab. Do they grade sports mags anybody know? Great video Brad, I like your cerebral take on things, not just fluff. Keep up the good work!
Beckett actually did grade sports magazines at one time, but it was very brief and never took off. Yes, CBCS supposedly will now grade SI's. They've got a couple now in their census.
@@sportsmags That's too bad Beckett's mag grading didn't take off. Jim rails on CGC not getting the labeling right, like when it's someone's 1st cover. My guess is cuz CGC is a comic grading co. 1st, whereas Beckett would've been all about sports. I've got my 1st slabs coming from CGC soon. I may send some over to CBCS for comparison. I wonder if they do that whole "fair market value" charge for high $ mags?
Beckett grades Magazines too as well as many other items
Beckett did briefly grade magazines many years ago, but they no longer do. Very rare you will find any of the old Beckett slabs out there with a grade. But they do still slab and authenticate autographed magazines.
I've been a PSA collector's club member for over 18 months now, and I know I'll never get one of those PSA magazine cover variants. I have a feeling they give those out to their "special" members only.
That would be disappointing if that's how they choose to do it.
I'm kind of holding out getting my mags graded in the hopes that PSA does start grading, for a few reasons:
1. Yes, the rep of PSA would attract more buyers in auctions than CGC and "normalize" graded mags as part of the canon of sports memorabilia, rather than a somewhat fringe or niche hobby.
2. I would hope there would be a streamlined "grade and auction" option like PSA does with Goldin now, eliminating the back-and-forth shipping costs of shipping to a grader, back to me, and then to an auction house like Heritage. I wonder if Goldin's recent emphasis on asking for graded mags is a test balloon to see if expanding PSA to grade mags is worth pursuing, and thus they would then offer a similar streamlined, one-stop "grade and auction" experience?
3. I really don't find the CGC labels all that appealing, and hope that PSA can upgrade the aesthetic of that, even though PSA's card labels don't appeal to me either. Probably just a pipe dream there that PSA could improve the label aesthetic.
4. PSA does seem to have a price guide for cards graded at certain levels, and I would hope that perhaps over time they would have a trusted price guide for graded mags too. Having an accepted price guide (which still just a "guide") also makes people more comfortable getting into the hobby.
Agree on all your points.
1. PSA grading magazines legitimizes the hobby.
2. Also exposes the hobby to a ton of people
3. PSA is sports based unlike CGC. We’d have a better opportunity for their people to understand what’s important. Unlike CGC which is comic based
All great points!
GoCollect did put out a magazine price guide last year, but it doesn't appear to be very comprehensive or user-friendly.
I'm definitely hoping for PSA to jump in at some point.
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If that's a hint, I like it.
Whats the downside if psa gets into grading magazines? Never liked grading cost going up so much due to value of item. Time to sell graded psa cards for graded magazines? Low pops so attractive. Enjoy what you do
Honestly, I don't see any downside. Right now CGC pretty much has a monopoly on the magazines, but competition drives better pricing and better quality.
Although I highly prefer magazine collecting at this point, I wouldn't recommend for anyone to totally flip their card collection for magazines. Cards are still, and always will be, way more popular. But, I do think that the value on high-end magazines will continue to rise in the same way that comics have over the last few decades.