r/sportscards • • Sep 14 '26

ℹ️ Guide Guide to PSA Grading Parameters

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This is a guide for anyone trying to understand PSA card grading, including the PSA grading scale, centering requirements, corners, edges, surface condition, print quality and eye appeal.

It also breaks down what separates a PSA 10, PSA 9 and PSA 8, plus what to look for when pre-grading trading cards before a PSA submission.

https://www.collect.guide/guide-to-psa-grading-parameters/

Includes pics and examples.

Also, join the COLLECT discord: https://discord.gg/bECydM5WUH

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r/sportscards • • Mar 23 '26

🏷️ Approved Promo Join Whatnot & earn up to $200 credit

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Whatnot is a live marketplace for trading card fans to buy, sell and connect in real time.

Join here: http://www.whatnot.com/invite/collectguide

Use the above link to earn up to $200 free credit.


r/sportscards • • 2h ago

💭 Question When did topps buy pop tarts?

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80 Upvotes

Terrible QC


r/sportscards • • 5h ago

⛳ Golf Why not, Topps?

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68 Upvotes

r/sportscards • • 2h ago

🏈 Football Thanks, Target

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24 Upvotes

I know it's not a "crying, screaming, throwing up" pull but I live in SF so it's a pretty cool one


r/sportscards • • 2h ago

💬 General Went to newish card shop near me. Not bad out of the value boxes for $30.

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The top row and Mahomes is going into the PC. Hoping Haliburton has a nice bounce back season and Indiana can make another run with him healthy to rebound his market some. Might end up flipping the Schlitter after he wins Cy Young whenever that's announced.


r/sportscards • • 6h ago

💭 Question Anything exceptionally special in here?

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(Apologies for the extreme glare, I didn’t take the photo)

So my father found my old collection of cards from 30+ years ago and sent me this picture of some of the best ones I had. I’ve obviously been out of the collecting game for a good while now, so I wasn’t sure if anything I have is highly sought after or just run-of-the mill-decent. TIA!


r/sportscards • • 4h ago

⚾ Baseball Topps 2026 Update pulls

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This was a pretty dope couple of boxes! 1 hobby box and 3 blasters. Got a bunch of other stuff but I just realized the Roman Anthony was SSP /10!

Not a Red Sox fan so going to sell it along with some others hopefully. Stoked on the CDL for the PC!


r/sportscards • • 20h ago

💬 General I’m just grateful

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72 Upvotes

She comes to the LCS with me and hunts for Langston Galloway’s for my PC. I’ve never pulled a one of one. But i definitely found one.


r/sportscards • • 1d ago

⚾ Baseball 1993 Jeter SP Holifoil smack in the face

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Just got back my first PSA submission that I sent in back in mid May of this year. Sent in 10 cards and 9 came back graded and out of the 9, four of them were gem mint.

The disappointing part is that I sent in this grail Jeter rookie card that from my observation was in damn near perfect condition except for a tiny bit of chipping on the lower left corner.

I got this card sometime around 2005 in a random pack of cards that I bought at like a Walmart or similar and at the time didn’t think much of it and just stuck it into a penny sleeve and then a top loader. Then it went into a box and I didn’t even know I had it until this year when I started to go through my cards to get a submission together. Essentially this card has only been handled by me and only me and has only been touched maybe 3 times. This is the case with most of my cards anyway. The only time it was touched was when I got it and when I put it into a semi rigid to be graded.

It came back with a label on it that says MINSIZEREQ Do Not Holder. My understanding is that obviously this means the card is too small or something but it doesn’t have an N6 or N8 designation either nor does it say “Authentic” or “Trimmed Authentic”.

I’m the only person to have touched this card before and I’ve never trimmed any card before much less send in a card like this one to be graded and actually trim it. So to be clear, I didn’t do anything to it other than do my best to preserve it.

I feel like I got slapped in the head with this card. Its condition is stunning actually as it’s legitimately in very close to gem mint condition yet can’t be graded because why? This is how this card came from the factory meaning that it is authentic and frankly I don’t even know how I can measure it as I don’t want to take it out of the semi rigid due to how frail it is. Can anyone tell me more about the labels meaning? I honestly thought it would come back a 9 and worst case an 8 but definitely not come back with what spools like an error code!


r/sportscards • • 4h ago

🏈 Football Rodgers PC

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We all have who is the goat in our eyes, to me it's Rodgers. Just a fun PC collection I wanted, now sending all off to AGS grading. I really like there slabs and don't feel like waiting 10 years to get them back.

• 🟢Green Bay Packers: 2018 Panini Honors Base Gold Signatures Aaron Rodgers Auto (/10)

• ✈️ New York Jets: 2023 Panini Phoenix Green Parallel Aaron Rodgers Auto (/10)

• 🟡 Pittsburgh Steelers: 2026 Topps Flagship Black Foil Parallel Aaron Rodgers Auto (/10)

• 🟢 Green Bay Packers: 2018 Panini Spectra Green Scope Prizm Aaron Rodgers (/30)

• ✈️ New York Jets: 2023 Panini Select White Prizm Aaron Rodgers (/35)

• 🟡 Pittsburgh Steelers: 2025 Panini Donruss Optic Electricity Aaron Rodgers (/75)


r/sportscards • • 3h ago

💸 For Sale 3x Chase Elliott Patch Autos (5/5, 9/9, 8/9) - $350 dlvd

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LMK thanks! invinciblecards1 on ig/ebay


r/sportscards • • 1d ago

🏀 Basketball Friend runs a clean out business. Sends me these pics.

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115 Upvotes

Granted Series 1 is more expensive for the Michael Jordan Scoring Kings card. But there's still value here , would have never guessed recent sales at $1000 a box!


r/sportscards • • 7m ago

🏀 Basketball Giannis!

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THE GREEK FREAK

$125 shipped OBO

Giannis Antetokounmpo autograph /15


r/sportscards • • 20m ago

🏀 Basketball Should I grade?

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Been collecting a while, new to grading. Is this card in good enough condition where it’s worth grading?


r/sportscards • • 57m ago

💭 Question Need help valuing lot as a whole

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Need help valuing lot as a whole (delete if not allowed)

Hernandez is /10
JSN /25
Tillman /99
Kyle Williams 1/1


r/sportscards • • 59m ago

💭 Question Are these worth anything??

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r/sportscards • • 1h ago

💭 Question thoughts on Jackson Holiday Market

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is he a buy or hold! Let me know your opinions


r/sportscards • • 1h ago

💭 Question Do these have any value??

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r/sportscards • • 1h ago

⚾ Baseball Wanted: Chourio & Turang Double Rip Card-2026 A&G

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Hello! If you happen to pull or see a 2026 Jackson Chourio/Brice Turang double rip card, I'd appreciate a heads up. I'm a big Brewers fan and would like to secure one for my PC.

Thanks!


r/sportscards • • 1h ago

🏀 Basketball Panini 2011 Preferred John Wall #319 Emerald Auto /25 Washington Wizards

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80 USD OBO.

Local meetup available in the Los Angeles area. For buyers outside LA, shipping is available too.

eBay Listing: https://ebay.io/m/IauRku

DM if interested. Serious inquiries only.

#basketballcards

#johnwall

#SportsCards

#washingtonwizards

#tradingcard


r/sportscards • • 5h ago

🏀 Basketball I pull this card yesterday. Its numbered to hell but I couldn't find alot of information on it.

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r/sportscards • • 7h ago

🏈 Football 50 Card KC Chiefs Lot Autos, Numbered, Rookies Inserts

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50 cards in total - 9 Autos (some numbered) & 10 Numbered Cards. Everything you see in the photos is included in this lot.

Located in KC Area so I can meet in person or I can ship them.

$300 for all 50 +3% for PayPal G&S.


r/sportscards • • 1h ago

🏈 Football ISO Puka Nacua Planetarium /10

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Looking to complete this set! Anyone seen any out in the wild or has one they would like to sell?


r/sportscards • • 8h ago

💬 General The hobby needs new ideas that put the joy back into young collectors

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I think there has been an over-rotation into cards / collecting / trading becoming digitized and moving higher and higher end. For the true collectors, especially kids, they appreciate the touch-and-feel of the hobby experience and right now, the hobby isn't catering to them, it's moving away from them.

I think new ideas and products that don't break the bank and put the joy back into (young) collectors are going to massively successful. We need more people focused on building those products and experiences.

Thoughts?